JanetThomas1 Posted November 14, 2005 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossMAN Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Why do you need an external hard drive for your laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylogic Posted November 14, 2005 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonnegutFan Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 How much extra storage do you need? You may be able to get away with just a thumb drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravi7791 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I suggest you get an Internal drive with an external enclosure. It'll end up being cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetThomas1 Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonnegutFan Posted November 14, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetThomas1 Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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