What is the best/cheapest external harddrive I can get?
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Not sure about cheapest ( for the most part with regards to computers ) you get what you pay for kind of deal but as for good make in terms of external I would say Lacie ( I have a maxtor and it hasnt failed me yet , I dont want to speak to soon though !!! )\n\nAs for price www.newegg.com and www.tigerdirect.com are 2 ones that I see mentioned a lot. As for the rest I would recomend checking out reviews, etc and the rest is between you and god lol
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while that method is legit, I suggest just backing them up on CD's.\nMake two copies of each for back-up, back-up.\nA external Hard drive still has all the potential problems as an internal its just- well external. a CD, as long as its not submerged into water for long periods of time, and not near, heat, direct sunlight, can last a life time.
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The only viable option besides copying to the hard drive is the Disc Stakka from Imation. See more info here: http://www.imation.com.au/products/disc_stakka/index.htm\nhttp://www.imation.com/products/disc_stakka/index.html\n\nAdded the U.S. link. My mistake.
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i don't know about cheapest, but if it's really important to you try drivesavers.com.\n\nMy hard drive blew up a few years ago. Power surge actually cracked the chip. Sent it to them and they retrieved everything.
847842
well, you could certainly buy whatever you can afford. i would recommend an external usb drive, or you could burn it to disc... there are many ways...
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I don't have any experience with Seagate HDD's, but I have heard from people who have used them in heavy usage situations and they say that they are not all that good. They recommend Western Digital first and Maxtor a close second. I have built a couple of computers, and I buy most of my parts from newegg.com. I do trust the customer comments, especially the last two months, this may show a trend in quality issues.
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just buy a good drive, maxtor ( now seagate ) or western digital\nmake sure the interface is the same ( it's probaly PATA and not SATA is you got a 33gb hardrive ), most all are 7200 rpm\nyour biggest problem will be weather or not your bios can handle a drive over 137Gb if you get one that big, you also did not mention your OS, and what you be foramtting the drive to ( FAT32 or NTFS ).
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You can purchase a large hard drive (e.g. 200 GB or bigger) and attach it to an USB 2.0 external case.  You then can use the drive as external drive to store all your important files.  You can use Norton Ghost (2003 version is great!: it's fastest because it works through DOS) to clone your hard drive to CD-Rs or DVDs, thus creating "recovery" CDs in case your boot drive dies.
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Ebay is about the best place to go. I would get a full copy - OEM is fine just not a upgrade. Windows 2000 is Great - I use it in 90% of my computers - But it works far better if you do a clean install and when you format it you go with NTFS as it is far and away more stable than FAT32 - This is a Great idea for a older computer - Just be sure you have at least 128MB of memory - this is where 2000 starts to work correctly 256MB is the sweet spot where it works great - more than that does not seem to do much!!! The best way to do a clean install is to zero or wipe the drive - Killdisk works well for this. One other note if you want to look up and see what upgrades in memory are available for your machine and what its specs are Kahlon is a great site. See Sources.... Good Luck!!!
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I would suggest a Maxtor or Seagate brand.\nCheck out Pricewatch.com for low prices.
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I've always good luck with Seagate's and Hitachi's.\n\nYou can get a Seagate 300GB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive from Best Buy for about $190 and it's a 7200 rpm for fast read/write times.
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Take my word, purchase Maxtor One Touch 2. Its a 300Gb hard disk worth around $250. Its can handle loads upto of network file server. It has 7200 RPM disk speed with 16Mb Cache. Its the cheapest, and best in performance. I am a music video collector and have divided it into 6 partitions of 50 Gb Each. I purchased it to connect to my laptop. It is also pretty stable, has a long life. It can handle heavy server loads too. Before buying, I did a one month research on various factors. Just one word of precaution, don't buy Maxtor One Touch (250Gb), this is one Touch 2. In case you need to back up your files, you just need to press a button on the hard disk, and it back ups automatically.\n\nThe only one better than it is Sony 400 Gb hard disk, but its price is almost double and not that great enhancement in performance.\n\nAn interesting info, it is better than most laptop internal hard drives themselves.
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Take my word, its Maxtor One Touch 2. Its a 300Gb hard disk worth around $250. Its can handle loads upto of network file server. It has 7200 RPM disk speed with 16Mb Cache. Its the cheapest, and best in performance. I am a music video collector and have divided it into 6 partitions of 50 Gb Each. I purchased it to connect to my laptop. It is also pretty stable, has a long life. Before buying, I did a one month research on various factors. Just one word of precaution, don't buy Maxtor One Touch (250Gb), this is one Touch 2. In case you need to back up your files, you just need to press a button on the hard disk, and it back ups automatically.\n\nThe only one better than it is Sony 400 Gb hard disk, but its price is almost double and not that great enhancement in performance.\n\nAn interesting info, it is better than most laptop internal hard drives themselves.
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External hard drive, flash drive,and/or burn to dvd/cd if size permits.
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USB hard drives are the most convenient, but Firewire is faster and slightly more expensive.  Check out manufacturers like www.iomega.com, www.woverine.com, www.pocketec.com.  www.lacie.com, etc.  Tiger Direct and Priority Electronics have competitive prices.  The price is also dependent upon capacity, as larger means more expensive.
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Try Filelodge, or Photobucket, both are free... but beware, if there servers crash your pics are gone! External hard drives are cheep, 100gig for $60-$70 I use one for my music & pictures...
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goto http://www.driverguide.com\nMost of the drivers for most drives are there.