Cheap External Hard Drives?

Harry

Where can i get a cheap portable external hard drive without buying on Ebay or Amazon etc? What is 'rotational speed'? What is 2.5" and 3.5"? My computer has 18GB Free space out 34GB, what do you recommend?

Is the 'SEAGATE 2.5" FreeAgent Go 320GB Blue External Hard Drive' ok?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0096956496.1236498089@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccejadegjfffdfgcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=503407&category_oid=

Answer
If you want portable you'll want a 2.5". If you buy a 3.5" they are heavier and require a power pack.
The hard drive you have linked to looks like a good one. This one will just plug and play into your computer. I have a similar one to this (160GB) and it is great.
18GB spare is still a good amount if you are short of cash and need to save up, but an external hard drive is always a good idea to back up important data.
I wouldn't worry about the rotation speed, I think that is just to do with how fast the drive is read, but when it is only back data that doesn't matter.
Get a drive you like the look of.

I'll give you a suggestion. If you are getting the above drive buy a 'Case Logic Hard Drive Protective Case' I have one of these to protect my drive. They cost £14.99 at PC World or £8.00 at Staples. When I had my first external hard drive my daughter pushed it off the sofa and broke the hard drive so when I replaced it I brought a hard protective case for it.

portable hard drive that has firewire 800?

David

i'm looking for a portable hard drive that supports firewire 800. There arent many so any suggestions?


btw i'm looking for 500gb minimum

Answer
I went to the Western Digital website and found this page listing all their portable hard drives:
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=9&language=en

And saw that "MyPassport Studio" was the only one with a FireWire interface, and it has a 500 GB capacity, here is its link:
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=569

Iomega has FireWire-capable portable hard drives:
http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/external-hard-drive-portable/?partner=4760

Verbatim has FireWire-capable portable hard drives:
http://www.verbatim.com/products/detail.cfm?product_id=4EE521E6-1143-3415-5F0C056AB5BED33A&cat_id=811491E3-1143-3415-5F489CFD91C8F317

I went to Seagate's website and found the page for the FreeAgentGo, but this portable hard drive series is not FireWire-capable.

http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/portable-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html

SimpleTech does not have FireWire-capable portable hard drives, FireWire only in standard external hard drives:
http://www.simpletech.com/products/storage/pro-drive

Toshiba does not appear to have FireWire-capable portable hard drives, only USB.
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/ConsumerStorageProducts

IO Magic does not appear to have FireWire-capable portable hard drives, only USB.
http://www.iomagic.com/Categories/results.asp?cat=76

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Who sells these drives (in stores and online) ?

Best Buy - http://www.bestbuy.com/

CompUSA - http://www.compusa.com/

Staples - http://www.staples.com/

Office Max - http://www.officemax.com/

Office Depot - http://www.officedepot.com/

All depending on what is in stock.
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