Enchantres
Help me find one, for my needs, please?
Requirements:
Bare minimum hard drive - 500gb. 1TB would be better, but mehh.
Size: relatively small, not extremely heavy or bulky. In other words, portable.
Password protection option.
Relatively fast transfer rate. I do not want to be waiting six hours for a few gb to transfer.
Easy to use, something like drag-and-drop or similar
Back-up software, so I can copy my harddrive contents to it in case of computer crashing emergency.
USB 2.0 powered only, since I don't want to plug into the wall and I don't have a firewire slot.
Price range - up to $150.
I was thinking a Toshiba one, since it might be best compatible with my Toshiba laptop?
Answer
Do you have a Best Buy or similar type of computer store where you can go look at them?
I would recommend looking at them in a store, and being able to talk to a knowledgeable sales person.
They would be better able to help you.
There is so many kinds / styles available, I would want to look at them all, and read the specifications on the box of the hard drive.
As for the back up- if you have much really important stuff on your computer, I would go with an
on-line back up, such as Carbonite.
I have a Carbonite back-up for mine, and it is great!!! It backs up my stuff automatically, every day.
An external hard drive for back up is good, but it still is a hard drive, and thus subject to crashing just like the internal hard drive in your computer.
Chances are slim, but you never know!
Good luck in your searching, and I hope you find a good one that does what you want it to do.....
Do you have a Best Buy or similar type of computer store where you can go look at them?
I would recommend looking at them in a store, and being able to talk to a knowledgeable sales person.
They would be better able to help you.
There is so many kinds / styles available, I would want to look at them all, and read the specifications on the box of the hard drive.
As for the back up- if you have much really important stuff on your computer, I would go with an
on-line back up, such as Carbonite.
I have a Carbonite back-up for mine, and it is great!!! It backs up my stuff automatically, every day.
An external hard drive for back up is good, but it still is a hard drive, and thus subject to crashing just like the internal hard drive in your computer.
Chances are slim, but you never know!
Good luck in your searching, and I hope you find a good one that does what you want it to do.....
External Hard drives?
Ironmaiden
Hey guys,
So I'm thinking about buying an external hard drive for my computer. Not for anything serious really, just to store my music/pictures/other files in cause my computer crashes or somehing one day.
What would be the best type to buy, and cheapest? I don't really know much about them lol.
Answer
For cheap you can look here
http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_removable_drives/
OR get on the mail list here for theyre sales
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=136
About every other week they have USB 1TB drives on sale for 40$
THIS IS NOT AN AFFILIATE PROGRAM OR LINK FOR ME TO MAKE COMMISSION LIKE
AMAZON USERS, I MAKE NO MONEY WHAT SO EVER FROM THIS POSTING
For cheap you can look here
http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_removable_drives/
OR get on the mail list here for theyre sales
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=136
About every other week they have USB 1TB drives on sale for 40$
THIS IS NOT AN AFFILIATE PROGRAM OR LINK FOR ME TO MAKE COMMISSION LIKE
AMAZON USERS, I MAKE NO MONEY WHAT SO EVER FROM THIS POSTING
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