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External Hard Drive Help
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Matt84
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29. November 2004 @ 19:11 |
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I am searching for an External Hard Drive to buy because my 40 Gigs on my computer is running out quickly. I'm lookin' to spend under $160. Can anyone help me with some good brands I should look into and also, I was on Ebay searching for one, is there a difference with the "oneTouch" Hard Drives?
Thanks for the help.
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vato_loco
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30. November 2004 @ 07:24 |
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where in canada are you...
go to futureshop or any mom&pop computer store and look for a USB Case withpower ($50.can) (if you buy the case you can later add a larger HD or a DVD BURNER/CD BURNER) and the harddrive 120GIG (about $80, get a MAXTOR)
If you are anywhere near the GTA (T.O) private msg me.)
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vato_loco
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30. November 2004 @ 07:25 |
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MA BAD
Are you in canada?
i read the post wrong lol
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Matt84
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30. November 2004 @ 07:50 |
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Haha, no I'm in Ohio.
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vato_loco
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30. November 2004 @ 08:15 |
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alright lol
yeah man the best thing to do is go and look for a harddrive/cdrom case with power it should be around $40us and then get your self a 120gig hardrive ($70 around)
or go to circuit city and look for one there, it doesnt really matter where you buy/ but dont get one that is just a external drive, your better off buying 2 things (the case and Harddrive) becuase its better in the long run
*** for example you can add a larger hard-drive
you can add a dvd-burner
you can add a cd-burner (LOL)
But yeah get the case with powersupply and get the harddrive and connect it
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vato_loco
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30. November 2004 @ 08:16 |
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also make sure you have USB 2.0
or firewire (i-link)
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Matt84
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30. November 2004 @ 10:10 |
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Ok, I'll do that. An 120 Gig Hard Drive are only $70?
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dlc2000
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30. November 2004 @ 11:18 |
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im using a $99 western digital that came with a 80 gig 7200 rpm hard drive . it isnt as nice as what has been suggested above . but its cheap storage and is nice for backing up your system in case of a failure .
the model im using has some draw backs to it , there is no on and off switch and its only usb 2.0 with no firewire .
i would agree on buying a enclosure and hard drive and putting it together yourself . my western digital is a sealed unit which makes it the throw away model if it fails .
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vato_loco
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30. November 2004 @ 16:10 |
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yeah matt84 its the best way to go, thats what i did, i have a 200gig harddrive and a plextor dvd-burner.. when i want to switch i just plug and play it and its a god send
good luck
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Matt84
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1. December 2004 @ 08:27 |
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I was look at some on Ebay that are Hard Drives and come in external cases with a USB 2.0. I'll keep lookin' around though, thanks for you help. Hopefully I can find one with an on and off switch.
I was lookin' at this one, I'm new at this Hard Drive stuff so could you guys take a quick look and tell me what you think.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41911&item=5142010908&rd=1
Thanks.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. December 2004 @ 08:31
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dlc2000
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1. December 2004 @ 18:00 |
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the drive you are looking at doesnt look like a bad deal as long as it has the on and off switch . i would be careful buying hard drives from ebay . one other thing to note is the buffer . the drive you are looking at only has a 2 mb buffer which is rather small . have a look here to compare some with the switch and different size buffers .http://www.supergooddeal.com/usb20hdd.html
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Matt84
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1. December 2004 @ 20:41 |
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I'm sorry man, like I said I'm new at this. What does the buffer size mean to the hard drive?
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dlc2000
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2. December 2004 @ 02:41 |
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Matt84
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6. December 2004 @ 12:20 |
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Ok, so I bought an 120 Gig External Hard Drive but only 111 gigs are showing up. What is up with that?
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dlc2000
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6. December 2004 @ 12:54 |
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thats the nature of the beast with hard drives . they dont show up at what they are stated to be . my 40 gig shows up at 37 gigs the 200 gig shows up at 196 gigs . yours seems to be missing more than normal . im not sure why that is ! you are missing more than just a few gigs . 9 gigs of hard drive space is a lot !
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ianski7
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6. December 2004 @ 15:07 |
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Hey Matt84
Hard drive manufacturers express a GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes and Windows expresses it as 1,073,741,824 bytes(2 to the power of 30 in binary).
You have a 120Gb disk = 120,000,000,000 bytes.
Windows calculates it as 120,000,000,000 divided by
1,073,741,824 = 111.7GB which is what you see.
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Matt84
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6. December 2004 @ 20:44 |
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Well that sucks! Ok, thanks again guys!
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ddp
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7. December 2004 @ 13:11 |
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but you still have full 120gig to access, just the way hd manufacturer reports size
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ianski7
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7. December 2004 @ 17:11 |
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Hey
ddp,can you explain that please?
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