External hard drive

didsbury_red

HI
I need an external hard drive for two laptops to store photos on. Quick google search came up with hundreds! Any recommendations. Need something reliable but that doesn't cost a fortune. Thanks

spike7451

I have 2 of the Seagate HD's..Cant fault it at all..

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6758954/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Hard+drives%2C+USBs+and+data+storage|14419053.htm

Meadows

I use Maxtor as does daughter but there is a 1 TB Seagate on Argos for £59.99 http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6758624/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/2%7C14418968%7CHard+drives%2C+USBs+and+data+storage%7C14419053/c_3/3%7Ccat_14419053%7CExternal+hard+drives%7C16528298.htm

pimento

The only thing I would say is to make sure it doesn't need external power and will run just through the USB plug on your PC.

I recently bought a good one from tesco.com 500Gb for £39.99

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.212-1835.aspx

ChiefGrasscutter

They are all going up in price significantly at the moment as most of the world hard drive manufacturers were severely affected by the floods in Thailand: either their own premises or those of subcontractors were flooded!

Can't see any improvement in the situation for 6months to 1 year's time frame.

I have a couple of Western Digital Elements portable drives.

2010

A memory stick will hold thousands of photos and a lot cheaper and easier to carry then an ex hard drive.

didsbury_red

Thanks everyone. Seems like they are pretty much out of stock in a lot of places.

carlpayne

If it comes to External Hard Disks. Seagate is the best.

espresso

carlpayne wrote: »

If it comes to External Hard Disks. Seagate is the best.

Rubbish - they are certainly not the best! You are obviously unaware of the built-in self-bricking feature more here

Seagate have had more than their fair share of problems with 30% - 40% failure rate on some models. Seagate bought Maxtor which also had very high failure rates.

Seagate - best avoided if you value your data.

colin13

i hve a western digital external hard rive,but it is the 2nd one,,first 1 stopped working,,i think it is just r luck with these things

2010

Lidl on the 8th December 500gb ex HD £29-99

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//SID-B7EA9C43-26ABED0C/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_26747.htm?offerdate=&idcheck=true&ar2=&id=1258&country=GB&zipcode=NN18+0&city=Corby&district=&street=Gainsborough+Road&ar=3&nf=True