External Hard Drive ???

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Neil

Like this...

or this...

This is the type of thing I am after

Another link.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...Thumbnails=yes

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by Neil

Like this...



or this...

Some people refer to the base unit as a hard drive which made me wonder if that was the case here. I can't see the orientation of the drive makes any difference if it is only as a backup.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by ianathuth

Some people refer to the base unit as a hard drive which made me wonder if that was the case here. I can't see the orientation of the drive makes any difference if it is only as a backup.

Maybe space is the issue for Mike?

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by Neil

Maybe space is the issue for Mike?

If space is an issue then an internal drive would take up less space. If the backup needs to be taken away from the system then a USB external drive or an internal drive in a removeable drive bay could be used. The question really is why the need for this backup and how is the backup going to be used?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by ianathuth

If space is an issue then an internal drive would take up less space. If the backup needs to be taken away from the system then a USB external drive or an internal drive in a removeable drive bay could be used. The question really is why the need for this backup and how is the backup going to be used?

Originally Posted by Mike

Hi all

I am after a 'cheapish' external hard drive to back up 40 gb of music and 10 gb of data.

Sort of tower thing....................would be really grateful for any recommendations.

thanks

Mike

[ian@huth]

Neil, I consider that I was asking sensible questions in an effort to provide the OP with advice. I know very well what the opening post said and it is unclear from that what his purpose is. My brother used to have a computer base unit that looked very much like the image in post #16 which prompted my asking further questions to determine exactly the OPs requirement. You are assuming, rightly or wrongly, what the OP needs which can only be clarified by him.

[meld51]

I bought a Maxtor 'One Touch' just like in the picture above. It came with some backup software called 'retrospect' which seems pretty good (excellent help site, bulletin board etc)

If you upgrade this s/ware you get 3 clients which allows you to perform backups across your network though this depends on your network working well. It drops out mid backup usually on my wireless net and I've resorted to carrying the drive to each PC in turn.

Just upgraded to a 54g router though. and this might help.....we'll see.

I bought this to replace a Freecom drive which failed after 13 months so just outside the warranty period so although it is anecdotal I would avoid that brand!

[Mike]

Just to confirm the external drive is for a simple back up which could be taken away if necassry for safe keeping. I have just convert 7000 tracks to MP3 from my CD collection. Took me ages so I am concerned if my internal hard drive went up in smoke I would have to re do it all.

Thanks everyone for thier time and advice.

Regards to all and yes it is snowing in Oxford.

Mike

[Paulie]

Good value from these people http://www.envizage.com/env/ thinking of getting one myself soon.

Originally Posted by Paulie

Good value from these people http://www.envizage.com/env/ thinking of getting one myself soon.

Prices look good, but seem to be ex.VAT

We use Lacie USB Drives at work to backup > 200GB of data from some PC's (and for transporting data to other locations).

[Paulie]

Originally Posted by JohnHorb

Prices look good, but seem to be ex.VAT

No, they`re inc vat

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by Mike

Just to confirm the external drive is for a simple back up which could be taken away if necassry for safe keeping. I have just convert 7000 tracks to MP3 from my CD collection. Took me ages so I am concerned if my internal hard drive went up in smoke I would have to re do it all.

Thanks everyone for thier time and advice.

Regards to all and yes it is snowing in Oxford.

Mike

I have my hard drives mounted in removeable caddies which means that I can take them away from the system for safe keeping and take no room up when inserted in the system. I decided on this after my grandson mucked up my PC whilst playing on it. I take my normal drive out and replace it with one setup just for him. I have an old small drive that I use just for internet banking in another caddy. This method means that you can swap boot drives very easily for different operating systems or different types of use. They can be picked up for about £4 or £5 from places such as ebuyer (#72253) and you can use whatever HD you want in them.

You can use the various USB and Firewire external drives mentioned in other posts or external caddies to take your choice of HD.

[cookie_365]

I got a 160GB CrossFire USB2.0 external HDD a few weeks ago from Dabs for £96.99 all in - next day delivery too, also for backup - really happy with it.