i will probably get shot for this.....

i'm need to buy an external hard drive for me laptop,

i've settled on a freecom Mobile 160GB for 40quid, good or bad?

i am just hoping someone will point the right way bcos im useless with stuff, and well, i trust you people, and i would rather hear 'advice' from here. i'm looking to spend 60quid max

if you want to shoot me, pm me and ill give you my address.

thanks, rick

I have six of their 500GB 3.5 inch drives, so I'd expect their little bus-powered 2.5 inch ones to be pretty good too. My 2.5 inch one is a 320GB Western Digital Passport, bought out of necessity....I don't trust WD at ALL.

3.5 inches?

I've got at least double that here.

£40 sounds about right.

The cheapest route is to buy a laptop harddrive (preferably Toshiba-best quality for lowest price), and a hardrive case.

pros - inexpensive, runs off the power of your computer (no need to plug into the wall), small and portable

cons - transfers a bit slower than one that plugs in the wall when cut/pasting very large items (but I've never had any issues with this)

harddrive

harddrive case

Doctor would you recommend this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freecom-Mobile-Drive-Classic-160GB/dp/B000YSQT1C/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_f

thanks Edelbrock, but im cutting down on ebay, not the best place to waste my student loan away, i even promised my mum i wouldn't, yet i'm getting her elbow tickets off it. thanks though.

cheers for the help

rick

The drive, yes. The source, no.

OCUK, cheaper, clueful support, and the stuff turns up on time (usually the day before you pick when ordering).

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-052-FC&groupid=701&catid=1240&subcat=&name=Freecom%20Mobile%20Drive%20XXS%20250GB%20USB%202.0%20Portable%20Drive%20(31256)

Rick Banks wrote: Doctor would you recommend this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freecom-Mobile-Drive-Classic-160GB/dp/B000YSQT1C/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_f

thanks Edelbrock, but im cutting down on ebay, not the best place to waste my student loan away, i even promised my mum i wouldn't, yet i'm getting her elbow tickets off it. thanks though.

cheers for the help

rick

I only showed ebay as an example... many other places to find good deals...

i've gone for both, sorting out a friend too,

EdelBrock, i have gone for the hard drive/case combo thingy for myself, nothing to register or overly complicated to set up and will work fine with me toshiba laptop, i'm getting from a local shop instead, saved a ton of money but my mate wasn't so sure

thanks,

Rick Banks wrote: i'm need to buy an external hard drive for me laptop

if you want to shoot me, pm me and ill give you my address.

You're lucky... in America we don't take kindly to strangers who need an external drive, we would shoot you for sure.

you want my address or coordinates? i'm sure i can stand in a big open field at given time and you can throw something hard really high at me.

we still poke each other with sticks here, guns are far too fancy

Rick Banks wrote: you want my address or coordinates? i'm sure i can stand in a big open field at given time and you can throw something hard really high at me.

we still poke each other with sticks here, guns are far too fancy

Could you just stand next to a children's hospital? Much easier to hit

EdelBrock wrote:

Rick Banks wrote: you want my address or coordinates? i'm sure i can stand in a big open field at given time and you can throw something hard really high at me.

we still poke each other with sticks here, guns are far too fancy

Could you just stand next to a children's hospital? Much easier to hit

Especially on puppies and kittens day.

Bought a Freecom 3.5 inch with 500GB a few months back.£70 but it is 500 GB after all.Will take years to fill that so worth the money.

As a result of being utterly shit, Edge Hill Uni gave me a 500gb hard drive a couple of weeks ago.

It spent a weekend with Alex, and is now almost full.

Uncle Liam wrote: As a result of being utterly shit, Edge Hill Uni gave me a 500gb hard drive a couple of weeks ago.

It spent a weekend with Alex, and is now almost full.

and how did this thread all of a sudden become about you???

johnny wrote: Bought a Freecom 3.5 inch with 500GB a few months back.£70 but it is 500 GB after all.Will take years to fill that so worth the money.

I've filled 6 500GB's and a 1TB, and no, not with porn. TV shows, F1 and backups mainly (270GB of Dr Who as well BTW :D )

But then I FEAR the delete key, feeling that once pressed, I will instantly want to see/hear whatever it was that just squirted out the serial port into the waste bit bucket.