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    Good portable data solutions besides SD cards?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MTHall51, Aug 14, 2008.

  1. MTHall51

    MTHall51 Notebook Evangelist

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    I was thinking of a getting a fairly large capacity SD card to use via USB 2.0 port, but was wondering if there are good alternatives?
     
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  2. Itomix

    Itomix Notebook Consultant

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    Well USB thumb drives can be really inexpensive nowadays. ( www.newegg.com)
    I saw an 8GB for $20 today... and they had a 32GB for $75 I think...

    You could also buy some RW DVD... those are slower but much cheaper.

    You can also get a USB powered external hdd (they use laptop drives).
    You can around 250GB on sale for $100-120 or so (WD passport drives for instance)
     
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    rossiroller Notebook Enthusiast

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    although its good to keep them around 120 gigs someone told me thats around the line for usb power but smaller=cheaper. also if you have a laptop drive layin around just buy a case for it.
     
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    those usb memory cards which are extremely cheap are really slow, so if you have a lot of patience, than they will be fine, but usually people want fast memory cards, and usually those cost like $50 for a 4gb one.

    I recommend you getting an external harddrive as the others mentioned. It will be great for holding data, or playing a movie off of it. Making an enclosure or buying one is also a good idea if you already have a drive available.

    You can also use floppies if you are looking for affordability. I think thousands of people will give you their floppies for free. They may be 1.44mb, but with a few thousand of them you can have a few Gb of space on hand for free ;)

    You can also try Compact flash cards for storage, since those work really well and are relatively cheap per Gb capacity.

    K-TRON
     
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  5. mattbieg892

    mattbieg892 Notebook Geek

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    It depends what you're doing. If you're running around all day and sharing files between people and computers, I would recommend a USB Flash drive. If all you need to do is share files between a home computer and say a laptop, then I would go for the External HDD.
     
    mattbieg892, Aug 14, 2008
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