External Hard Drive

[edbanger]

Can anyone recommend an external HDD, any size from 80gb up-wards.

I've put this in here as there does not seem to be a section for recommended hardware.

[-pops-]

Maplin have a 250GB Seagate drive on promotion at the moment.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...urce=1&doy=24m4

[andsome]

I had my Western Digital from Dabs. So far I am pleased with it.

[Scarecrow Man]

Western Digital is excellent. Seagate is also quite good.

Maxtor has good service, and you'll need it.

I've had 2 Maxtor drives crash, both during warrenty. I was able to get a refurbished drive for each, but the initial crash costed time and money.

[edbanger]

Western Digital is excellent. Seagate is also quite good.

Maxtor has good service, and you'll need it.

I've had 2 Maxtor drives crash, both during warrenty. I was able to get a refurbished drive for each, but the initial crash costed time and money.

I always thought Maxtor had a good name for reliability.

[D4\/!d]

I'm after some more disk space, too :)

Tell me, what do you folks think of LaCie

Here is what looks like a good offer from eBuyer

[dadyassa]

I'm after some more disk space, too :)

Tell me, what do you folks think of LaCie

Here is what looks like a good offer from eBuyer

maxtor drive..... about 4 failed in the first two pages of the reveiws :(

[deuces wild]

I have a WD external drive and find it to be quite noisy.

I purchased my daughter a Seagate ED and it is whisper quiet, as is my wife's Maxtor. :)

[Scarecrow Man]

I have a WD external drive and find it to be quite noisy.

I purchased my daughter a Seagate ED and it is whisper quiet, as is my wife's Maxtor. :)

I can agree with that. I have a 200GB Western Digital now, in an aluminum case, and it is quite noiesy.

[-pops-]

I've put several external drives together i.e. put a conventional HDD into a small caddy and found huge variations in the noise level of the devices. This is usually due to the sound of the fan in the case and I've noticed that there is often different brands of fan in (ostensibly) the same model of caddy.

[lester1]

Iv'e got a Freecom classic 250gig external, it's not very old about 6 months but works well and is pretty quiet.

My main drive is a Maxtor which is very quiet and still working OK after 14 months.

[Scarecrow Man]

I've put several external drives together i.e. put a conventional HDD into a small caddy and found huge variations in the noise level of the devices. This is usually due to the sound of the fan in the case and I've noticed that there is often different brands of fan in (ostensibly) the same model of caddy.

Oddly enough, my external case came with no fan.

1) 3 foot USB cable (A to B )

2) Aluminum case, 4 screws included

1) Power supply with DC converter

1) Plastic stand

I had to assemble the drive myself, and it does get warm, but it can be on all night and not overheat. The stand also helps with this.

[-pops-]

I used Belkin cases mainly and they were plastic - not the ideal for keeping things cool but cheap to fabricate even when the fan cost is included.

I have recently putsome "fanless" (is that a word?) cases together. They were mainly metal and altogether very good - and obviously quiet.

[Thos]

I use Novatech, marketed under their own name. Very reasonably priced, quiet and does everything I need it for.

Thos.

[dadyassa]

Maplin have a 250GB Seagate drive on promotion at the moment.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...urce=1&doy=24m4

I was thinking of getting the misses to bring one back when she visits the UK next month, but if that is a special price then they are cheaper over here ;)

[-pops-]

I was thinking of getting the misses to bring one back when she visits the UK next month, but if that is a special price then they are cheaper over here ;)

Why does that not surprise me? :(

[catgate]

On this question of external hard drives, I have a query.

Due to the ongoing silliness of my machine I had, eventually, to format my C drive, and reinstall W98SE. I had a copy of all my entire HDD on my XHD, but after reinstalling, from scratch, most of the things that were on C:, prior to formatting it, my XHD does not want to join in the fun and let me extract some of its content. Its fan works, so its power pack is operational. I am able to link up to my Jenoptik card reader so the mass storage device drivers etc. seem to be happy, and I am therefore reluctantly wondering about the HDD itself, within the enclosure. Oh dear, I thought, when I saw the above tales of Matrox! I am buoyed up by the thought that it has probably only had a couple of hours of use prior to now. So I was considering hooking it up inside my main box as a slave just for testing purposes. Then I realised that the jumper setting for the external drive mode is Master. What I want to know is this. If I now swop the jumper to 'slave', is it going to affect my testing, ie will it work properly.

Any erudite thoughts would be more than appreciated.

[dadyassa]

I was thinking of getting the misses to bring one back when she visits the UK next month, but if that is a special price then they are cheaper over here ;)

Why does that not surprise me? :(

They were doing 300gb for 155€ a couple of months ago, but cant remember the make.

[Scarecrow Man]

On this question of external hard drives, I have a query.

Due to the ongoing silliness of my machine I had, eventually, to format my C drive, and reinstall W98SE. I had a copy of all my entire HDD on my XHD, but after reinstalling, from scratch, most of the things that were on C:, prior to formatting it, my XHD does not want to join in the fun and let me extract some of its content. Its fan works, so its power pack is operational. I am able to link up to my Jenoptik card reader so the mass storage device drivers etc. seem to be happy, and I am therefore reluctantly wondering about the HDD itself, within the enclosure. Oh dear, I thought, when I saw the above tales of Matrox! I am buoyed up by the thought that it has probably only had a couple of hours of use prior to now. So I was considering hooking it up inside my main box as a slave just for testing purposes. Then I realised that the jumper setting for the external drive mode is Master. What I want to know is this. If I now swop the jumper to 'slave', is it going to affect my testing, ie will it work properly.

Any erudite thoughts would be more than appreciated.

Simple answer: No.

Changing a drive from master to slave will not do anything to the data stored on it. It simply tells the BIOS how to assign it.

I set my drives to "Cable Select" so I dont have to worry about master slave.

[catgate]

Simple answer: No.

Changing a drive from master to slave will not do anything to the data stored on it. It simply tells the BIOS how to assign it.

I set my drives to "Cable Select" so I dont have to worry about master slave.

Thanks, SM.

[Thos]

Can anyone recommend an external HDD, any size from 80gb up-wards.

I've put this in here as there does not seem to be a section for recommended hardware.

Just came across these EHD's which seemed to be good value, edbanger.

Click here.

Thos.