2.2GB USB2.0 Mini Hard Drive (5cm x 5cm x 1cm) £29.99 inc del @Amazon

MoneySavingGenius_2

I'd be quick if you want one: it's going very fast. It's at number 25 in the amazon.co.uk sales rank now.

Someone at hexus.net found it being sold for £119 elsewhere.

I got one to use with my usb car stereo (if it can take the power load, just have to see) and my forthcoming dvd/divx player with a usb socket.

mercurystar999

Could i use this to download say music from the internet on to? I just got a laptop and didn't want to clog it up with loads of rubbish?

MoneySavingGenius_2

Yes you could do that. If your laptop is XP you wouldn't even need to install any drivers, it just would "appear" as another hard drive. When you are finished with it you could put it away somewhere.
Devices like this are ideal for storing private files and documents, as you can put them out of the way. Also they are good for plain old backup of your files.
One disadvantage is though, just like the bigger external hard drives you shouldn't knock them around too much or they might break. Especially when they are plugged in and the internals are moving about. If you are likely to that you may as well get a more expensive, but safer flash based memory stick.

Poppycat

I also hear that they don't like excessive temperatures either, so no good for holidays in really warm or cold places. Still fine for normally use. I had hell of trouble with two microdrives (not this make though), never again.

mercurystar999

So is this reaaly cheap? Is it a bit big for my needs? Also those usb dongle things what size do they go up to? Could one of them dongle thinhgs store a downloaded dvd before i write it on to a dvd?

Babbler

mercurystar999 wrote:

So is this reaaly cheap? Is it a bit big for my needs? Also those usb dongle things what size do they go up to? Could one of them dongle thinhgs store a downloaded dvd before i write it on to a dvd?

The largest dongle I know is 2gb. Tho some 10 gb ones due I believe. DVD = 4.7 GIG.

mercurystar999

But would a film be that big?

rdwarr

Uncompressed, a film can be a lot bigger. Commercial DVDs are normally dual-layer so can store 9.4GB. It would be possible to get a hard disk based MP3 player which would fit in a pocket but store up to 60GB.

JPS

Price increased to £39.99 within last few hours. Was a good bargain at £29.99.

Babbler

Amazon seem to be doing that a lot atm. Changing prices left right and centre - mostly with items that appear on here. X-Files, Command and Conquer and now this! Hmmmm...