2.5" external hard drive?

carl_east

I am looking to get an external hard drive. But I want it to be powered by USB because I don't want another cable trailing to the mains socket. This obviously limits the size of storage but that's fine. Has anyone got any recommendations? There's quite a lot of choice out there but I can't seem to find any absolute bargains. The LaCie Porsche designed biometric 80gb drive looks very cool but I don't think I need biometric other than to boast about it to my friends.

intel

Any Good to ya... HDD

Or HDD USB

Bob63

I can highly recommend https://www.usbtech.co.uk

b.t.w. You might get a better response if this thread were in the Techie section

Mike

Browntoa

Aldi's have got one coming up in a few weeks, seen it advertised elsewhere in Europe

--Tony--

I bought a small enclosure on ebay a few years ago and its really good, there is no hard drive in it and it only costs a few pounds, you simply pop a laptop harddrive in it and that drive can be any size you fancy.

As it uses a laptop HD its very small and pops in your pocket, I use it like a flash drive but with 60GB storage. It does not need external power but if you find the USB port does not have enough power (I have nevcer found this) it comes with a cable to power it from the ps2 mouse port and atill allows the mouse to be plugged in too.

Ebay item 6864608412 @ 99p is the kind of think but my one is unbranded, its also clear so kind of cool as you can see all the insides.