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Hi,

I need to buy an external usb hard drive in order to backup loads of data from my pc, but can`t decide whether to go for a mega > 100gb disk or stay under the £100 price range and go for 80gb.
I also want to get into DV video editing, so may need a larger one anyway.
Does anyone have any suggestions of bargains out there or whether I am better buying a couple of smaller disks?

Thanks

Dabs.com are doing a 160GB drive this week from around £94
It`s the iomega USB2 drive (normally £100 I think)
I have it in an email, but it`s hotmail so can`t post the proper link - let me know if you want it and I can email it to you.

DV video takes around 12-16GB per hour of footage.
Remember that you need the drive NTFS formatted (if you`re using XP you`re fine).

I`d say 160GB is probably big enough (I use a seperate 120GB for my editing and it`s more than enough).

HTH
Miles

Go far as large as you can afford, you`ll fill it eventually.
We use Maxtor One Touch drives at work, very good but pretty heavy.

Dunno about that Wad...I`ve got 440GB in my machine and I still have around 200GB free
Most of it`s complete rubbish though :)

Have you looked at USB drive enclosures?

I have a Belkin enclosure that`ll take any IDE drive. At the moment I`ve got a CDRW in it, but it`ll take a harddrive no problems. At least then you can upgrade it/swap it around.


If it`s high speed transfer you`re after, you may be better off with a firewire drive/enclosure.

I`d go for one of the drive enclosures on this page:

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/USB_Devices.html

I have two of the following:
Item number AC 5041 - external storage 5.25"/3.5" HD/CD/DVD RW case with USB and firewire - £24.98 including VAT (then a few quid extra for delivery).

I use them for DVD drives but the thing I like about them is that they are versatile. I`m sure they are just as good for hard drives, speed-wise. They come with power supply and a USB lead and firewire lead and look pretty good too.

If you`re not bothered about hard drive brand names, you could order one of these at the same time:

Item number HA 4067 3.5" DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB 7200rpm ATA/133 HDD/2MB buffer - £58.75 Including VAT.

Hope this helps.