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Darkness1230
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I'm looking for a "good" external hard drive but I don't know what to get. Can any of you recommend one?
Features that I'm looking for:
backup, high capacity, portable, password protection, file compression, fast in terms of speed.
It can have any or none at all but it must be "good"
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SF
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I just got a 2TB Western Digital MyBook Essentials.
Quick, large capacity, password protectable... halfway portable, needs a power outlet.
Was only $139USD at Walmart.
Or you could always buy an external shell and an internal drive, then combine the two to save a few bucks.
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Honda
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| SF wrote: | I just got a 2TB Western Digital MyBook Essentials.
Quick, large capacity, password protectable... halfway portable, needs a power outlet.
Was only $139USD at Walmart.
Or you could always buy an external shell and an internal drive, then combine the two to save a few bucks. |
And how would you do that?
Just open up the shell and stick in the internal hard drive or is there some wiring to do?
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Darkness1230
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I would also love to know how.
I don't like the desktops, they're huge. I like the essential SE but it's only 1 TB but I think that's enough. It's pretty pricey, 200$ USD and the micro usb is said to be very sensitive so I'm afraid it'll break easily and disconnect and have slow transfer rate later on in life.
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Hero
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Vroom Vroom Vtec wrote: | | SF wrote: | I just got a 2TB Western Digital MyBook Essentials.
Quick, large capacity, password protectable... halfway portable, needs a power outlet.
Was only $139USD at Walmart.
Or you could always buy an external shell and an internal drive, then combine the two to save a few bucks. |
And how would you do that?
Just open up the shell and stick in the internal hard drive or is there some wiring to do? |
WHAT? No. You never ope a hard drive. You buy it an enclosure that it plugs into which has a usb coming out of it and normally a port for a wall plug to power it. ><
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SF
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Took pictures of my WD with it apart, will upload once camera stops being a douchebag and lets me view the pictures on the memory stick.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| any western digital or seagate
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Honda
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| Hero wrote: | | Vroom Vroom Vtec wrote: | | SF wrote: | I just got a 2TB Western Digital MyBook Essentials.
Quick, large capacity, password protectable... halfway portable, needs a power outlet.
Was only $139USD at Walmart.
Or you could always buy an external shell and an internal drive, then combine the two to save a few bucks. |
And how would you do that?
Just open up the shell and stick in the internal hard drive or is there some wiring to do? |
WHAT? No. You never ope a hard drive. You buy it an enclosure that it plugs into which has a usb coming out of it and normally a port for a wall plug to power it. >< |
No, not open the hard drive, I'm talking about opening the shell then placing the internal in there.
@SF, was it hard to place the internal hard drive in there? What is there to do?
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kls85
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All external hard drive are nothing more than a regular internal hard drive with a hard shell around it.
You can buy yourself a internal hard drive and a external case and make your own external HDD.
Those pre-assembled external hdd's don't have special connectors between the hdd and casing itself, they'll all the same---SATA.
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I Got one!
Xbox360 250GB Harddrive, Screw open back, take out SATA Drive, plug into exsisting SATA port or, get an external SATA plug?
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Really you're best bet is to get you're own enclosure because then you can upgrade it over time (usb 2.0-> esata-> usb 3.0 -> so forth).
Also it is usually cheaper.
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Darkness1230
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| Saifallofjmr wrote: | Really you're best bet is to get you're own enclosure because then you can upgrade it over time (usb 2.0-> esata-> usb 3.0 -> so forth).
Also it is usually cheaper. |
How would you even upgrade O.o
If it's against the rule to post links to online stores, then can anyone pm me the stuff I'm looking for?
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Hero
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| Darkness1230 wrote: | | Saifallofjmr wrote: | Really you're best bet is to get you're own enclosure because then you can upgrade it over time (usb 2.0-> esata-> usb 3.0 -> so forth).
Also it is usually cheaper. |
How would you even upgrade O.o
If it's against the rule to post links to online stores, then can anyone pm me the stuff I'm looking for? |
Its not against the rules. Especially here, people want links.
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Honda
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| Darkness1230 wrote: | | Saifallofjmr wrote: | Really you're best bet is to get you're own enclosure because then you can upgrade it over time (usb 2.0-> esata-> usb 3.0 -> so forth).
Also it is usually cheaper. |
How would you even upgrade O.o
If it's against the rule to post links to online stores, then can anyone pm me the stuff I'm looking for? |
It's not against the rule to post links to online stores, where'd you heard that from? But it's illegal to post warez things.
Anyways, I would also like a link to a good internal harddrive 500gigs+ and a external shell for it from Newegg, of course.
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