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    The Best External Hard Drive?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Stickman, Mar 21, 2005.

  1. Stickman

    Stickman Notebook Consultant

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    I'm looking to get an external hard drive but I hear about them failing quite often. Any ideas on which one is the best or do they all just suck?

    *SIGH*
     
    Stickman, Mar 21, 2005
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Could buy a hard drive and a case, then if the hard drive goes bad, replace it.

    http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/SKU.asp?BCFlag=False&PageType=1&SKU=504516

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-145-314&depa=0






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    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
    ZaZ, Mar 21, 2005
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  3. gilo

    gilo Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Zynet , never used it but seen it and its above all others ,
    aluminium , mounted HD with screws and overall nice design .

    Only problem you can't find the damn thing anywhere , I even contacted Zynet to buy directly , paying for shipping more then for the item but then they asked for a wired transfer and I called it off ( 30$ just for that ) .

    Pity .

    p.s. If you find one please let me know , also their 5.25" model .
     
    gilo, Mar 21, 2005
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  4. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    I'm using what used to be called the IceCube drives (see this site http://www.macsense.com.au/apple_mac_pc_storage_icecube.htm) and have yet to have any problems, oh other than when I plugged the wrong power supply into it, that fried the hard drive, but that was my fault, other than that, been working fine for the last 2 years with no issues (admitedly I only turn the drives on when I actually need data from them)

    Basically I just buy whatever size hard drive I need, plug it in and off I go, works just great (and that site was only for looks, I'm sure they can be had for cheaper than that).

    Find a better way of life
    www.marillion.com
     
    Arla, Mar 21, 2005
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  5. hayley101

    hayley101 Newbie

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    when you fried the hard drive did you lose all the data on it?
    just did that myself - all the wires inside the casing on the chip board were melted through - and very worried i've lost a lot of important files. Hoping the disk itself was unaffected though and will buy a new casing for it as soon as I can. Will just have to cross fingers until then.

     
    hayley101, Apr 16, 2005
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  6. gecko

    gecko Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmm... I've had a problem related to this. I had a bytec aluminum 3.5 hd enclosure. I had a maxtor 160gig 7200rpmg hd in it. It worked perfectly a for a little over a year, then the harddrive started to click. At first it was everyonce in a while, but it grew. Now its to the point where Windows has delayed write errors constantly and the harddrive can't even spin up to speed. I pulled the HD and put in a desktop and it worked fine. I looked this up and found out that the combination firewire usb chipset was the problem. I can't remeber the exact name but I think it was an oxford chipset. I'll look it up later.
     
    gecko, Apr 26, 2005
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  7. Tyler12

    Tyler12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a 80 gig Acomdata. http://www.acomdata.com

    Mine looks to be a new 2006 model I guess. 7200rpm USB 2.0 drive, it runs cool and can't even hear its running. Also got a 3 year warrenty from the store I bought it from for 30 bucks which is a great deal.

    http://img177.echo.cx/img177/5395/dsc008344xn.jpg

    http://img54.echo.cx/img54/2544/dsc008374uf.jpg

    I am extremely pleased with it. its also very quik and has a seek avg of 8.5ms which is quik.
     
    Tyler12, Apr 28, 2005
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