JanetThomas1 Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I am so neew to computer hardware. I need to get an external disk drive for my laptop and I don't know where to look or what to look for. I don't need anything fancy. Does anyone have any great suggestions? Thanks!
RossMAN Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Why do you need an external hard drive for your laptop?
fuzzylogic Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Are you looking for mass storage -- hard disk drive, DVD/CD burner? Are you looking for temporary storage -- Zip, floppy, thumb drive?
VonnegutFan Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 How much extra storage do you need? You may be able to get away with just a thumb drive.
ravi7791 Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 I suggest you get an Internal drive with an external enclosure. It'll end up being cheaper.
JanetThomas1 Posted November 14, 2005 Author Posted November 14, 2005 I am just looking for an external floppy. I have tried the thumb drive but I am truing to transfer info to my work computer and it will not accept one so I have to transfer the info to a disk.
VonnegutFan Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Oh! a floppy drive... Well those have wanned in popularity so I doubt anyone will have them on sale for BF... Try Newegg! They have one for $28.50 shipped. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821103510
JanetThomas1 Posted November 14, 2005 Author Posted November 14, 2005 OK. I will try them. Is there any difference in them? I saw one at the PX for about $20 or $25 but I don't knwo anything about them. I had jsut assumed that we could use a thumb drive when I purchased the laptop but apparently our work computers will not read them. Thanks for the info!
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