External Hard Drives...?????

HawgsHead · Jan 7, 2005, 02:36 PM

[color=DarkRed]I know nothing about them and need...no,want one.Someone talk to me about what I want,and what I DONT want....I want to hook up and run Windows64 on my notebook....Thanks![/color]

Zardon · Jan 7, 2005, 02:39 PM

so you want the drive to be portable? USB2? more info please. if you look at my sony laptop review front page you will see a freecom USB2 drive, only larger than a USB2 keychain and requires no power. 40 gig drive too.

HawgsHead · Jan 7, 2005, 03:47 PM

something that I could plug into the laptop....USB-Firewire...I really dont know that much about them.I mean something kinda small.

MiDKnYtE · Jan 7, 2005, 07:46 PM

What capacity are you looking for?

Zardon · Jan 7, 2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HawgsHead

something that I could plug into the laptop....USB-Firewire...I really dont know that much about them.I mean something kinda small.

ok well the first thing you have to ask yourself is this, "Do i want an external hard drive for my laptop with a power supply?" - because trust me you DONT want to be carrying around power supplies with your laptop just to use a remote drive. I have several USB2 hard drives, some of which are pretty large and they ALL bar the one im going to talk about need plugged into the mains to work.

this drive from freecom, uses an hitachi hard drive in a small enclosure and powers TOTALLY from the USB2 port, meaning it works like a USB flashdrive, just slightly larger in physical size and 40gb in storage. its the most wonderful piece of hardware ive played with in a long time. As I said i talked about it a little in my sony laptop review front page, but here is a picture of it.

Now I got this believe it or not in my local PCworld in the UK as ive never really seen them on stores (havent looked mind you, but I think id remember something like this). cost around £140 for 40 gig, so quite expensive but it truly is portable, no leads, no external power, just plug into your usb2 or usb port like a flashdrive and wham 40 gig.

swimtech · Jan 7, 2005, 10:40 PM

That USB drive looks nice Zardon - look ma, no AC! 40 Gig enough? If not, I like the Seagates (160G is what I use). Dead quiet, USB 2.0 and Firewire - but the thing does require external power.

Zardon · Jan 7, 2005, 10:46 PM

well 40 gig doubles most laptops storage so yeah I think its enough - i think they are limited to the storage with those drives because the drive mechanism is totally powering from the USB2 port, depends how much of a power user you are with regards to the size - for most things 40 gig is more than enough unless you are moving large movie files around etc. the ideal situation would be to have a massive USB2 or firewire drive for the house then one of those freecoms for carrying about switching between machines. It really is very sexy primarily because you need absolutely no leads or external power sources, just plug in......

Jan 7, 2005, 02:36 PM	#1
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	External Hard Drives...????? [color=DarkRed]I know nothing about them and need...no,want one.Someone talk to me about what I want,and what I DONT want....I want to hook up and run Windows64 on my notebook....Thanks![/color] __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

Jan 7, 2005, 03:47 PM	Thread Starter #3
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	something that I could plug into the laptop....USB-Firewire...I really dont know that much about them.I mean something kinda small. __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

Jan 7, 2005, 10:40 PM	#6
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	That USB drive looks nice Zardon - look ma, no AC! 40 Gig enough? If not, I like the Seagates (160G is what I use). Dead quiet, USB 2.0 and Firewire - but the thing does require external power. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jan 7, 2005, 02:39 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	so you want the drive to be portable? USB2? more info please. if you look at my sony laptop review front page you will see a freecom USB2 drive, only larger than a USB2 keychain and requires no power. 40 gig drive too.

Jan 7, 2005, 07:46 PM	#4
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	What capacity are you looking for?

Jan 7, 2005, 10:46 PM	#7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well 40 gig doubles most laptops storage so yeah I think its enough - i think they are limited to the storage with those drives because the drive mechanism is totally powering from the USB2 port, depends how much of a power user you are with regards to the size - for most things 40 gig is more than enough unless you are moving large movie files around etc. the ideal situation would be to have a massive USB2 or firewire drive for the house then one of those freecoms for carrying about switching between machines. It really is very sexy primarily because you need absolutely no leads or external power sources, just plug in......