Computer guys...I need a good external hard drive

**Mike Hawk** · 10-29-2006, 06:46 PM

I ran a diagnostic test and it said one of my two hard drives has a bad block (said hard drive 0) but i dont know which one that is and i need to throw my tons of MP3s into a huge external hard drive for storage/backup.

Which brands of external hard drives would you recommend and what specs should i need so it will run fast like an internal one?

**Doom** · 10-29-2006, 07:18 PM

Seagate all the way, I use them in all of my computers. I dislike the products by WD and Maxtor. They seem to run slower than the Seagate.

**Knighthawk LS1** · 10-29-2006, 08:47 PM

Seagate or Western
Make sure you get a 300GB + external..

**Somebody09** · 10-30-2006, 04:09 AM

Get a regular HDD, then get an adapter so you can treat it as external. That way, when you fill the first one up, it's a simple 2 second swap to fill up the next one.

**Sarge** · 10-30-2006, 04:16 AM

SeaGate 300 Gig ....and I automated the back up with a really nice freeware.... http://www.sgtgeek.com/backup.htm
scroll down to WinBackUp

**86 IROC-Z** · 10-30-2006, 07:50 AM

Get another computer tower/case, a fill it up with hard drives (and the proper cooling). Hows that for an external hard drive? You'll have a hard time filling up that. Assuming you're don't use 256mb HDs from the early 90's.

**Mike Hawk** · 10-30-2006, 02:38 PM

Do externals hook up via USB cable or something? How fast is the transfer process on these?

**86 IROC-Z** · 10-30-2006, 03:51 PM

Most of them are High speed USB or Firewire connections

**86 IROC-Z** · 10-30-2006, 03:58 PM

As for transfer rates, it depends on the connections as well.
The transfer rate for USB 2.0 is 480Mb/s
The transfer rate for Firewire 800 is 800Mb/s

**predator** · 10-30-2006, 05:03 PM

man radio shack just had a deal on HD enclosures for $20... i put a spare 75 gig in mine and it works great.... its a mad dog i think... pretty sure it would hold up to 4 or 500 GB...

-me