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Disease

01-03-2009, 07:44 PM

I have to get one, I was hoping you all could give me some feedback on the different brands you have used. I have read mixed things about a number of them, so if you use one then go ahead and discuss it... :)

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01-03-2009, 07:49 PM

I have a Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 1 TB which does wonderfully well for me. Been 3 months now.

Hassle free, fast as heck, easy to install and very easy to use. I would recommend that highly.

urgeok2

01-03-2009, 08:53 PM

I have a Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 1 TB which does wonderfully well for me. .
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same here...

ManchestrMorgue

01-03-2009, 09:59 PM

Angra

01-04-2009, 03:13 AM

Never heard of external hardrives before.

But now i want one.

Thanks!

ferretchucker

01-04-2009, 04:28 AM

Dunno what mine is but on my computer it calls itself "My Book".

It's always worked fine for me.

Disease

01-04-2009, 05:33 AM

Seagate, Western Digital are good (they are hard drive manufacturers).

The other thing you should be considering is the mode of connection.

E-SATA > Firewire > USB

Depends on what connections you have on your PC though.

Good point, If it is by USB then i would only be able to conect the hard drive and my mouse at the one time... So it would be no good to me if I put my music on there, how would I get it to my ipod?

And those other 2 connections don't seem to be on my laptop....

Most of the hardrives I'm looking at seem to be USB though.

ferretchucker

01-04-2009, 05:35 AM

You could buy one of those USB things that add more ports. I have one. It goes into one USB slot and creates another 6.

Disease

01-04-2009, 05:46 AM

You could buy one of those USB things that add more ports. I have one. It goes into one USB slot and creates another 6.

I wasn't aware of that, do you know what it is actually called....?

ferretchucker

01-04-2009, 06:21 AM

Just had a quick look and they're called USB Hubs.

Here's a website with them. They're pretty cheap.

http://www.usbnow.co.uk/Hubs/c11/index.html?gclid=CKaxzcWb9ZcCFQrUlAod6mzkCQ

Disease

01-04-2009, 04:33 PM

Just had a quick look and they're called USB Hubs.

Here's a website with them. They're pretty cheap.

http://www.usbnow.co.uk/Hubs/c11/index.html?gclid=CKaxzcWb9ZcCFQrUlAod6mzkCQ

Thanks I managed to track them down on the PC World website.. I might try get there tomorrow... ;)

Disease

01-09-2009, 01:11 PM

Cheers for the advice on this, I ended up with a light wieght seagate 320 gb.. red, so it goes fast....