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LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
edited November 2008 in Technical Stuff and Help
Anyone know where I can find a fairly cheap external hardrive for maybe around $50. 160 GB

Edit: other than on ebay, of course. I've already found a couple of decent ones on there that I'm watching, but I was hoping that maybe someone on here may have an extra that they are looking to get rid of- thanks again!
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    after getting into torrents and FLACs, I really need to get a much LARGE external HD myself.
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    It's time to take advantage of the weak Canadian dollar.

    http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=23795
  • westsidepiewestsidepie Posts: 627
    LukinFan wrote:
    Anyone know where I can find a fairly cheap external hardrive for maybe around $50. 160 GB

    Edit: other than on ebay, of course. I've already found a couple of decent ones on there that I'm watching, but I was hoping that maybe someone on here may have an extra that they are looking to get rid of- thanks again!

    Got http://www.newegg.com. They have great deals on hard drives, and they are a reputable company. I have had a lot of dealings with them.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    It's time to take advantage of the weak Canadian dollar.

    http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=23795
    how do I convert?
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    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    westsidepie wrote:
    Got http://www.newegg.com. They have great deals on hard drives, and they are a reputable company. I have had a lot of dealings with them.
    cool, thanks, but still a little pricey. I was hoping for maybe a used one that someone on here may have. I'm also down for trades. Just name your price
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    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    LukinFan wrote:
    how do I convert?
    http://www.xe.com/ucc/
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    The external USB enclosure itself is going to be about $20 - 25. You can buy those separately and drop in any drive...super easy. To get a decent HD for $25 - 30...above the enclosure cost...I'm not so sure you're going to find much of anything even at refurbished prices.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    It's time to take advantage of the weak Canadian dollar.

    http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=23795

    Holycrap, how did you guys lose $0.20 in the exchange rate in 3 months?
    I was up there for Eddie in mid-Aug. it was equal.
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    LongRd. wrote:
    Holycrap, how did you guys lose $0.20 in the exchange rate in 3 months?
    I was up there for Eddie in mid-Aug. it was equal.
    It's been like that I think since like October. On the brightside gas is cheaper then what it used to be.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    http://www.xe.com/ucc/
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    The external USB enclosure itself is going to be about $20 - 25. You can buy those separately and drop in any drive...super easy. To get a decent HD for $25 - 30...above the enclosure cost...I'm not so sure you're going to find much of anything even at refurbished prices.

    cool- thanks
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    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
  • mvluckymikemvluckymike Posts: 329
    Best buy has a 1 tb external hard drive for $145.I bought one yesterday.
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822101137
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822101137

    That's crazy it must be a misprint.

    Not sure I would trust my data to a $25-$30 hard drive....it's gotta be a refurb, or dropped box special.

    I don't know how they can even manufacture and ship a hard drive at that price.
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    That's crazy it must be a misprint.

    Not sure I would trust my data to a $25-$30 hard drive....it's gotta be a refurb, or dropped box special.

    I don't know how they can even manufacture and ship a hard drive at that price.

    I wouldn't trust ANY single hard drive to anything I couldn't get back again.
    As I tell everybody, If you have files that are important, always store them in AT LEAST 2 different places. I use an external WD 500gb as a backup only. All my Photos/Music/Video is on 2 different computers and an external HDD. I also burn them to disc once a year.

    I believe the price....you can get 500gb hard drives for under 60 bucks nowadays. Not too many negative reviews on Cavalry drives either
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    I wouldn't trust ANY single hard drive to anything I couldn't get back again.
    As I tell everybody, If you have files that are important, always store them in AT LEAST 2 different places. I use an external WD 500gb as a backup only. All my Photos/Music/Video is on 2 different computers and an external HDD. I also burn them to disc once a year.

    I believe the price....you can get 500gb hard drives for under 60 bucks nowadays. Not too many negative reviews on Cavalry drives either

    If I had a dollar for every time I told someone always have a backup of a backup...

    Must be all the terabyte drives coming into the market lately pushing down the price curve.

    I'm waiting for the 16Gig memory sticks to get into the same situation.
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    If I had a dollar for every time I told someone always have a backup of a backup...

    Must be all the terabyte drives coming into the market lately pushing down the price curve.

    I'm waiting for the 16Gig memory sticks to get into the same situation.
    yup
    I actually push people that have important stuff to buy 2 hdd for storage and mirror them and then external for really important stuff
    I just got a 16gb Kingston flash drive for $30
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    yup
    I actually push people that have important stuff to buy 2 hdd for storage and mirror them and then external for really important stuff
    I just got a 16gb Kingston flash drive for $30

    Just a matter of time before any drive checks out no doubt.

    A Kingston for 30? whereabouts?
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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Just a matter of time before any drive checks out no doubt.

    A Kingston for 30? whereabouts?

    http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-16gb-datatraveler-100-flash-drive/q/loc/101/208453713.html


    I have 3 of the same style (4gb) and have been my favorite so far
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  • zacman13245zacman13245 Posts: 294
    Flash drives are getting so cheap nowadays, the 16gb ones are still over 100, but go on sale for way cheap, but the 8gb ones (which used to be $100) are down to about 50 and then cheaper on sale. its crazy
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  • arielariel Posts: 191
    my laptop has vista and I think because of that I don't have a whole lot memory - that's what I was told, and I'm not computer savvy at all so no idea if that's the reason.

    I have a lot of music on here, and I'd like to move it because I now have trouble adding anything new or indeed running some exist applications, I've pretty much pared it down to what I really need to keep it functioning.

    What is the difference between using a flash drive and an external hard drive? If the 16g flash drive can hold so much, why would I also consider getting an external hard drive? I've been advised to get both, I guess I just don't know which one I'd use for what really....help!!
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  • zacman13245zacman13245 Posts: 294
    ariel wrote:
    my laptop has vista and I think because of that I don't have a whole lot memory - that's what I was told, and I'm not computer savvy at all so no idea if that's the reason.

    I have a lot of music on here, and I'd like to move it because I now have trouble adding anything new or indeed running some exist applications, I've pretty much pared it down to what I really need to keep it functioning.

    What is the difference between using a flash drive and an external hard drive? If the 16g flash drive can hold so much, why would I also consider getting an external hard drive? I've been advised to get both, I guess I just don't know which one I'd use for what really....help!!
    An external hard drive is geared towards mass storage, but generally not portablility. You find sizes like 320gb, 500gb, 750gb, and even 1tb, when looking at external hard drives. They generally run off of a plug into the wall and a USB into the compter.

    Flash drives are geared towards protability. They are small, generally 2" long, and come in smaller sizes (1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb, 16gb).

    There is the case of course, of portable external hard drives. These are much smaller than external hard drives and dont need to be plugged into a wall, only into the computer.

    It really comes down to what you intend to do, and how youd use it. At home, I have a 500gb external hard drive hooked up to my desktop, for backups so I dont lose my files. But I also have a few flashdrives, I use those for bringing files with me.
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  • arielariel Posts: 191
    thanks :)

    what's the difference or advantage of a portable external and a flash? size?
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  • zacman13245zacman13245 Posts: 294
    ariel wrote:
    thanks :)

    what's the difference or advantage of a portable external and a flash? size?
    Yeah, the portable externals range from about 160gb-320gb. They are about the size of an iPod in physical dimensions.
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  • arielariel Posts: 191
    I think that might be what I'm looking for then. what are good brands for that? I see some external hard drives on that buy.com site but not sure which fall into the portable category. I also need something very reasonably priced.



    side question, if I have itunes on my desktop, what is the best way to use those files on my laptop?
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    I have a portable external drive for my laptop. It is Western Digital and you can recognise their portables as they are called passport (they are about the size of a passport and about 1cm thick).
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    Chime wrote:
    I have a portable external drive for my laptop. It is Western Digital and you can recognise their portables as they are called passport (they are about the size of a passport and about 1cm thick).
    that's about what I'm looking for. I've heard good things about Western Digital Passports
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    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
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    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    LukinFan wrote:
    that's about what I'm looking for. I've heard good things about Western Digital Passports

    You can get them new 160GB for $80 at amazon at the moment $90 for 250GB (as long as you are flexible about the colour ;))

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_7790942_2/177-4664080-6395108?ie=UTF8&docId=1000297711&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0M9Y8MMQQBS65PXBNP32&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=464744051&pf_rd_i=507846
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