External hard drive advice

Moneymaker

Also see this thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=216785

s-j-cooper_2

Thanks. I'll go for the seagate from Dabs - just under £76. Cheers!

u2o

if you really want to be Money Saving, buy an internal drive and external usb caddy and simply put them two together. Thats what I did and works perfectly.

Typical internal 250GB drive: £50 (Microdirect, code HAR250MAXID7216L)
USB caddy: £15(Microdirect, code HARACCSUM52U)

Total Price: £65 plus delivery as opposed to £76 plus delivery from DABS.com

kaan_is

Is the seagate warranteed for 5 yrs & how does it compare with Philips one sold in Staples a while back...£69..thanks.

matty_c608

Remember to check the Brand of the Disk, not the Brand of the case

s-j-cooper_2

u2o wrote:

if you really want to be Money Saving, buy an internal drive and external usb caddy and simply put them two together. Thats what I did and works perfectly.

Typical internal 250GB drive: £50 (Microdirect, code HAR250MAXID7216L)
USB caddy: £15(Microdirect, code HARACCSUM52U)

Total Price: £65 plus delivery as opposed to £76 plus delivery from DABS.com

Thanks for this advice. I did consider this but I don't really know what I am doing! It is actually £76 including delivery, so not too big a price difference.

s-j-cooper_2

kaan_is wrote:

Is the seagate warranteed for 5 yrs & how does it compare with Philips one sold in Staples a while back...£69..thanks.

It is just a one year warranty, so not as good unfortunately! Too late now though - it has been ordered!

s-j-cooper_2

matty_c608 wrote:

Remember to check the Brand of the Disk, not the Brand of the case

Not sure about the make of disk, I thought seagate made their own! Oh well.

Flexible_Friend

Seagate are fine ... I've got one .. no problems to date

s-j-cooper_2

Just an update:

I ordered the Seagate one from DABS on Sunday pm, I got a receipt through the email and a dispatch notice both on Monday and it arrived this morning (Tuesday) at 9am, so I am very pleased with the service and price. Just installed the drive (it is plug and play) and it seems fine.