Viggen 644 Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) Can someone give me a few pointers and tips regarding External Hard Drives? Once I get the money I'm going to purchase one. Could someone name some good, cheap, ones that can carry lots of data? And, how the hell are these used? Right now I'm putting my TW installs on Flash Drives (aka thumb drive or memory stick), becuase my PC's reached 20GB of remaining space. Edited January 19, 2009 by JA 37 Viggen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Jimbib 747 Posted January 19, 2009 I would highly recommend LaCie drives, you can get great amounts of reliable storage for a relatively cheap price. They have a good range of mobile and desktop hard drives. This for example is a great buy, my girlfriend bought one about a month ago.... http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11064 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caesar 305 Posted January 19, 2009 I got a WD "My Book" er something, 750GB, it's been reliable, I just don't like to leave it on for too long 'cause it heats up with constant use (it does take a while, but I just keep it off if I don't need it on.) They work pretty simply: by plugging them into a USB port they'll show up as another hard drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikeymead 17 Posted January 19, 2009 Western Digital "My Book" 250GB for me, never had a problem with it and had it well over a year now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsawan 624 Posted January 19, 2009 Western digital is good as I have no probs with it. They also run on stnadby mode as well when you turn your pc to standby. I have 160 and 500 gb. Best Buy has sales under 90 bucks every now and the for 260gb and 500 gb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mppd 16 Posted January 19, 2009 Western digital is good as I have no probs with it. They also run on stnadby mode as well when you turn your pc to standby. I have 160 and 500 gb. Best Buy has sales under 90 bucks every now and the for 260gb and 500 gb. Right on - I have several 160s that I paid $69 for - a steal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. James Cater 62 Posted January 20, 2009 I've become a real Western Digital fan in the last few months. The external HD i use is a Passport and it has really been a help. I also just finished replacing the Hard Drive on my ancient Dell 4400 with a WD Caviar SE. 500GBs that only cast me about $70 It took a whopping 20 minutes to pull the old one out and voila, in with the new. Tommorrow, a fresh install of WOE and transfer all my planes from the external HD. Go with Western Digital, you won't regret it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DoctorQuest 125 Posted January 20, 2009 Western Digital "My Book" 250GB for me, never had a problem with it and had it well over a year now. My daughter got a lemon I guess. She had one of these and it ended up crapping out after about year. Power it up and it just sits and clicks and never connects. Not sure what happened. I've had very good luck with WD internal drives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gumpy 7 Posted January 20, 2009 I'm running two Western Digitals ,I always run a small fan on my externals to keep them cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+GrinchWSLG 24 Posted January 20, 2009 I built one, sort of. Bought an external enclosure from Thermaltake, has a fan and uses ESATA and USB2. Then just put a regular Western Digital 300GB HDD in to it. I'd probably do two things differently if I did it again though. First I'd get a 1TB HDD, but thats just because they're a lot cheaper now then before. Second, I'd try and find either an enclosure with a power button on the front, or one that's smart enough to shut down and start up with my PC. The enclosure I have now only has a power switch on the back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 644 Posted January 20, 2009 So, it would appear that a Western Digital is the way to go, right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted January 20, 2009 I've heard good things about Western Digital - I have LCie. pretty much anyone will do, just be sure you get a big enough one to use for backup. Are you using it for backup or as a main drive? you've only got 20gb left on your computer? have you gone through to clean stuff out that you don't need like old programs that you don't use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 644 Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) Are you using it for backup or as a main drive? you've only got 20gb left on your computer? have you gone through to clean stuff out that you don't need like old programs that you don't use? Typhoid: Pretty much just a place to put all my TW and FS installs into. I've been able to raise it to 32.7 gb now that I've put several installs on thumb drives, and deleted one. This Dell Dimension 3000 originally came with 71 gb on the C: drive Edited January 20, 2009 by JA 37 Viggen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
