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External Hardrives? Anyone?


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#1 SteveOrM3L

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Posted 18 November 2007 - 11:21 PM

I currently have two of them...
One 500Gig, And One 250 Gig...

Maxtor, And Western Digital (My Book)
Both very reliable In my expereience.
Ive had em for over a good year now, and never crashed or anything.
Dropped em a few times, and still worked with no errors or any problems.


I Had A SimpleTech Pininfarina, but that one broke alot faster then i could do anything with it, i sent it back to the store.

i Suggest getting one when u see them on sale or somthing.
They come in handy esspecially if ur holding Programs, Movies, Work Files, GFX Files, Photo's, Etc.

#2 BuffetofMan

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Posted 19 June 2008 - 07:25 PM

mines 250 gigs. your right they are great. i like it because i can save all my music and pictures and whatnot on it and not have it all clogging up my computer. also, i have a pc and they are somewhat unreliable so i am a firm believer in backing up all of your work.

#3 BuffetofMan

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Posted 19 June 2008 - 07:26 PM

definitaly a good thing to have though. they really are decently priced too.

#4 TheDreamer_EJoy

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Posted 19 June 2008 - 09:57 PM

I 2nd that! I have one its 232 gigs I need another though because my dad is sharing it with me so he is taking up most of the space its nearly full! But yes they are very handy!

#5 Maxson

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Posted 21 June 2008 - 02:42 PM

I had Lacie 500Gb ex hd, then sold it and bought Lacie LaCinema Premier 500Gb multimedia hd - best thing i've ever purchased :D
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#6 Chung Dha

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Posted 22 June 2008 - 01:12 PM

I find small external you can carry around is much easier. Plus I got 2 laptops and want to switch the files in between without having to email them back and fort. I go for western digital which out of most of the external have a decent looking design.

#7 blazehd

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Posted 22 June 2008 - 05:34 PM

I personally just have a 2GB flash drive which gives me all the room I need. If I ever need more I can just burn it to a DVD and use that. With U3 flash drives are A LOT more usable in everyday situations.

#8 lakeswimmer

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 09:46 AM

I am still planning to buy an external hard drive.. I am looking at 500Gig drive.. i heard about about my book..

#9 NancyCarter

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 05:11 PM

Mine's 250gig -- but, more importantly, it's PINK ... as are my laptop and mouse and other accessories. I'm certain the pink makes them work better. ;)
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#10 Chung Dha

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 06:13 PM

Anyone know if there are external hardrive or servers that can be set wireless. Would be easy for myself. So I wont have to carry it from one laptop to the other. Just Wifi on and network.

Cause lately also looking at wireless printers and would easier without having any wires attached to my laptop each time. And could work easily with just my laptop and dont have too plug in each time to acces them.

#11 tomas.brolen

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 07:57 PM

I am going to get a new router/modem soon which is wireless... it has a usb-port for external harddrives to be shared in the network. I can't say how it works but it sounds like a neat future. D-Link 635 I think it's name...

#12 Jiayi

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 11:18 PM

http://g-technology.com/

I've been pining to purchase a G-Drive for awhile... but it's a bit more expensive than your regular Western Digital... la sighs... G-Drive's are known for their quietness and stability :]

#13 magaly

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 04:41 PM

I had a Maxtor and I was saddened to realize about 2 weeks ago that it stopped working. Before then, it was stored away in a box in my closet for about 3 months. Just stopped working out of nowhere, unrepairable and unformatable. Made me cry a little inside. I back everything up on DVDs twice because everything else is still not reliable enough for me.

I also had a zip drive in college and those darn expensive little disks always got messed up. If you breathe on them they're damaged, (well, not literally, but they were too delicate) so that didn't work out either.
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Posted 15 September 2008 - 06:37 PM

350Gb Iomega + Portable 160Gb WesternDigital Passport

#15 alexjyk

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Posted 16 September 2008 - 02:49 PM

i just got my WD 250gig hard.. and its red+pink yay~ i really like it

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Posted 26 September 2008 - 10:19 PM

simpletech 250GB w/ sweet home-made designs on it of course :D

#17 Zpsy

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Posted 06 October 2008 - 12:49 PM

2 X 250GB << Maxtor
1 X 500GB << Seagate
1 X 500GB << Western Digital

#18 baiskee

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Posted 07 October 2008 - 05:40 PM

A 120G Toshiba portable ext hard drive... planning to purchase another one but the current isn't full yet just want to segregate my photos. I'm eyeing for a dslr.

Wow! Zpsy, a 1500GB in total hard drive space?!
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#19 Zpsy

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Posted 07 October 2008 - 06:41 PM

Wow! Zpsy, a 1500GB in total hard drive space?!


yea 1.5 tb :D ! but after five years it will be like 10 gb now :rolleyes:




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