MustangSally Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 What is a good brand and good price.. I really want one badly but do not know anything about the brands. TIA Love, Beth
RossMAN Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Western Digital is a good brand. It also depends on what interface you want, USB, FireWire or combo USB/FireWire. FireWire is better. Do you know what size capacity you need, 80GB, 120GB, 250GB? What is your budget? Do you have a Fry's Electronics, CostCo or Sam's Club near you?
Guest Duker99 Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 BUY.COM currently has a 250 Gig Lasonic external Hard Drive for $87.99 with free shipping, and if you sign up for their VISA card, they will take an additional $25 off. For the free shipping, you have to re-enter your address in the ship to field and select ground shipping. If you do not re-enter your address in the ship to field, the ground shipping selection will be greyed out. To find this deal, enter 3.5 enclosure in the search field. http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=202049512 I bought one and am quite satisfied with it. It comes with a power source and a USB cable. No internal fan, but that does not seem to bother it.
MustangSally Posted December 30, 2005 Author Posted December 30, 2005 Thank you all so much.. Hubby just surprised me and told me he ordered me one. heheee Gotta love him! Thank you all again! Love, Beth
BobbyDouglas Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Beth, It is fairly easy to make your own external drive. All you need is a drive, and then an external enclosure for it. You will usually get a longer warranty, as well as a better hard drive, when you make it yourself. My guess is that it would take a newbie about 5 minutes to make it from all of the parts.
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