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think its about time i started backing up my desktop HD, can anyone recommend a cheap external HD (250gb would do it). thanks
you can get 1Tb ones for £50 now - I'd go for one of those and if it's got two internal drives partition it so you can backup to both.
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Anything Seagate.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/245377
this enclosure might be worth a look, can lob whatever 3.5" SATA drive you want into it up to 2TB
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002P3XSAO/
Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - Black
62.99 free shipping
amazon sell this for 48.99 if you look on the far right, says 1-2 months delivery though
MY local PC shop is good: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/harddrives-external/usb/
I'm a big fan of the Iomega Prestige drives - 2.5", one cable only, standard mini USB, and pretty solid. Good price, too.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176613
Yeah - I've got one of those sitting in its box next to me. Seemed to get as good reports as just about anything without spending loads more. Sadly I can't report on the performance as it came with the wrong power supply so needs to go back for exchange 🙁
if it's got two internal drives partition it so you can backup to both
Which adds what value exactly? If the drive goes you'll lose both partitions - on something you're just using for backup rather than in day-to-day use, it's pretty unlikely for one partition on a physical disc to fail and not the other.
Maplins are doing 250Gb Seagate GoFlex drives for £35 at the moment.
Also, from Conquerer's earlier post - Amazon's "1 to 2 months" delivery - ordered a new monitor earlier this week which was advertised with a similar delivery schedule - it was dispatched this morning. That's not to say that it'll always be quicker than they say, but it might be worth a punt.
2TB should do £67
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-buffalo-hd-e20tu2-uk-justore-desktop-storage-drive
but if really want 250gb then £30
thanks all.
I've got one of these http://cpc.farnell.com/toshiba/px1626e-1he0/drive-2-5-usb2-0-500gb-toshiba/dp/CS20307
wish I'd paid more and gone for 1tb as after 3 months of time machine backing my stuff up for me it is full already!
might get another one for storage of photos/music/films etc.
ebay deal of the day is a 750gb usb drive for £35 today