Deals on External USB 2.0 HDDs or Enclosures?
03-06-06, 01:34 PM
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Deals on External USB 2.0 HDDs or Enclosures?
Anyone know of such deals? (anything bigger then 160gig pref 300)
I got a 200 gig IDE drive flying around that I could put into an enclosure but also need some external drives. Am messing around with a lot of digital video right now as well as trying to do some off-site backups.
After I lost the mini-dv tape of the birth of my daughter (am still in the dog house over that one) I am going to backup all pics and video from her first five years of her life onto a drive and store it at my folks house.
Anyhow, looking to purchase 3 drives or so overall.
Thanks for any and all help.
I got a 200 gig IDE drive flying around that I could put into an enclosure but also need some external drives. Am messing around with a lot of digital video right now as well as trying to do some off-site backups.
After I lost the mini-dv tape of the birth of my daughter (am still in the dog house over that one) I am going to backup all pics and video from her first five years of her life onto a drive and store it at my folks house.
Anyhow, looking to purchase 3 drives or so overall.
Thanks for any and all help.
03-06-06, 03:24 PM
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I bought a couple of these ADS drives ($25) and they work flawlessly with my 160GB and 250GB 3.5" drives. I actually purchased them through Amazon and got free shipping (you might check there also).
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...220&CatId=1204
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...220&CatId=1204
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I would strongly advise against Lacie drives. The one that I own loses bits all the time. The data on the disk literally decays. It cost many lots of headaches and some irreplaceable lost data. I got a 200 GB Maxtor cheap on sale at Best Buy a few months ago, and it’s much more reliable. Point is: go for quality over price when it comes to HDDs.
