external hd

nick_lerwill · 23 Sep 2006 at 00:30

ok i have a lot of music, photos, videos so i am getting worried about losing them all so i am think of getting an external hard drive to back it all up, what is the best one to get? wanting it around a few hundred gigs

Sem · 23 Sep 2006 at 01:50

out of the 'pre-made' external HDs i recommend the Western digital Mybook

or you can buy an enclosure and use a drive of your choice

nick_lerwill · 23 Sep 2006 at 12:17

is it better to get a hard drive and put it in enclosure? if so whats the best hard drive and enclosure to get?

jimblowscash · 9 Oct 2006 at 09:46

ive allways bought pre made ones, sisne the last icybox etc died after three weeks

my vote goes to lacie as they have the best range of external hdd,s and have been doing them sinse the year dot

kayone · 9 Oct 2006 at 15:33

Check out this thread, can definatley vouch for this enclosure, been solid for me so far. I ended up going for this as Icy Box's have a bad reputation of currupting HDD's/dieing.

Android · 9 Oct 2006 at 17:01

nick_lerwill said:
is it better to get a hard drive and put it in enclosure? if so whats the best hard drive and enclosure to get?

100%

When you buy pre-build external HD's they come with reduced warrantys. Get a kool looking case (Iceybox Blue) and grab a Seagate 7200.10 Hd.

(Never had a problem with IDE iceyboxs and have sold a good half a dozen to customers!!)