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External hard drive??

  • 10-08-2007 3:28pm
    #1
    celerond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭


    Hi,

    I need to get an external hard drive for my laptop, it runs at 4200...

    what do I need to know about compatibilty or is it just a case of pluggin it in to the usb and off I go???

    are there any good deals at the moment?

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Do you want one with an external power supply or not? Can be a bother carrying around one sometimes.


  • #3
    Loomis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭Loomis


    Well external hard drives are USB so ye it is pretty much a case of plugging it in. Look into the specs though if you're big on speed and performance.
    Saw this today: nice enough I thought -
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=318909
    Pretty much the top brand and good price. I got a HD earlier in the year and I don't think 500gb was anywhere near that cheap


  • #4
    celerond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭celerond


    Its basically for just dumping recording projects onto and probably pictures.. so I won't really be carrying it around... well I hope not anyway... just want to make sure its compatible with my laptop...

    cheers for the advice and link...


  • #5
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    €127 for the WD 500 with just usb2; no firewire.


  • #6
    celerond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭celerond


    one more question.. what is 2.5 and 3.5ide all about??


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  • #7
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    2.5 inch and 3.5 inch are hard drive sizes , IDE and SATA are two different interfaces.They are just hard drives for installing into a pc , i.e , opening up the case and installing internally.

    Its an external one you want , so you dont have to worry about that ! dont get them mixed up now , make sure its an External one you buy !


  • #8
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Good deal for 500GB right now otherwise I would go with the Western Digital MyBook ones.


  • #9
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    ^ It's a Maxtor though. Every HD I've had that failed was a Maxtor...


  • #10
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    kaimera wrote:
    €127 for the WD 500 with just usb2; no firewire.
    The firewire and USB model has an exta ring around the power button which indicates disk usage. Hardly essential but useful.


  • #11
    celerond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭celerond


    Went for the WD 320gb from Komplett, figure thats enough..

    thanks again...


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