External Harddrive for sale?

zacman13245

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.

ariel

thanks

what's the difference or advantage of a portable external and a flash? size?

zacman13245

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.

ariel

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?

chime

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).

LukinFan

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

chime

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