External Hard Drives

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

what's a good brand to buy?
I'll mainly need it for music, pictures, and Word documents.

I've been looking at this one:

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4622460&CatId=2420

[LooN3y]

any brand is basically good, just dont get any generic brands.


i remember there being an ibook, or some sort that holds 1 terrabyte

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

I just want to make sure I don't get something that screws up later.
My pictures and Word docs I'll have backed up on photobucket and Google docs anyways, so those I won't have to worry about.
But getting my music back will be a pain.

[ikke]

Aren't there companies who store your shit online?
That sounds better since external harddrives will break easily.

[Nutty]

Aren't there companies who store your shit online?

that sounds like a good idea....i think, but costly.....

external hard drives are dirt cheap these days, I'd go for 1TB.

[EFFeX]

Aren't there companies who store your shit online?
That sounds better since external harddrives will break easily.

I would never trust my files to a third party. There is so much that can go wrong on their end.

[ikke]

Aren't there companies who store your shit online?
That sounds better since external harddrives will break easily.

I would never trust my files to a third party. There is so much that can go wrong on their end.

Only thing I need a constant back up off is my music and why should i give a shit if a third party can see what I listen to

[universe]

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11504746&whse=bc&Ne=4000000&eCat=bc|84|31022|31023&N=4013468&Mo=14&pos=1&No=11&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=31023&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10626-Cat31022&topnav=

ANYTHING COSTCO CO-SIGNS

THIS SHOULD DO YOU GOOD.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

Aren't there companies who store your shit online?
That sounds better since external harddrives will break easily.

I'll be using third parties for certain things.
But I wanna have a safety net, especially with my pc crashing twice in less than 2 years.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11504746&whse=bc&Ne=4000000&eCat=bc|84|31022|31023&N=4013468&Mo=14&pos=1&No=11&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=31023&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10626-Cat31022&topnav=

ANYTHING COSTCO CO-SIGNS

THIS SHOULD DO YOU GOOD.

I looked on the Canadian Costco site for that; nothing there.


Looks like I'm going to order that one I posted. I wanna go pick it up and avoid the delivery charge, but I'm crapping my guts out so it doesn't seem like I have a choice right now 

[universe]

IF YOU DOWNLOAD MOVIES/TV 320 GB IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH.

[Matty]

buffalo drivestation is really good, most responsive usb controller out of the various external hdd i've used. might as well get 1tb for value.

[Al Bundy]

320 gigs is nothing. get a terabyte

[Leggy Hendrix]

i got a 1TB Iomega external...no problems so far, pretty good value 

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

I wouldn't need a 1TB though. I don't watch too many TV shows/movies on my pc.
Mainly just need it for a music backup.

[Nutty]

320 gigs is nothing. get a terabyte

I remember our family comp back in high school , hard drive was only 6gb, lol.