Best cheap, portable Hard drive.?

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What is the best portable HDD out there? It needs to be under $100 and in between 120-160GB.

Thanks

Answer
Check NewEgg.Com - I get all my HDD's there. They have great prices and fast shipping.

Things to look at:
1) What type of interface is it? If it's only USB it will be cheaper, but FireWire will be a lot faster and better for running video off the external.
2) What's the drive speed? If you only need it for backup a 5200 RPM should be fine. If you intend to stream video or run programs off the drive you'll want a 7200 RPM
3) What's the brand? You don't need to buy the best of the best, but the really cheap ones are cheap for a reason. Avoid brands that you've never heard of or that you can't find on other sites. Names like Seagate, Western Digital, Maxor, ect are fine.

Here's a Western Digital 160GB My Passport for $75.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136288

Or a Seagate FreeAgent Go 250GB for $77.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148340

And a LaCie Design 320GB for $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822154245

All those are pretty good but they are all 5200 RPM and USB only. That won't be a problem unless you need the high-speed access.

This one isn't "portable" but it's really small: it's a Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB for $99.99 - that's a ton of space!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148356

Lastly, here's all of NewEgg's externals for $100 and under:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150414%204027&name=%2475%20-%20%24100

Happy shopping!

About portable external Hard Drive ?

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Western Digital,
Seagate
Hitachi
Iomega
Verbatim
Toshiba
G-Technology
Clickfree
Data Robotics
HP
LaCie
Aleratec
ClickFree
Pogoplug

Which one do you think is good brand for external hard drive.
Thank You,

Answer
Western Digital and Seagate have been making hard drives for a really long time. I've had 2 Western Digitals and never had any problems with them. I suspect Seagate is as good.

I got a 500gb Western Digital on black Friday for $30. Very cool.

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