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Best Hard Drive ?
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golfstar
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Hi Guys,I am currently looking for a bigger hard drive as i am running out of room on my PC and was wondering if anybody knows of a good quality external hard drive . I am looking to spend no more really than £50.Has anyone got advice.
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SATA or IDE?Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning: 'I can't configure Debian'.0
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SATA or IDE?
Not really relevant when choosing an external HDD.
Specifications to consider for external disks is the connection type. Normally you'll choose, in order of speed, from USB2 or FireWire400 or FireWire800. Check out what connection options you have on your computer you're connecting it to to decide which would be suitable.
I would recommend (in order of preference) Lacie or Western Digital. From there just choose your storage size based on how much you want to spend.0 -
Thanks guys , My PC is a few years old now ( advent 3111 ) so it would have to be a USB connection...... i think?0
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You can get firewire cards for pc's. But you are probably best get a usb2 one. I got two for backups0
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