External Hard Dive

[Kruz]

since the drive on my work laptop filled up, and not wanting to reinstall the operating system. I got one of these last week...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136223
I was very impressed with the speed
transferred one of my Automotive programs (100 GB) to the drive in just about an hour.
anyone else got one? how do you like it?

 

[Huge]

I use this with 2-500 gig hds in a jbod:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392017

Just wish it had esata.

 

[Luis G]

External drives are nice, the speed is decent provided that you use firewire or usb 2 (most common). On older machines with usb 1.1 is a pain in the ass.

Congrats on the purchase, I hope it serves its purpose well.


I'm planning on buying one too, but not as a finished product. I'm going to pick one of those external cases and buy an internal hdd to put it in.

 

[samcurry]

Ilove these http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=82

 

[fury]

I was lead to an IDE/SATA USB adapter for cheap once, but at the time I didn't have the money to buy one. Would be really useful right about now, I just don't remember where I found out about it.

 

[catocom]

I'm still using and old Bytecc enclosure, and have a ide 160 in it ATM.
I use it mostly for storing image backups.
It's kinda slow...not as bad with usb 2.0, but dawg slow in the old mode.
I can get 2-3 gigs transfered in 5-10 mins.

If I have big big backups, I just remove the drive, and plug it in my main rig.

 

[Gonz]

I bought a cheap enclosre ay Circuit City & added a cheap HDD. Less than 80 bucks for about 200GB

 

[FluerVanderloo]

I've got a Maxtor OneTouch that I adore. It's a little bulky, but it was 80GB for $40. Not a bad deal. I sure was glad I had it when my laptop's hard drive fried.