Should I get a new hard drive, if so, what kind?

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Meatball Joined: December 24, 2005 Status: Offline Posts: 48 Rep:

Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:42:46 PM #14105 Perm Link

Well, I have had the constant problem of trying to keep all my digital photos blocked up, and I saw ina flyer, you can get portable hard drives pretty cheap. I thought it'd be a great idea to grab one on boxing day, but I have no idea as to what kind or brand, or etc. I think I would probably need a 60 GB+, cause I don't wanna be running outta space, so far I have about 10gb of photos, and thats been about a year.

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Re: Should I get a new hard drive, if so, what kind?

Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:54:31 PM #14108 Perm Link

In response to Meatball #14105

As for removable hard drives, I haven't seen too many of them die. I can't make a good judgement call on brands, but I'd get Seagate or WD anyway.

I also suggest to take the time to backup to DVD as well. Remember that removable hard drives... are hard drives. They die, DVDs should hold up for a bit longer.

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Meatball Joined: December 24, 2005 Status: Offline Posts: 48 Rep:

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Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:11:12 PM #14113 Perm Link

would, a dvd burner and re-usable dvds be a better option?

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kelp Joined: December 17, 2005 Status: Offline Posts: 27 Rep:

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Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:53:49 PM #14115 Perm Link

You could probably find some cheap external hard drive cases, and from there, you can buy a reputable hard drive(Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi, etc.) to put inside of the external hd case.
You can check the following for some hard drive deals:
http://www.fatwallet.com/c/18/

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