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Western Digital 1TB External Hard Drive - £49.40 @ Amazon

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    mailburner
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    positron wrote: »
    Saw this on HDUK. £49.40 + free shipping too.

    Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-Desktop-External/dp/B002E7HEVU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280565088&sr=8-1

    thanks op
    thats some bargain
    ive never seen a 1tb that cheap before


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    #3
    amacachi
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    Aye, hope this offer is still on in a few days, great price.


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    #4
    lindtee
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    I think thats the cheapest yet. Great drive. Don't dither if you are thinking of buying as the price could change at any time!


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    #5
    Jo Satan
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭Jo Satan


    Just had to buy at that price, thanks OP


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    #6
    jamesd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,425 ✭✭✭jamesd


    Thanks, thats 3 1TB's I have now.


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    MagicMarker
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    Wish I could but I don't have the money :(


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    #8
    Keano
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    Have amazon vouchers buy can't get them until Tuesday. Hope its still there but I doubt it.


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    #9
    Superfin
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Superfin


    Good spot, too good to turn down.


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    tommy21
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    positron wrote: »
    Saw this on HDUK. £49.40 + free shipping too.

    Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-Desktop-External/dp/B002E7HEVU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1280565088&sr=8-1

    Gone up to 54.90 but still a bargain, I may purchase!


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    Nedved85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭Nedved85


    nice spot, but its not USB powered... bit of a pain to have to use a seperate power supply cable


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    daveyjoe
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    Nedved85 wrote: »
    nice spot, but its not USB powered... bit of a pain to have to use a seperate power supply cable
    I thought that all 3.5" Externals need external power?


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    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    Thanks OP I've been waiting for price to come down on the 1T drive. Just ordered one €63.60 all in and free delivery.


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    #14
    funnyname
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    Here's the 2tb for £99.99

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003IPC21Y/ref=pd_luc_mri?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE


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    amacachi
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    tommy21 wrote: »
    Gone up to 54.90 but still a bargain, I may purchase!

    Still £49.40 on mine. :S


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    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,303 ✭✭✭positron


    amacachi wrote: »
    Still £49.40 on mine. :S

    It had gone up 54.90 yesterday, and looks like it's back to £49.40 again! :)


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    daveyjoe
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    positron wrote: »
    It had gone up 54.90 yesterday, and looks like it's back to £49.40 again! :)
    I can confirm this. I ordered at the higher price yesterday :(.


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    FrostyJack
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    daveyjoe wrote: »
    I can confirm this. I ordered at the higher price yesterday :(.

    Me too, swines !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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    #19
    seeing_ie
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    Me three!

    Thanks for the heads up OP.


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    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,303 ✭✭✭positron


    Nedved85 wrote: »
    nice spot, but its not USB powered... bit of a pain to have to use a seperate power supply cable

    If you want one that's USB powered, the link below is probably the cheapest out there (again from HDUK).

    1 TB 2.5" USB Powered from Amazon - £99.99

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LV2J2M/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21


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    dodzy
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    positron wrote: »

    1 TB 2.5" USB Powered from Amazon - £99.99

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LV2J2M/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

    Jesus, just how big can they actually get....2.5" & USB powered :eek:


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    dubmick
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    This has gone up to £54.99 now


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    #23
    Superfin
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭Superfin


    Ordered Saturday, delivered today. Thats impressive

    However transfer speeds seem a little slow.

    Great for the price though


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    amacachi
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    Superfin wrote: »
    Ordered Saturday, delivered today. Thats impressive

    However transfer speeds seem a little slow.

    Great for the price though

    How so? And what operating system are you on? The transfer would be more likely to be constrained by the software on your computer or by USB.


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    #25
    CombatCow
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    Overclockers have a 1TB buffalo External Hard Drive for £64 delivered.


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    Keano
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    CombatCow wrote: »
    Overclockers have a 1TB buffalo External Hard Drive for £64 delivered.
    That is ridiculously cheap :eek:


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    FredTroll
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    dodzy wrote: »
    Jesus, just how big can they actually get..

    Anybody read this and think:

    pregnant-nun-halloween-costume-by-rkimpeljr.jpg&t=1


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    #28
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    1TB......f*** I got a 320GB Passport a while back (was short ten euro in my paypal to get the 500GB and couldn't be bothered waiting)
    Just about filled it.....with a ton of movies/media...(all legally backup-ed from my own personal dvds of course :o) and backups...of my full mac system...and anything important on my pc.....oh and a lot of duplicate content and stuff........and still got 10 gigs left tbh....

    No idea how im gonna fill 1TB :D but gonna get a TB or two at the end of the month when i get paid....and then try :pac:
    cis2pq
    Thanks to the OP :)
    Showing as the higher price for me atm...but it's only 5 pounds i guess :) still good value! :)


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    #29
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    Just ordered one :D

    Anyone know whether these drives come with that annoying software WD preloads onto some? And if so, is it easily removable?

    Thanks :)


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    #30
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    Seems to be welded together...well moulded then:D Seems to be only a pdf guide on it but I haven't really looked into it fully yet.


    In order to partition the drive do i need to know what type of drive it is first, eg, SATA or IDE or something?


    Its preformatted as file type NTFS which matches by c drive.


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    amacachi
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    danjo-xx wrote: »
    Seems to be welded together...well moulded then:D Seems to be only a pdf guide on it but I haven't really looked into it fully yet.


    In order to partition the drive do i need to know what type of drive it is first, eg, SATA or IDE or something?


    Its preformatted as file type NTFS which matches by c drive.

    http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/ will reformat it to FAT32. Xbox 360 and PS3 won't recognise NTFS. That program wouldn't work for me in windows 7 though.


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