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External hard drive ??

Lmnover · 2009-04-28 13:29:42

Hi Can anyone recommend an external hard drive to me thats economical and reliable and available over the counter in Galway? Regards, Laura

28-04-2009 1:29pm

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Lmnover

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Hi
Can anyone recommend an external hard drive to me thats economical and reliable and available over the counter in Galway?
Regards,
Laura

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#2 28-04-2009 10:34pm

Cuddlesworth

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No such thing as a reliable external hard-drive. A hard-drive is the only real mechanical part left in the manufacture of computers and as a result is much more prone to failure. Couple this with something that moves about and gets a considerable amount of abuse and you are left with a very high failure rate. I would by two cheap ones then a expensive one.

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#3 28-04-2009 11:22pm

Kevster

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Just stick to the main brands such as Iomega and Maxtor. I bought a 500GB maxtor disk a few months ago and it's ticking over just fine. As the previous poster has said though, external disks are never that reliable.

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