Cheap external 2.5" HDD (20gb)

dazberry

I know this won't be of much interest to all you disk space hungry boardies but for those of us with smaller music collections I discovered these in the creative shop on ebay.

[URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CreativeStorage-Blaster-Portable-Harddisk-20GB_W0QQitemZ8801367406QQcategoryZ16178QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem]CreativeStorage Blaster Portable Harddisk 20GB[/url]
20gb Portable Hard Drive
£(GB)19.99

I bought 2 and it worked out at €62 incl delivery - should get them by Friday. There is also a 40gb model that is £(GB)44.99. They seem to drip feed them on to the site, if there are none there wait a couple of days and they should reappear.

D.

/Edit: although you buy it now on ebay, you need to phone creative and give them you credit card details to complete the purchase. Its a local/dublin number.

yop

your link does not work there lad

red_fox

A little bit of editing reveals this to be the working link.

yop

Thanks red_fox.

Absolut

Thanks for the link. I just bought one, it seems like a decent price, even if it is a little on the small side.

Creative customer care people sounded very good when I rang them up to pay by creidt card, so hopefully if there are any problems there wont be too much hassle getting it fixed.

Ordered at lunchtime today, estimated delivery of Friday, which isn't too bad either.

MunsterCycling

Any idea what disk is in this? Could it be removed and used in a laptop for example?

viking

The feedback could be better:

http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=creative.labs.europe&v=60

yop

Got me 2 for 60 euro so happy out.

dazberry

yop wrote:

your link does not work there lad

Sorry about that yop - thanks red_fox.

Absolut wrote:

Ordered at lunchtime today, estimated delivery of Friday, which isn't too bad either.

Hmm, I ordered Monday and they told me the same...

D.

Absolut

dazberry wrote:

Hmm, I ordered Monday and they told me the same...
D.

I'd be very surprised if I had it before next week. Even if they did send it today, the postal service in my area is pretty bad and the weekend is only 2 days away, so it's doubtful. But it was only about €4 for postage, so I'm not expecting all that much anyway.

wingnut

I bought 2 and it worked out at €62 incl delivery

PC world are doing 60GB freecom external 2.5 inchers for €89. Would be the equivalent of 3 in one package.

jimmycrackcorm

wingnut wrote:

PC world are doing 60GB freecom external 2.5 inchers for €89. Would be the equivalent of 3 in one package.

And a tempting 340gb drive for €169.

Absolut

jimmycrackcorm wrote:

And a tempting 340gb drive for €169.

I'd have gone for that, but my budget was only about €40.

Hard drives in general don't seem *that* expensive in PC World, at least not when you compare them to all the other overpriced stuff they sell.

dazberry

Sitting on my desk when I arrived into work this morning

If you google for Storage Blaster you'll find pictures of a terrible looking yoke, but they are the nice silver (aluminium) ones pictured on ebay. The cheapest price for an enclosure on komplett is e25! They come fully packaged with a leather wallet and a dual head usb cable - (although you won't need the extra power connector for the 20gb). I powered one up here on an xp machine and it worked without any problems, 18.6gb free after formatting (I presume its fat32 I never checked). Also has a nice blue led on the front when in use. Didn't do any performance test - I'll check them out fully this evening when I get home.

D.

wingnut

I have that bigger drive from PC world - I believe its 320gb not 340gb. Its a WD drive in a nice toshiba aluminum case. You get a removable stand. I don't 100% trust externals (heat, delayed write etc) so I always have two - one as a mirror.

kaizersoze

They're back again.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CreativeStorage-Blaster-Portable-Harddisk-20GB_W0QQitemZ8802716902QQcategoryZ16178QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
8 available

oxygen_old

Jeez,that 60gig pcworld one is a good deal for €89,and its in the shop so no delivery involved

dazberry

oxygen wrote:

Jeez,that 60gig pcworld one is a good deal for €89,and its in the shop so no delivery involved

Yes, the pcworld one is a good deal, but can we agree that €28+4 (etc.) is also a good deal if for instance you don't happen to want to spend €89?

D.

MunsterCycling

MunsterCycling wrote:

Any idea what disk is in this? Could it be removed and used in a laptop for example?

Anyone know the answer to this???

JackKelly

Would anyone be willing to pick up a second for a credit cardless bum? (in the Dublin area)

Absolut

I ordered one on Wednesday lunchtime, was dispatched yesterday and arrived today by DHL.

Nice size, easy to set up and use and cheap. There doesn't seem to be any more left on the ebay site - tried to buy one for a friend, but they were all gone. There's a 40GB for about £30 thought.