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External Hard drive

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  • 19-12-2006 10:03pm
    #1
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey, looking for a large external hard drive at the cheapest price, around 300gb maybe.
    What do you make of,
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318906
    Quick google...

    Any suggestions?


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Yep, I have 2 of those models 'cept its 250GB, they are excellent and I have no problems with them. Is there a PC World near you? They also have decent prices on external hard drives at the moment but some of them might be out of stock at this stage.


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    aidan_walsh
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    Have that drive myself, absolutely no problems with it. Using it to host VMWare images and backups.


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    #4
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Ah sounds good so.
    I'll have a look in PC World too maybe.
    If there are none suggested that are better, then I made a good choice and it shallmbe mine. :)


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    highlight100
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    PC World last week a 320 gig external on special offer for around 130 euro recently,great value where as i got a 250 gig from same company a few months ago for the same money


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Hmm, is must drop in and see if that is still going, or what prices they have. I expected their prices to be higher than the net.
    How much does delivery cost for a Ext HDD anyway?


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    harney
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    Sorry to jump in on this thread but I am looking for an external hard drive at the moment too and noticed the following 250GB drive for £101. Might be alittle more costly than others but it does have a network connection on it so I assume I can just plug it directly into a router and off I go:

    http://www.technikdirekt.de/main/en/computer/laufwerke/festplatten/855783/-/Article.html?fillspace=1&viewmode=search

    Does anyone know of a cheaper drive with a network point on it (NAS)? Do you think it would be possible to open it at a later stage and stick a new and bigger IDE drive it it?


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    johnnyrotten
    Registered Users Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    highlight100 wrote:
    PC World last week a 320 gig external on special offer for around 130 euro recently,great value where as i got a 250 gig from same company a few months ago for the same money
    I got one of these 320 GB drives made by Seagate. Works a treat. I heard they are now selling in the PCWORLD sale for €110!!!


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    dr.bollocko
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    Got mine in PC world for 130 euro before the sale the 320gb seagate. On the sale they had a 400gb external seagate for 140 I think it was. These are nice too. Very quiet drives for the size. I initially thought that it was actually two HDD's in the one enclosure because of the shape, but after unscrewing it this aint the case.


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    Conor108
    Registered Users Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    I got the 320 Gig HDD for 99 Euros!


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Nice, where and when?


    Ok, I have mine now, what is the google software for? Any need to install it?


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Its just the Desktop Search, Picasa and the Toolbar bundled with the drive, so unless you want any of those, no need to install them.


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    #13
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Thanks.

    I'll um, live without it somehow.


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    godtabh
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    Conor108 wrote:
    I got the 320 Gig HDD for 99 Euros!


    Yeah were I need one as well!


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    digitaldr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    harney wrote:
    Sorry to jump in on this thread but I am looking for an external hard drive at the moment too and noticed the following 250GB drive for £101. Might be alittle more costly than others but it does have a network connection on it so I assume I can just plug it directly into a router and off I go:

    http://www.technikdirekt.de/main/en/computer/laufwerke/festplatten/855783/-/Article.html?fillspace=1&viewmode=search

    Does anyone know of a cheaper drive with a network point on it (NAS)? Do you think it would be possible to open it at a later stage and stick a new and bigger IDE drive it it?

    See my post here


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