Portable Hard drive - Robert Dyas?

bushcaro

I want to buy an external hard drive as a back up - there is one in Robert Dyas for £49.99 250 GB - is this a good buy?

totalsolutions

Err, you can get 500Gb for that money you sure it not a hover mower or BBQ?

isofa

Not at all a good deal, look on Amazon or any other good online retailer (you can get a 500GB WD MyBook for £50!)

mr_fishbulb

There is a difference between a portable hard drive and an external hard drive.

Portable hard drive is smaller (in size and capacity), slower but gets all it's power from the USB socket so it does not need to be plugged into the mains. Usually used for moving about large documents, films, etc.

External hard drives are the same as internal drives (same size, speed, etc), but they are in an external enclosure usually connected by USB. More commonly used for backing up of either lots of individual files (photos, music, etc), or for whole disk images of your computer.

bushcaro

Thanks - Think it is an external drive I need - purely for backing up

prowla

Tesco usually have external drives - you can get club points and also cashback if shopping online (QuidCo/Topcashback/etc.).