Do you use an external HD?

sphinx · 04-02-2009, 10:50 AM

I'm using a Buffalo external HD, but I've been told it's too slow! How do you know if it's slow or not?

KingVinnie · 04-02-2009, 12:37 PM

I like the WB Passports. I have a couple of 500gb ones. There tiny and don't need external power.

sam · 04-02-2009, 11:38 PM

To find out the speed of your Hard Drive look on the label. It should say what the RPM is. 7200 rpm is average.

Isidor · 04-04-2009, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sphinx

I'm using a Buffalo external HD, but I've been told it's too slow! How do you know if it's slow or not?

I use a drive speed checker. It gives you stats on write, read, delete speed for small and large files. You can even compare different drives in one run.

My external HD is a Maxtor Basics 320GB. It's USB-powered and I got it for the equivalent of only about 77 USD.

sphinx · 04-04-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Isidor

I use a drive speed checker. It gives you stats on write, read, delete speed for small and large files. You can even compare different drives in one run.

My external HD is a Maxtor Basics 320GB. It's USB-powered and I got it for the equivalent of only about 77 USD.

Oooh! Thanks for the link! I'll try it later. I bough mine in Japan for 9000yen (around 90USD). The downside is it's 110 volts and when I came back home, it's 220V here so I need to use a transformer. :(

ElectronicKettle · 04-05-2009, 01:34 PM

I don't personally use an external hard drive but check this HD looks pretty cool:

Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Top Ten: Attractive External Hard Drives

sphinx · 04-07-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ElectronicKettle

I don't personally use an external hard drive but check this HD looks pretty cool:

Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Top Ten: Attractive External Hard Drives

I like the small ones which look like an iPod. :P

apocalypse · 04-23-2009, 02:18 AM

I used one. But then again when i was hit with a power failure, the drive reverted back to 1.0 usb speeds which i can't reverse the process in myriad efforts. I ended up opening it and connecting the drive directly to a sata port better than an external hdd IMO.

Ricardo · 04-23-2009, 01:57 PM

I have an iomega that I really like so far. It's about 50% bigger than an iPhone.

I got it to back up files that were important. Before that, I backed things up on CD-R, but I've since heard that's not a great idea.

slavezero · 05-02-2009, 10:27 AM

I've got a 500gb and 160gb external drive. I mainly use it for my backups. it usually contains my program installers and documents and some movies and mp3's.