usb hard drive

Wobbel · 04-17-2003, 11:55 PM

I,m looking for a stand alone usb 40gb hard drive,any tips or recomendations ?

Cirga · 04-18-2003, 11:28 AM

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Originally posted by Wobbel
I,m looking for a stand alone usb 40gb hard drive,any tips or recomendations ?

What do you plan on using it for Wobbel? Just a backup type drive or?

Curious is all.

Here is an 80GB Iomega that looks really nice for 150 bucks..

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...71c43e2209f1bc

Gabe · 04-18-2003, 01:45 PM

... is when getting a USB drive, try to get a USB 2.0 but make sure your system supports USB 2.0. while the portablity of the drive is great, the speed and copying of the data isnt so great. I recently ran through a test of 4 different drives, I liked em all the same but the one thing I didnt like was that they were ungodly slow with USB 1.0

Wobbel · 04-18-2003, 01:58 PM

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Originally posted by Cirga
What do you plan on using it for Wobbel? Just a backup type drive or?

Curious is all.

It's mainly going to be used to store movies and music (mp3)
I want it to be portable so i can take it to a friend of mine,to hook it up to his pc,wich is connected with this huge plasma tv screen,so we can watch movies there.I download a lot of movies through the newsnet (binarie groups) and it's costing me a whole lot of cd's,for movies we only watch once or twice,thought this would be a good solution,we split the costs.

ps: we already decided it's gonna be a usb 2.0 or firewire connection.

Gabe · 04-18-2003, 03:24 PM

firewire is the way to go then.

**NUTNDUN** · 04-18-2003, 05:01 PM

I agree with Gabriel on this, if you don't have any USB 2.0 compliant ports, you can buy a pci adapter that usually has two ports on it, or you can do the same with firewire.

Cirga · 04-19-2003, 07:32 PM

Very good idea Wobbel.

I think for USB harddrives.. the only good use is for data storage and transport. I spend alot of time trying to figrue out where to FTP things so I can get them transferred to and from my work PC.. I guess I should get USB hard drive to handle this

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Gabe This space for sell Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bawstin Posts: 158	my suggestion... ... is when getting a USB drive, try to get a USB 2.0 but make sure your system supports USB 2.0. while the portablity of the drive is great, the speed and copying of the data isnt so great. I recently ran through a test of 4 different drives, I liked em all the same but the one thing I didnt like was that they were ungodly slow with USB 1.0

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NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	I agree with Gabriel on this, if you don't have any USB 2.0 compliant ports, you can buy a pci adapter that usually has two ports on it, or you can do the same with firewire. __________________

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Cirga Lurking AdMiN Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In my own little world. Buts its ok. They know me here. Posts: 3,245	Very good idea Wobbel. I think for USB harddrives.. the only good use is for data storage and transport. I spend alot of time trying to figrue out where to FTP things so I can get them transferred to and from my work PC.. I guess I should get USB hard drive to handle this __________________ Vote For Us! -- It will get you hot chicks. No really It will! ---- www.myTego.com - Give your devices a face! Dont be a conformist!

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04-18-2003, 03:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gabe This space for sell Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bawstin Posts: 158	firewire is the way to go then.