Looking for a portable hard drive

gazfocus · 30 May 2008 at 08:39

Can anyone suggest a good, solid, portable hard drive? Preferrably around 250GB+?

I've currently got a 120GB WD Passport but dropped it recently and it's starting to give me some hassle.

rpstewart · 30 May 2008 at 08:59

250Gb Passport? There's a 320Gb version too if you want something a bit bigger.

fobose · 30 May 2008 at 15:49

Very expensive for what it is though (320GB version). You can buy a 2.5" WD scorpio 320GB for £70 and buy a Icy Box IB-290St-US-B 2.5" external enclosure for £13 - this is much better as if offers esata too.

bledd · 30 May 2008 at 16:03

ooh, the 390's little brother, didn't know they existed

fobose · 30 May 2008 at 17:05

I have the older 260stus 2.5", I want to upgrade it to the 290 though lol. and I paid £16 for the 260!

"andy" · 30 May 2008 at 18:10

fobose said:
Very expensive for what it is though (320GB version). You can buy a 2.5" WD scorpio 320GB for £70 and buy a Icy Box IB-290St-US-B 2.5" external enclosure for £13 - this is much better as if offers esata too.

do this ^

bledd · 30 May 2008 at 21:01

fobose, is the 260 split in two halves, with tiny screws on the sides?

if so, i've got a 3rd party knock off of one of them, it works fine, but the build quality is lacking..

-edit, do you mean the 266?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... SATA HDD to USB 2.0/eSATA External Enclosure

not being pedantic, it's hard to find some of the models

can't understand why ocuk don't stock the 290 and 390, they're cheap as chips and the best of their whole range!

fobose · 31 May 2008 at 10:20

Sorry yes I meant the 266 - it does split in half but the screws are on the bottom so you cant see them. It looks good but having looked at pics of the newer model I would rather have that one. OcUK dont stock the new ones unfortunatly - their loss