Best external Hard Disk? Opinions please?

[Lsp15]

Hey

I need an external hard drive to back up my design work and my cute doggy photos :) Any recommendations? ive seen this http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=45JH&InMerch=1
but it seems too cheap if you know what i mean.
Thanks!

[Ger]

I have one of these: http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=318909 since before Christmas. Its come down in price a lot since the too. No problems with it so far (touch wood!).

[Lsp15]

oooh thats a great price! Is it fairly small?

[waynertron]

Hi,

I have the 250G pro version of the disc that Ger linked (because it's silver :grin: )
and i've had no problems with it either. You can get an idea of how big it is from my mac photo here http://www.avforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4410985&postcount=13

If you want small, how about these http://www.formac.com/webapp/products_drives_disk_mini.php a mate has one and he has had no problems with it as far as I know. Bonus is is that it is powered from the USB cable so no need for a power supply :thumbsup:
Downside is that its only 160GB, but that depends how much storage you need I s'pose. They are about £70 from places like ebuyer.

Wayne.

[Lsp15]

Thanks Wayne. Its not as big as i thought. I have a macbook pro too :thumbsup:

[Lsp15]

forgot to say...nice tablet!

[LFCRules]

I have one of these: http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=318909 since before Christmas. Its come down in price a lot since the too. No problems with it so far (touch wood!).

I've got one of those also, had it for about 5 months, no probs at all. And I paid £50 more than that when I got mine :eek:

[theronster]

It's also here, with the added advantage of free postage! (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Essential-USB2-0-External/dp/B000EXZB0M/ref=pd_ka_1/026-0046715-7952415?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1174177512&sr=8-1)

I have the Firewire/USB 500gb one, and it's great. So good in fact that I'm thinking of getting another to daisychain into my first one.

[Lsp15]

excellent! I'll ordoer it tomorrow. Thnak you!

Laura

[tomson]

They're popular!
I have a 500GB Pro version connected via firewire 800. It's really quick.
Also use 2 x 500 GB USB ones at work on a server.

[Ger]

It's also here, with the added advantage of free postage! (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Essential-USB2-0-External/dp/B000EXZB0M/ref=pd_ka_1/026-0046715-7952415?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1174177512&sr=8-1)

I have the Firewire/USB 500gb one, and it's great. So good in fact that I'm thinking of getting another to daisychain into my first one.

What do you mean by daisychain? Can these drives be connected together?

[SeedyR]

What do you mean by daisychain? Can these drives be connected together?

I have not tried it, but pretty sure they can (think they have two Firewire 800 ports on them for this purpose).

I have a Western Digital My Book Pro 500gb. Works great, so another vote from me for a WD My Book. The pro version matches my MacBook Pro perfectly, and works great with Firewire 800.

[theronster]

Yep, but only via Firewire, which is able to mount drives in this way.

E.g. you attach Drive 1 via Firewire to your Mac, then Drive 2 to the spare firewire port on Drive 1 and so on.

They'll simply show up mounted in Finder as separate drives named Drive 1,2 etc.

Nice, no?

[la gran siete]

Western digital make some good ones

[Ger]

Yep, but only via Firewire, which is able to mount drives in this way.

E.g. you attach Drive 1 via Firewire to your Mac, then Drive 2 to the spare firewire port on Drive 1 and so on.

They'll simply show up mounted in Finder as separate drives named Drive 1,2 etc.

Nice, no?

I got the Essential version, so only USB connections. Would paid a bit extra if I knew this was possible. Would've been handy if I get more drives.

[Andy74]

Is this this the right thread to ask about problems with the Toshiba 320gb external hard drive?If not sorry and any help on which thread to go to?Used the search function and have ended up posting already in the photography thread.