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30-10-2010, 01:16

All of my external hard drives are 'Medion' brand, sold by ALDI. The advantage to me is that my Medion computer has a dedicated 'bay' which provides power ESATA & USB connectors for the drives, however they also work 'standalone' using an external power supply & either an ESATA or USB lead.

I've had a 500GB unit for 3 years, a 750GB unit for 2 years and 2 1TB units for around a year - all have performed 100% (Although the 500GB unit gets a little warm ...)

- the down side is that they are sold on a 'when they are gone, they're gone' basis, rather than being a stocked item.

In my opinion, even if anyone doesn't have a Medion computer with the dedicated connection bay, they are worth looking at for use with any computer with an ESATA connector, as not many external drives provide this interface & it is so much faster than USB, (Until USB 3 is standard, anyway)

30-10-2010, 01:16	#18
gazfan Guest Location: Cleethorpes Services: Virgin XL Posts: n/a	Re: External Hard Drive All of my external hard drives are 'Medion' brand, sold by ALDI. The advantage to me is that my Medion computer has a dedicated 'bay' which provides power ESATA & USB connectors for the drives, however they also work 'standalone' using an external power supply & either an ESATA or USB lead. I've had a 500GB unit for 3 years, a 750GB unit for 2 years and 2 1TB units for around a year - all have performed 100% (Although the 500GB unit gets a little warm ...) - the down side is that they are sold on a 'when they are gone, they're gone' basis, rather than being a stocked item. In my opinion, even if anyone doesn't have a Medion computer with the dedicated connection bay, they are worth looking at for use with any computer with an ESATA connector, as not many external drives provide this interface & it is so much faster than USB, (Until USB 3 is standard, anyway)