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(Req) External Hard Disk

mmalaka · 2007-03-22 15:01:13

Friends; Looking for External Hard Disk of something > 250 GB Any advice?? Regards

22-03-2007 3:01pm

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Friends;

Looking for External Hard Disk of something > 250 GB

Any advice??

Regards

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#2 22-03-2007 3:02pm

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The Western Digital MyBook range are reasonably priced, 320GB for €110.01 or 500GB for €155.01. They have some smaller also.

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#3 22-03-2007 3:07pm

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As Ruu said ...

get the 320 gb ...go the few extra quid you're actually getting around 298gbs of diskspace

Alternatively depending on your use of it you could get a hard disk that will play to telly ... similar to the ibood offer on here ... not as cheap but it had LAN access as well as USB

Edit: had read <250gb in your post ... the old eye sight is going

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#4 22-03-2007 4:13pm

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is this any good

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115248&TabID=1&source=1&doy=22m3

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#5 22-03-2007 4:42pm

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Aldi 29.03.07
320gb €104.99
USB and SATA

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#6 22-03-2007 4:55pm

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Do not buy the mybook.
Yea I'm sure alot of ye guys that have one think they are great. So did I when it was working. 3 weeks after I got it, it stopped working.
Wasnt a logical error either so would cost a fortune to get fixed. I lost everything

If you google it I'm not the only person it happened too. Was quite common.
The problem was a flaw in production afaik. It was only with one particular model apparently but I still couldnt trust them again.

I LOST EVERYTHING!!!

I rest my case.

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#7 22-03-2007 5:00pm

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Same happened to a guy I work with, bought it, lasted about a month. WD did replace the drive for him but he lost everything.

As for that Maxtor friend of mine bought one similar to that recently, seems grand but a lot of stuff wont pick it up, like my Xbox for example.

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#8 22-03-2007 5:22pm

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I've had friends have bad experiences with the WD drives ... Freecom drives ... Maxtor drives and so on ...

Personally I've had 4 drives internal ... die on me in the last year and a half ... as a result I won't touch them anymore ...

know of 2 external drives running for a long time now 1 maxtor ... 1 WD ... they are both grand and get heavy duty usage ... just remember to "backup" your "backup" at least the 2 - 5 gbs of stuff you really need ... 2 DVD's should handle that every few weeks for personal stuff

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#9 22-03-2007 5:27pm

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PC World have a Maxtor 320GB disk for 119... I have bought 3 of them in recent weeks for myself and friends. No problems at all.

mj

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#10 22-03-2007 11:46pm

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slave1 wrote:

Aldi 29.03.07
320gb €104.99
USB and SATA

Is that on a flyer or something? The website only shows as far ahead as Sunday 25th...

If it's the same Medion HDDrive 2 Go that I got last time around for €119.99, then that's a nice little price drop. Nice little drive, too — much more compact than the WD, and never a day's trouble so far (touch wood! :eek:). Three-year warranty is a bonus.

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#11 23-03-2007 4:56am

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mjsmyth wrote:

PC World have a Maxtor 320GB disk for 119... I have bought 3 of them in recent weeks for myself and friends. No problems at all.
mj

I've one of these as well, it's more basic than the MyBook but works fine. I got mine for €99 on sale at PC World.

You could go the DIY route, with this: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=307913 and this: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318609 for €115 (€70+€33+€12 delivery) and you've the advantage of been able to replace the hard drive with another when it's full.

Attach it to this: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=317554 for an affordable and handy network storage solution.

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#12 23-03-2007 10:17am

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Hi
I am looking for an external hard disk, would pref it to be portable, so a 2.5" disk that will run off the bus. And about 160 GIG

I was looking at Western Digital Passport II 160GB for 130.

Is there anywhere else out there where I may get one cheaper?

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#13 23-03-2007 10:24am

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http://89.234.66.107/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055069235

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#14 23-03-2007 10:49am

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peckerhead wrote:

Is that on a flyer or something? The website only shows as far ahead as Sunday 25th...

Aldi site just updated http://aldi.ie/

-C

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#15 23-03-2007 11:30am

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320Gb External HD for €105 with 3 year warranty, looks good to me:) : http://aldi.ie/special_buys/product_136.html

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#16 23-03-2007 12:15pm

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Anyone know who manufactured the drive inside the Aldi unit?

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#17 23-03-2007 12:24pm

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Not certain but the one in their latest computer is Seagate: http://aldi.ie/images/data_product/98925609245f6c548a010e.pdf

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#18 23-03-2007 1:24pm

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Aldi have an external HDD this week 320GB for €105 euro (its USB)
www.aldi.ie

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#19 23-03-2007 1:28pm

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Cheaper ones on envizage.com

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