BobF Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Hi, my computer's hard drive is now full of pictures and music so i'm wanting to get an external one to transfer all this onto. Can anyone recommend one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 PC World are currently doing a Maxtor 320Gb External USB drive for £69.99. PC World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Aldi usually have something on offer in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 [ QUOTE ] PC World are currently doing a Maxtor 320Gb External USB drive for £69.99. PC World [/ QUOTE ] Would that be suitable to use as a backup device for my laptop? Not connected all the time but will plug in once a week to backup photos, music and documents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Yes, that would be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexc Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 [ QUOTE ] PC World are currently doing a Maxtor 320Gb External USB drive for £69.99. PC World [/ QUOTE ] Bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Have gone for something else instead as I dont need all that space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Mick Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Doh! Missed out there.... Now £139.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Mick Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Just looking at these on Flea Bay... Do they all use external power supplies? some of the descriptions say they come with a power supply and some don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 it arrived from play.com in less than 24hrs My one doesn't have a power supply Mick as it draws power via the USB connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Mick Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Cheers Dave I ordered a 250gig Packard Bell one from PC World for £70 in the end Dunno if it's got a power suplpy or the same as yours, works off the USB Don't spose it matters really as long as it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobF Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Collected mine from PC World yesterday (Maxtor 320GB), where i was glad to see my on-line ordering had paid off as in the shop it had gone back-up to £130. Got home, pluged in the power lead, plugged in the USB cable and hey presto a simple case of drag and drop onto the new drive that the computer recognised straight away Well done PC World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Ash Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Don't know if anyone's still looking for an external 'drive, but if so, Comet are doing an Iomega 320Gb one at £69.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Since these appear to be cheaper than a 320Gb disk on it's own, could I buy one of these and then put it in a NAS case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Yes, the'll be a standard IDE drive inside. Check PC World tomorrow - they have another day of special offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Since I'm not Molly and don't care what it looks like what do you reckon to this? http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=A61FY&DOY=31m12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Looks ok to me - well cheap too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Cool. I'll check out tomorrow's deals otherwise I think I have a 320Gb NAS for £105 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 PC World are now doing the Maxtor 320Gb External USB drive for £89.99 or a Western Digital 500Gb External USB drive for £149.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamD Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 I have the Maxtor 320GB and I have to say I have been very impressed with it so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobF Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I have the Maxtor 320GB and I have to say I have been very impressed with it so far [/ QUOTE ] Me too, bought it from PC World at the discount rate and no problems so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 This one is a bit of a bargain too. 500Gb External Drive for £123.74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Nice on Daz. The IOMEGA 320Gb one has gone up £20 overnight so I'll go for that one. 500GB NAS all for £158.73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 That one's not a NAS scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 It is if you buy the cage and then take the 500Gb drive out of the other unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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