Philips USB 2.0 250GB Hard Drive £69.99 (Staples 4 days only, in store)

ianonline

patnut wrote:

Can you power this from the PC?

No, you need to use the separate power supply which comes with the drive (this is pretty much the norm for most modern external hard drives AFAIK)

EDIT: The Middleman beat me to it :doh:

sablade

If you want one that's powered via usb buy a 2.5" laptop external from stores or fleabay

hi123

hi can anyone please give me a rough idea of the size of the drive

Chippy_Minton

hi123 wrote:

hi can anyone please give me a rough idea of the size of the drive

Length: 30.5cm
Width: 14.5cm
Height: 24.0cm

patnut

can you take the drive out?

Chippy_Minton

patnut wrote:

can you take the drive out?

The device is an external drive (i.e. doesn't fit inside your computer) and connects via a USB cable. This lets you move it around and connect it to different Windows computers.

ianonline

Chippy_Minton wrote:

The device is an external drive (i.e. doesn't fit inside your computer) and connects via a USB cable. This lets you move it around and connect it to different Windows computers.

I think he meant can you take the drive out of it's enclosure and use them independently?

I don't see why not - although this may involve breaking some sort of factory seal which will no doubt invalidate your Philips warranty. I'm not sure what the warranty position is, as the Hitachi hard drive inside is a separate unit in itself. I suppose it's no different to buying a ready-built computer whereby your warranty will be with the computer manufacturer (eg Packard Bell) and not necessarily with the manufacturer of the individual components (albeit that certain components may have a longer warranty than the computer itself).

Just some food for thought. :think:

patnut

Thanks "ianonline" thats what I meant

Chippy_Minton

Thanks for clarifying.

In that case you might as well buy the bare internal drive and save £8 - http://ebuyer.co.uk/customer/products/index.html?rb=18496646237&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=87668

patnut

Cheers chippy I already have an enclosure so thats why I was asking. My local branch has sold out of the philips so I might just do that, thanks.