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Philips USB 2.0 250GB Hard Drive £69.99 (Staples 4 days only, in store)
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Chippy_Minton wrote: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=876680 -
talkshop wrote:NTFS= Windows NT Filing System (Used by NT, WIN 2000, & XP)
It is a secure filing system, which means you can restrict other people from viewing files on it.
If your current internal Drives are FAT32 then there is no need to reformat to NTFS.
My Computer > Right click on C: Drive > Properties > File system is displayed
Also it's a more robust file system, and more efficient for larger disks than FAT0 -
pjala wrote:Also it's a more robust file system, and more efficient for larger disks than FAT
However, if NTFS crashes, it is much more difficult to rescue documents/files than FAT32. Although, NTFS is more stable and secure, sometimes if the security of folders/files (ownership/read-write permission) messes up, it is also terrible and annoying. Finally, FAT32 is compatible with more operating systems.
In short, it really depends on whether you have good experience/knowledge on PC and what your need is.0 -
so can anyone confirm if this is a better buy than the £109 320gb Toshiba drive, or if there is a better option with a budget of around £80-£100? Could do with one of these. Those movies take up too much space!!0
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bargaindoctor wrote:so can anyone confirm if this is a better buy than the £109 320gb
In general, the bigger the drive you buy, the Gb per £ works out cheaper (eg you won't pay twice the price for a 200 Gb drive than you would for an equivalent 100 Gb drive).
If 250 Gb is sufficient for your needs, then the Philips deal from Staples looks very good on paper at £69.99 (if the offer is still running and you can manage to get hold of one). It actually works out CHEAPER per Gb than the larger Toshiba drive.
If you can't get hold of the Philips one, or you simply prefer the idea of a Seagate then the Maplins deal looks very good at £89.99 (just so long as you're aware that it isn't fan-cooled).
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48607&TabID=1&source=1&doy=23m4
So you pays your money and you takes your choice.0 -
It should be plenty for most uses but if your considering saving alot of movies & music then 250gb wont be enough.0
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To summarise the differences:
http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1227
easy to read comparison
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm
tabular format
To answer the above as to corrupt file recovery - never seen it. You get some problems, as with FAT32, when you crash a computer as it writes to a disk, chkdsk sorts it out for both File Systems.
An extra bit you get with NTFS, that you dont get with FAT32 on XP is file compression, very useful to squash even more onto a disk.
On disk size, I use a 160G disk for my PVR, and it seems to hold a huge amount of recorded tv material on it. I keep meaning to write stuff to DVD's but my DVD recorder is a little unreliable (cheap!).0 -
you can get software on the net
https://www.getdataback.com
https://www.runtime.org
You can download FAT32 and NTFS recovery software, that can even bring back deleted files.
Small price to pay, but I have found it very useful...
If you don't ask, you don't find out!0 -
Thanks Ian. I looked at the Seagate one and it suits my purposes, but I'm not sure if I would prefer it without a cooling fan. It also appears quite chunky! I will try Staples tomorrow even though it may be totally out as it's a 4 day deal. I think the main thing I want is that it's 7200 rpm, a good size, etc. Wonder if there are any USB powered external HDDs?ianonline wrote:Depends how big a drive you need.
In general, the bigger the drive you buy, the Gb per £ works out cheaper (eg you won't pay twice the price for a 200 Gb drive than you would for an equivalent 100 Gb drive).
If 250 Gb is sufficient for your needs, then the Philips deal from Staples looks very good on paper at £69.99 (if the offer is still running and you can manage to get hold of one). It actually works out CHEAPER per Gb than the larger Toshiba drive.
If you can't get hold of the Philips one, or you simply prefer the idea of a Seagate then the Maplins deal looks very good at £89.99 (just so long as you're aware that it isn't fan-cooled).
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48607&TabID=1&source=1&doy=23m4
So you pays your money and you takes your choice.0 -
bargaindoctor wrote:Wonder if there are any USB powered external HDDs?
You could always buy an internal 2.5" laptop drive plus a separate hard drive enclosure (caddy) and make a custom-built external drive if you could find some cheap deals (eg eBay / eBuyer) - just a thought.0
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