Right!The time has come.. - Page 3

punky · 21-08-2005, 18:51

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Originally Posted by JohnHorb

Bit late now, but I hope you have a USB 2 port. An HDD, if it works at all, will be a bit slow on an earlier USB port.

I have run a HD on USB1, because I have an IDE-to-USB adaptor, and have used it on a USB1 port. The transfer rate is just under 1 meg/sec. Naff for big files but OK for opening small files one at a time.

Dave Stones · 21-08-2005, 18:51

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Oh hell the Protestant work ethic will be trotted out next.

And I still wonder why so many of you seem against me getting an external HD?You lot usually lap up the gadgets.

ahhh, but not if they tie up a port

what's the protestant work ethic?

oh, i have usb2 ports but my external hss runs quite happily on usb1.1... the write rate is just obviously a tad slower

**Maggy** · 21-08-2005, 19:43

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Originally Posted by JohnHorb

Bit late now, but I hope you have a USB 2 port. An HDD, if it works at all, will be a bit slow on an earlier USB port.

Oh yes I had to when I HAD to upgrade my CDRW because my old CDRW wouldn't work with XP.

I now have 8 USB ports.

And yes Stuart and Dave I know you weren't against it..It's just that I'm being made to feel I should be opening up the case and installing a new HD.

I'm a 52 year old biddy fer goodness sake...I just know how to press buttons.

greencreeper · 21-08-2005, 19:51

I wasn't against it neither

I was just being cautious. And women are just as capable as men, so there's no reason why a woman of any age shouldn't be able to install a HDD with the help of a man.

Chimaera · 21-08-2005, 19:52

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

I wasn't against it neither

I was just being cautious. And women are just as capable as men, so there's no reason why a woman of any age shouldn't be able to install a HDD with the help of a man.

Or without!

**Maggy** · 21-08-2005, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Chimaera

Or without!

Et tu Chim?

Chimaera · 21-08-2005, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Et tu Chim?

Well as I have a Time/Tiny pc I expect I'll have to do something with this one eventually!

Not because of the disk space (according to the PC is has 90 GB free

) but it's not been that reliable and it's almost 5 years old. I don't want to go to PC World or anywhere else - I think I might actually have a go at building my own - can't be that difficult, can it?

I did have a storage problem when the girls were at home and downloading music from Kazzaa though - I've had a good spring clean since!

AndrewJ · 21-08-2005, 22:24

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Originally Posted by Chimaera

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Et tu Chim?

Well as I have a Time/Tiny pc I expect I'll have to do something with this one eventually!

Not because of the disk space (according to the PC is has 90 GB free

) but it's not been that reliable and it's almost 5 years old. I don't want to go to PC World or anywhere else - I think I might actually have a go at building my own - can't be that difficult, can it?

I did have a storage problem when the girls were at home and downloading music from Kazzaa though - I've had a good spring clean since!

www.meshcomputers.com

nuff said.

Chimaera · 21-08-2005, 22:25

Now where's the fun in that?
I quite fancy the challenge of building my own - and it would be nice to give my soldering iron another outing!

AndrewJ · 21-08-2005, 22:41

soldering iron?

Bifta · 21-08-2005, 22:54

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

I'm constantly deleting or backing up stuff because I just don't have enough space on my 40GB HD and with all the P2P gear my son keeps installing I'm regularly down to less than 1GB of space despite all my housekeeping.So I need more space and I'm thinking of getting an external HD.

Are they easy to use.Do they just work like the flash memory sticks or is there more to it than that?

I did find this one which I think I can just about afford..

https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...html?FRE-23237

I use a couple of external drives for work, they're unbelievably simple to install and use, just plug it in, if you're using Windows XP it'll normally install itself, if not just run the setup program from the supplied driver cd/floppy and it should just appear as another drive letter.

**Maggy** · 22-08-2005, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Bifta

I use a couple of external drives for work, they're unbelievably simple to install and use, just plug it in, if you're using Windows XP it'll normally install itself, if not just run the setup program from the supplied driver cd/floppy and it should just appear as another drive letter.

I went ahead and ordered the one I found.It's about the same price as elsewhere and the firm is a local one so I can go and hammer on their front door if needs be..I just want a quick fast solution to my problem and I reckon this is it.