Which 1TB HD

donny-gal

I am looking at taking the plunge and getting a HDD to take all my data as a second backup in one place.

I have found these on Amazon, not much difference in price between them, and would prefer to buy the best rather than the cheapest, if it is not the cheapest one, or is there any others you could recommend around this price range.

Thanks


Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
£88.07
Buffalo Drivestation 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
£74.99

Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Desktop Hard Drive
£78.28

[Deleted User]

I'd always go for a WD over any brand when it comes to HDD. £88.07 for the WD 1TB is a pretty good price too.

N.B.:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Essential-External-Drive/dp/B000W9RNOA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231063875&sr=8-1

Is powered from a mains socket whereas:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-External-Desktop/dp/B001BKSA6O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231063875&sr=8-3

Is powered from your USB port.

marms

Deleted_User wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-External-Desktop/dp/B001BKSA6O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231063875&sr=8-3

Is powered from your USB port.

All the 1TB drives are powered from the mains, the discription says

Box Contents
External USB 2.0 hard drive
USB 2.0 certified cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide


I'd go for the Western Digital My Book Essential Edition myself, i have the older 750GB one and it's been superb.

[Deleted User]

marms wrote: »

All the 1TB drives are powered from the mains, the discription says

Box Contents
External USB 2.0 hard drive
USB 2.0 certified cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide


I'd go for the Western Digital My Book Essential Edition myself, i have the older 750GB one and it's been superb.

My mistake - different from the norm!

Gemmzie

Also, Amazon are very good to buy for as their aftersales service is spot on

cfbc

Gemmzie wrote: »

Also, Amazon are very good to buy for as their aftersales service is spot on

Quite agree.. Also have a look at Ebuyer.com as some (or was) some good prices.... Do you have firewire?

Lorian

The 1TB elements drive is excellent. Bought one when they were sixty something quid last week at pc world. It has one of the new eco/green WD drives, and is VERY quiet and is cool even when beng used flar-out writing for an hour.

cfbc

Does it not concern anyone to keep so much data on one drive that if it fails you have lost everything?

I use and keep three 250gb drives in case of that... Total around 750, but if one fails I lose a small amount of my photographs (will still hurt of course), but not all of them.

I do the same with my camera cards too.. Use 2gb even though I could use larger in case they fail....

I know you can keep going on and on with this and back-up etc., but something worth considering thats all... Not wanting to throw the spanner in the works... Just some advice..

Just a thought.

Lorian

I just keep everything in two places. on two different disks.

donny-gal

Yes it does concern me, which why I will be using it for a second backup, I travel a lot and it will be useful to be able to take everything with just one drive.

I do have firewire on the desktop, but not the laptop, so would prefer not to restrict the use.

Do you think that Maplins store will price match to Amazon?

DG

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donny-gal wrote: »

Do you think that Maplins store will price match to Amazon?

DG

Not sure about store price but online doesn't look great:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=222312