what is the best external hard drive for your $$?
486751
what ever one is on sale that has the storage you need.  There is little to nothing you will notice between the brands.  I would go with at least 300gb, or it can fill up way to fast
696655
Look over the list here, sort by rating, get one of the better drives with more reviews. \nhttp://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters\n\nNote: you want a drive that supports "DL" - DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, for example.  "DL" means dual layer.  Generally, the higher the number preceding it, the better.  For example, a 4X DVD-R DL will write a DVD twice as fast as a 2X DVD-R DL.
483013
Yes.  For personal temporary storage, USB thumb drives are the best options, as they're more portable, and the capacities range from 32MB up to 2GB (and growing.)   For troubleshooting PCs, bootable CDROMs, followed by bootable thumb drives, are the best current replacements.
745762
and you have a double-male usb cable? anyway .. an external usb harddrive would be the best thing ... you can get a smaller one for under 50 bucks ...
42346
western digital offers a one touch back up solution which should probably fit your needs. its an external hard drive which works as soon as as you press a button or you can do it automatically. it normally goes on sale at best buy. i got one for $60 with 160gb
1102166
NTFS is a better option . dont stop
149922
largest USB flash drives are 8GB from SanDisk, Lexar, Memorex and others.\nBut you still have the opportunity to use a 2.5" hard disk in an external USB 2.0 case. And btw, this solution is far cheaper than a single 8GB USB flash drive.\n\nAnnex\nI just found a brand new USB stick of 20 GB on ebay, it's called X-pen but the manufacturer is unknown. It consist of a 1.8" HD (4200 RPM) and the size is the same of a 2.5" HD. Price is approx. $170.
839096
a 15,000 RPM harddrive\nfind it on newegg\nit is so expensive i never bothered to look it up\n...\n5 minutes later::\n\nHA, found it\nSeagate Cheetah\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822111152\n147gb\nBrand Seagate \nSeries Cheetah 15K.4 \nModel ST3146854LC \nPerformance \nInterface SCSI Ultra320 80pin \nCapacity 147GB \nRPM 15,000 RPM \nCache 8MB \nAverage Seek Time 3.5ms \nAverage Write Time 4.0ms \nAverage Latency 2ms \nPhysical Spec \nForm Factor 3.5" \nFeatures \nFeatures Some motherboards are not compatible with the SCSI interface. Please confirm which interface is appropriate for your system!\nBackground Media Scan\nEnhanced Error Correction Code\nFluid Dynamic Bearing Motor\nFull Duty Cycle Reliability \n\nPrice?\nhahahaha, if you can afford it \nit is 759.99 bucks\nmore of less 760 buckeroos\nthen there is a $5.94 shipping fee\nand this is on one of the cheapest sites (price wise, not quality)
66831
i couldnt find a list so i leave you some links\n\n1st a collection of computer ads that might bring some light to this matter\n\nthere are some prices on the next link\n\non the last link you'll find comparison of Hard drive space
970826
Yahoo photos is free. You are on Yahoo answers already so why not use that.\n\nAlso I think it's better to back them up on optical discs or similar cheap storage solutions. I've seen external hardiscs on sale at Amazon for about $100.
797133
The answer on your question depends on the size of the files to be backed up, however I recommend you to use the external hard drive. I think that is the best place for backup storage because it is bigger than CDs/DVDs and it is not such corruptible.
61105
western digital, hitachi, then seagate or maxtor....i'd go with a western digital before any of the others...
681762
I would say it should at least be 512Mb, but prefer 1Gb. And hard drive would be 120GB at least, and preferable 200GB
23856
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.
181260
I recently got a good deal at Costco, laptop with a wireless router, 75 gig hard drive for around $800.  They usually have deals going on, plus you can return it no questions asked up to 6 months after purchase.
635570
the best makes are western digital ore seagate, seagate usually give a 5 year warranty. this is important very important. as drives break down more than people think.\nliteon is good dvd drive, benq is not so reliable, samsung is good, hp is good. lg is good but don't last. also try get a good speed. 16x upwards\n\nalways by new or from a reliable source
965269
I prefer Seagate (quieter and longer warranty, 5 years vs. 3). Of course, if you need to make use of the warranty on a hard drive, you're already in trouble.