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Old 20-11-2004, 10:37   #1
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External Hard Drive ???
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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.

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Re: External Hard Drive ???
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...358600-2191833

[Edit]-See also http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computi...a_846=External

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When I click on that link, I get an Amazon error page saying there is a bug in my browser, and that I'm using Mozilla 4.0 - I'm actually using IE 6! Anyone else get this, is is the link wrong?
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Re: External Hard Drive ???
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When I click on that link, I get an Amazon error page saying there is a bug in my browser, and that I'm using Mozilla 4.0 - I'm actually using IE 6! Anyone else get this, is is the link wrong?
I get the same error using Firefox.

What does the OP mean by "tower thing"?
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I get the same error using Firefox.

What does the OP mean by "tower thing"?
IE6 gives error
I assume he means like a small tower (imagine 2 or 3 cdrom drives on top of each other - about that size) with a small power supply on the rear and a port for a USB/Firewire cable.

Bug with Amazon is the way it performs searches - The search has since expired and therefore does the next best thing and blames the user!
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Re: External Hard Drive ???
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I get the same error using Firefox.

What does the OP mean by "tower thing"?
Sorry..............one which stands on it's side !

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Probably something like I have - an external hard disk in a case which stands on its side (ie the disk is vertical). (I got mine off Ebay).
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Sorry..............one which stands on it's side !

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How often are you going to use it? - I've just dragged the ide cable out of a open port on the rear before now and extended the power...This'll cost you £30 or so but it's not pretty!?
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Have you checked the Pricerunner link I gave you Mike?
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Have you checked the Pricerunner link I gave you Mike?
Neil.....just looking thanks.

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Re: External Hard Drive ???
I can't get my head around what the idea of the external drive is. How is it going to be used?
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I'd recommend Maxtor or Western Digital USB. Both do an 80GB at under £80. But check the version of USB you have, USB 2 is preferable, but some external drives will run (more slowly) with earlier (slower) USB ports. Another alternative, if you have it on your PC, is firewire. Also, I'm assuming you are using an OS which supports USB.
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Re: External Hard Drive ???
http://www.simply.co.uk/positiontech...ters/index.htm

They would connect via a USB/firewire cable and then appear in Explorer as another disk drive (just like a floppy or Memory card would).
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I can't get my head around what the idea of the external drive is. How is it going to be used?
I use mine as an extension to my laptop. Also, an external drive can be easily moved between PCs.
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I can't get my head around what the idea of the external drive is. How is it going to be used?
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