Cheap external HD for back up?

ILA

I'm looking for a cheap external HD drive for automatically backing up my laptop. I've 55.8gb of space presently but would probably store extra video files on the external HD as well.

I've been looking at either 80gb, 100gb or 250gb drives. But was hoping to pick up one for between €0 - €35 or is this unrealistic?

Darkphenom

Im not too sure what kind of external hard drive you could pick up for that kind of money.

You could get an internal one (120 gb or so) for roughly 30 -> 40 euro

If you are doing backups it would probably be recommended to have an external hard drive. Maybe online storage could be an option for you

Diddy Kong

For that sort of price you would be better picking up a second hand one in Adverts.

For a little extra these are currently available. Havent had a good chance to go through all sales, but that or the bargin bins in the likes of PC World might throw up a special or two.

Voodu Child

I wouldn't buy a 2nd hand hard-drive, thats asking for trouble.

You'll be hard pushed to get an external drive new for €35 or under. External HDD prices don't really dip that low, unless you're lucky to find one on sale. Even low capacity ones - what happens instead of prices getting really low is that they just stop making that particular capacity.

Here's two 320GB externals for £40. Free shipping to Ireland on both.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansions-320GB-External-Portable/dp/B001XLX23C/ref=sr_1_466?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1289571927&sr=1-466

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B002KQ1X1W/ref=sr_1_476?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1289571927&sr=1-476