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| Thread ID: 136484 | 2014-03-04 19:00:00 | External/portable hard drive | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 1369381 | 2014-03-04 19:00:00 | I need a backup hard drive for my work related software and customer data, and I think a removable and portable hard drive will do the trick. Please can anyone recommend a make and model? I'll also want to use it to transfer the contents of my old lappie onto a new partition on this machine. It'll need to be 500 GB's or more. I haven't used one of these before. Thanks. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1369382 | 2014-03-04 19:09:00 | I make my own, simply use the Digitus SATA USB3.0 2.5" HDD Enclosure and then buy what ever size 2.5" (laptop) Hard Drive and put it in, format the drive and away you go. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1369383 | 2014-03-04 19:19:00 | I make my own, simply use the Digitus SATA USB3.0 2.5" HDD Enclosure and then buy what ever size 2.5" (laptop) Hard Drive and put it in, format the drive and away you go.Sounds brilliant. But these days at my age and limited faculties simpler is better. | Greg (193) | ||
| 1369384 | 2014-03-04 20:56:00 | Sounds brilliant. But these days at my age and limited faculties simpler is better. The beauty of the method I use is you can use what ever size or make of HDD you want. Putting it together cant be easier. On the back of the case is a lock slide, slide it to open position, slide the lid off, slide in your HDD, slide the lid back on, flip the switch to Lock - Done. Connect to PC and format drive. Theres several ways to do that depending on what software / OS you use. Personally I format drives all the time first then drop them in, copy data or make images of customer s Computers , it gets confusing when looking for a drive sometimes -- Which case was it in again ;) ( I've got 3 of them) Theres plenty of Name brand externals all set to go, but generally they are sealed units and if the Drive plays up you can void the warranty taking it out. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1369385 | 2014-03-04 20:57:00 | I have a Western Digital 500GB external HD which I used for all my school stuff. Its USB 2.0 and its easy as. | Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1369386 | 2014-03-04 21:11:00 | I also have a Western Digital, USB3 1TB external HD. Cost $99 at Warehouse Stationery at Xmas time. A bit dearer now www.warehousestationery.co.nz wainuitech is right though, I gave my son a 320GBExternal Sata drive I had cobbled up for my last computer. Only took a couple of minutes to put together. Ken :) |
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| 1369387 | 2014-03-04 22:03:00 | I agree and have used both types . One advantage of the premade name brand models though is they are more likely to work off a single USB port and get sufficient power as the manufacturers can chose low power drives specifically . With the case & drive combo you may end up needing to use 2 USB ports or an external power supply which is a little more unweildy . Then of course there are also 3 . 5" externals using full size drives as an option . I have a 500GB WD USB 3 . 0 2 . 5" external - works well but not on my samsung TV (doesn't recognise it at all, think it's not enough power) and a cheaper brand 1TB that also works well bought on special at PB tech for <$100 . Both are USB 3 . 0 and perform very well, I reccomend it if you have a suitable USB 3 port |
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| 1369388 | 2014-03-05 00:22:00 | Western Digital (the drive anyway....), 2.5" is easier to use than 3.5". No power leads.... | pctek (84) | ||
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| 1369390 | 2014-03-05 02:17:00 | www.harveynorman.co.nz | Cicero (40) | ||
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