Buffalo External Hard Drives @ Play (merged)

kevin_M

i use 2 identical hds in a raid. that meens if 1 drive fails the other still has all the info. its a more expensive fix. But someting thats worth it for me

Den

Odd_Fellow wrote:

I'd recommend you buy a new 2.5 inch laptop hard drive and a 2.5inch external drive case for the old drive. The drive should be very easy to replace, most laptops have a panel on the underside that allows access to it.

That way, you can reinstall your operating system on the new drive and plug in the old one (via USB or Firewire) and copy all your data across and then use the old drive for backups.

Good advise! I did the same, and it was best solution at that time.

tony4563

300gb now up to £99.99!

im2funky

thats a shame 99.99...

any ideas on this one.320gb

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/236243/art/western-digital/my-book-essential-320-gb.html?srcid=349

tony4563

Received mine this morning...Great value for money. Thanks to the poster!

linzibean

Can I just slave this up to my laptop to use as storage for my music and hi res PDFs? I do a lot of design work and video mixing so could do with a storage device....

Odd_Fellow

linzibean wrote:

Can I just slave this up to my laptop to use as storage for my music and hi res PDFs? I do a lot of design work and video mixing so could do with a storage device....

Yes, you can. That is assuming that your laptop has a USB connection.

--Tony--

im2funky wrote:

thats a shame 99.99...

any ideas on this one.320gb

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/236243/art/western-digital/my-book-essential-320-gb.html?srcid=349

Down to £89 now.

daddytourist

Received my 160GB drive today, having ordered it on Satruday night (so 1 working day) - thanks to OP!

--Tony--

Now the original Buffalo has gone up from £79 to £89, I have updated the first post with another option, the Maxtor 300GB at just £74.99 delivered which is less than the Play Buffalo.