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Old 06-06-2004, 02:27 PM   #1
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whats the best external harddrive? I need 30GB+
whats the best external harddrive? Something that would hook unto your computer via USB perhaps. I need 30GB+
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Old 06-06-2004, 02:28 PM   #2
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Buy a 100+ GB HD and put it into a FW / USB2 caddy
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Old 06-06-2004, 02:30 PM   #3
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Buy a 100+ GB HD and put it into a FW / USB2 caddy
what he said.

and btw, i think there are 300gb external HD already
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Old 06-06-2004, 02:32 PM   #4
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Old 06-06-2004, 02:48 PM   #5
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Old 06-06-2004, 02:51 PM   #6
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just by yourself a new computer.
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Old 06-06-2004, 02:55 PM   #7
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Buy a 100+ GB HD and put it into a FW / USB2 caddy
with those firewire/usb2 external hard drives, can i access it just like i would my C drive? could i watch movies located on the external drive without having to do this and that or move it to the other drive?
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:02 PM   #8
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i have 4 external usb 2.0 200 gb drives...i bought the drives and put them in the usb2.0 caddy

i can run all four drives at once and no slowdown....just as good as scsi, never had a problem

each one cost less than $150 shipping included
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:04 PM   #9
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these are the ones I buy, they are solid

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5951 937&rd=1
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:05 PM   #10
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I have a Maxtor Onetouch, 200GB. Love it.
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:06 PM   #11
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and let me restate, it is JUST AS good as a internal drive....i use them for video editing with real time rendering
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:06 PM   #12
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Buy a harddrive and put it in this...

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...145-745&DEPA=0
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:07 PM   #13
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http://www.buycyberpc.com/westerndigital.html - the hard drive

all you need is a usb 2.0 card if you don't have it
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:10 PM   #14
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are usb2.0 or firewire drives as fast as a regular IDE hd?
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:12 PM   #15
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are usb2.0 or firewire drives as fast as a regular IDE hd?
the speed of the drive is the speed of the drive, has nothing to do with usb or firewire

usb and firwire are methods of transporting the data to your computer....and usb2.0 is faster than firewire
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:30 PM   #16
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fuck the caddy get a benzo
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Old 06-06-2004, 03:37 PM   #17
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western digital with 8mg buffer

these are great too:
http://www1.shopping.com/xGS-Pockey_...kin_id-3057919
depends for what you need it for... the pockeys are awsome and compact...size of a small calculator, they dont need a power source, they hook up to usb2 or firewire..great product
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