External HDD

bbreezeuk · 11 Apr 2006 at 19:31

hi all,
can anyone recomend me a good cheap external hard drive aroung 160-200GB

cheers

MeatLoaf · 11 Apr 2006 at 19:34

Go with the Freecoms, good drives imo, dads got a 250GB and i should have one next week

bbreezeuk · 11 Apr 2006 at 20:06

yeah got a freecom tv tuner and was not impressed with it although i no its totaly diferrent to a hard drive

MeatLoaf · 11 Apr 2006 at 21:19

I wonder wht make drives are inside them?

rpstewart · 12 Apr 2006 at 10:07

If you want a particular brand of drive then it might be worth buying the drive and external enclosure separately then assembling them yourself.

squiffy · 12 Apr 2006 at 12:00

Buy a good desktop HD and fit it into a USB2/Firewire enclosure. Just find out details on the chipset in the box. If it's Prolific make sure it has a flashable firmware chip (I have Prolific 3507 and it gives me a lot of grief when connecting, no data loss or corruption just refusal to auto-detect over firewire) Seems ok on USB though.

bbreezeuk · 12 Apr 2006 at 16:42

anyone reccomend a good desktop hard drive and enclosure excluding western digital has i have a lot of problems with the 3 that i own

BONES__69 · 12 Apr 2006 at 17:36

Well logic says get a Seagate Hd as these are the only 7.2k Hd's where the entire range are backed by a 5 year warranty.

I just bought a Seagate 250Gb HD and Icey Box which works really well (Have the option for both USB2 + Firewire). It is both quite and fast with the added benifit of looking kool

bbreezeuk · 12 Apr 2006 at 23:30

BONES__69 said:
Well logic says get a Seagate Hd as these are the only 7.2k Hd's where the entire range are backed by a 5 year warranty.

I just bought a Seagate 250Gb HD and Icey Box which works really well (Have the option for both USB2 + Firewire). It is both quite and fast with the added benifit of looking kool

do you need to install a driver to get it working in windows or do you just plug it in ans away you go

BONES__69 · 13 Apr 2006 at 00:43

bbreezeuk said:
do you need to install a driver to get it working in windows or do you just plug it in ans away you go

Drivers are only needed for <Win98 (You will find this the case with all USB Hd's)
For 2000/XP it's simply PlugnPlay

bbreezeuk · 13 Apr 2006 at 00:49

another thing will a seagate sata II hard drive work normally in a usb enclosure as i have had problems with my western digital sata II hard drive just working in windows

Ladforce · 13 Apr 2006 at 02:03

LaCie External, Design by F.A Porsche 160GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive (HD-001-LC) 68.09 all inclusive. nice looking drive with good performance have one myself very pleased with it.

jimblowscash · 20 Apr 2006 at 12:45

id go with the lacie as well .... but then im biased