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External HD recommendations???

  • 08-04-2004 03:18AM
    #1
    joseph brand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Just looking for an external HD cos I'm sick of losing all my files when something goes wrong with Pc (happened twice in 6 months) :(

    Any Ideas???

    Just lost a 60gig Western Digital HD cos of errors galore, it was 3 yrs old, is that old???

    Looking for one with about 20-60 gig, and reliable.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    whosurpaddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭whosurpaddy


    u could just backup ur important files to a normal HDD every now and again, and then take that out of ur machine and store somewhere else (in case of fire, flood, act of god)

    alternatively take a look at this thread


  • #3
    zedsDeadBaby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭zedsDeadBaby


    Try this one.
    I find this bit of kit fantastic.
    Its battery powered or mains powered.
    You can copy the contents of various types of flash memory (eg digital photos when your on holiday and fill up your SD or compact flash cards p saves you buying new ones) onto it without a pc or laptop in sight. You can also upgrade the hard drive.

    nice and portable too.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000ALK7H/ref=sr_aps_electronics_1_1/202-6010318-4268645


  • #4
    joseph brand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭joseph brand


    Thanks guys, have a few ideas now. :)


  • #5
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    Buy a maxtor 80Gb firiewire drive....
    tis YER ONLY MAN!


    John


  • #6
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    BTW, most drives have 3 years warrenty....


    Maxtor drives have 5 years afaik.


    john


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  • #7
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    The warranties don't cover data loss/recovery, however, just replacement of the drive.


  • #8
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Most hard drives with 8Mb cache have a 3 year warranty. This includes Maxtor.

    Maxtor only gives 5 year warranties on it's SCSI product lines.

    I'm not 100% sure what the warranty on the Maxtor external drives is but I would reckon it would be lower (probably one or two year manufacturers warranty).

    There is also a European Directive requiring a two year warranty on all products sold in the EU but I don't know what the uptake in member states has been like thus far. The problem is that some manufacturer (including Maxtor) are taking the line that the responsibility for the extended warranty requirement is that of the retailer.


  • #9
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    Well I *Have* a maxtor extrernal drive, and it is 5 years.... for the drive it's self.


    John


  • #10
    rymus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    to solve the irritating problem of a smallish laptop hard drive I got myself a 200GB one touch maxtor drive. Connects via firewire or USB 2. It's the business :)


  • #11
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    Yea, I was thinking about getting one of them last night, push my HD space up to 600 Gb.... I decided not to, I may however get my dad to buy me one for my 21st.


    John


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  • #12
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,259 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    I have two external HD's. One I use as a daily backup and as extra disk space. The other one I just copy all my data to every week or so just as a backup. I used to back everything to cdr and I started using DVDRW's but I found just having two hard disks just so much easier than all that messing. They are so cheap these days.

    joseph brand - you overclocking or something? You shouldn't lose data that often.


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