Author Topic: External HDD (Read 963 times)

KillaMarci · « **on:** March 17, 2008, 12:17:59 PM »

I'm about to buy this one http://www.alternate.de/html/product/detai...en&l2=eSATA

But I have no idea what I need for it..? Will it work on my Asus P5K?

Cody · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:35:55 PM »

If it's anything like mine all you need is a USB port.

Aries · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:51:56 PM »

I got that, USB port 2.0 is all you need (You will have that, trust me)

Great things btw.

Sounder · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2008, 03:23:29 AM »

I wouldn't recommend a MyBook Digital.. They don't last very long, and they have the weird habit of (when bit shocking) losing data.. I've also recently purchased an External HDD, I bought this Iomega USB (200GB)..

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It's very small, has steel casing and it won't break even if you drive over it with a truck.. Adding more to that, its super shock resistant, so when you're traveling a lot with it (I take it everywhere with me) It's a must, were most Portable HD's let you down.. It also runs at 5400RPM (Same as a laptop HD, about the same transfer speed) The only downside is you get 300GB less for the same money

If you want to use it only at home (IE; Adding more drive space to your computer) I would recommend purchasing an Internal HD because Data transfer over USB is much (much) slower..

Hope this was usefull ^^

KillaMarci · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2008, 01:19:14 PM »

^Well I don't wanna buy a internal HDD. I need an external one for school , not very often but sometimes. I basically want to use this for storage etc. Thanks for the info Matt Just bought it