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    New Portable Hardrive

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Jakob91, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. Jakob91

    Jakob91 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I I'm looking for an external HDD as Backup medium for my new Laptop

    Interfaces: I guess USB 2.0

    Space: absolut minimum 160GB - Better 320GB and up

    Speed: Well the faster the better but probably USB 2.0 will limit that anyways

    Portability: Very portable, definitely no external power

    Brands:
    I dont care

    Software and platform: Vista 64 Business

    Price Range: I definitely dont wanna pay more than about $100

    Durability: Most important

    Thank you very much for your help
     
    Jakob91, Aug 21, 2008
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  2. SkylineGTR

    SkylineGTR Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have Western Digital Passport 120GB it uses USB power. Just a single wire from the hard to to the PC is all you need. It acts justs like a regular hard drive, no software needed. There's a Western Digital Passport Essential Portable 250GB, which is a newer version of the one I have, for 99 USD at Amazon.com The 160GB version is 75 at amazon. And if you don't mind going over budget the 320GB is 120. They come in a bunch of different colors too.
    http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219367882&sr=1-6

    Toshiba has one similer to the WD Passport and it is in the same price range as the Passport.
    http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-HDDR2...xternal/dp/tech-data/B0013FSKSA/ref=de_a_smtd
     
    SkylineGTR, Aug 21, 2008
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  3. Jakob91

    Jakob91 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just ordered the 320GB from AMazon thank you very much!
     
    Jakob91, Aug 21, 2008
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    SkylineGTR Notebook Enthusiast

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    No problem, enjoy it! :eek:
     
    SkylineGTR, Aug 21, 2008
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    StrawberryCrush Notebook Geek

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    I just wanted to jump in and give my support to the Toshiba 160GB portable hard drive. I bought it a couple of months ago and I haven't had one single problem with it. I took it out of the box and plugged it into my USB port and that was that, I was ready to start using it.
     
    StrawberryCrush, Aug 21, 2008
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  6. built

    built Notebook Deity

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    I agree on the Toshiba portable hard drives. I got three on sale at Circuit City last week...320gb for 119.99. Circuit City's price is up to 169 this week, but J & R Music World has it for 119.99 this week...Best Buy has it for 129.99 this week.

    A lot of storage for not a lot of money.

    I just returned 2 iomega eGo drives to Dell. The iomega needs 2 USBs to work. OK drive, but I like the Toshiba better...and only 1 USB needed.
     
    built, Sep 9, 2008
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