Hard drive purchase

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Birkhe2006

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Friends,

I am thinking of buying an external hard drive of Model: Western Digital Elements SE 1TB Portable External Hard Drive - WDBABV0010BBK-NESN , in ~$85 . I am not sure how good is the deal with the price mentioned. The details of it is here:

http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=214568094

Please offer some suggestions on quality of this product. Are there any other online places to get the better deal on external hard drive purchase?

Thanks,

Drkanchho

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WD is a good company, their drives are durable. my brother bought one (500GB) about 3-4 years ago and it's still working, never had problems so far. if you have money and need one, go for it.
as for me, i chose a different way: i bought a 750GB Seagate Barracuda internal drive for $35 and bought a case for like $6 and turned it into an external drive! if you can find internal drives for cheap, buy them and turn them into external, it's cheaper that way.

LiveToRock

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You might as well look for hard drives with USB 3.0 ports.... I bought new 1TB WD My Passport with USB 3.0 port from ebay for ~90. It has not been long so I can't say about durability, but the speed is little bit fast than USB 2.0. ( While copying 30 GB files (multiple files) from laptop to hard disk, the speed was ~16Mbps, with USB3.0, it was ~26Mbps), and ofcourse, you need USB 3.0 ports in your laptop too.

Last edited: 12-May-11 03:53 PM

madtech

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DrKancho

Can you provide me some info about how you converted your internal into external drive?
I know we need that port converter, that can be hooked into Multipin of internal hard drive and outside it has a basic USB,
Most of the time
internal hard drives need an extra power to operate. Are you using external power to run your converted hard drive or it runs just with USB connections.

I am thrifty too, thats why I want to do just like how u did.
If You do not mind can you also put the model number or a link of that hard drive and its external box?
BTW I am from houston. let me know if u need any help down here.

Drkanchho

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i bought a 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 it's a SATA disc. The serial number is 3QD0AH7V.
then i bought a hard disk enclosure from ebay. when you buy enclosure make sure that you buy the right size and right type. common sizes are 3.5" and 2.5". they are widths of hard drives. and types are IDE and SATA, SATAs are more common these days. the enclosure comes with everything you need - USB cable, power cord, screws, and even a screw driver, instrucitons etc.
all you have to do is screw your drive inside the enclosure and you have an external HD.
my HD is 3.5". if you can get 2.5" HD, it'll save you a few bucks on enclosures because 2.5" enclosures are cheaper than those for 3.5" drives. one thing i don't like is the power cord - it's a bit rigid, and kind of awkward looking but it does the job.
here are the links to HD specifications and enclosures respectively: link for enclosure shows IDE drive enclosure, SATA enclosure looks similar.
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_barracuda_7200_10.pdf
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-5-USB-2-0-IDE-Hard-Disk-Drive-HD-HDD-Enclosure-Case-/200456303590?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item2eac2073e6#ht_2734wt_1204

thanks for your wilingness to help. will let you know if needed.

Last edited: 12-May-11 04:46 PM

maxpayne

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Why dont you get a Nas drive? I use to access from anywhere.
Here's what i use http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Technology-LinkStation-Attached-LS-CH1-0TL/dp/B001FFP4PK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305237162&sr=8-1

menmyself

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which is the best hard drive for macbook 13" old one?. I need to buy one and I don't have any clue?. Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.

Thank You

dalle_momo

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85$ for that stuff is expensive, you can get some nice deals @ dealspl.us

DeltaGamma

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I need one. But can't get in cheap

saaaj

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I am looking for 2TB portable drive like the one being discussed here.

WD is good but their micro-usb sucks. I am inclined to Canvio plus, slightly expensive but very reliable.

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