Re: Good External Hard Drive

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Here is a tip for you. Find out what brand of HD is used in your computer.
Then purchase that brand. The reason is that a reputable computer
manufacturer
would only use a reliable HD in their computers. To not do so would only
cost them
money and create a bad reputation.
My computer uses a Seagate. I've had Seagate for the past 13 years and
haven't had
a single problem yet. I naturally bought a Seagate external drive.
"Rachel" <Rachel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you. Thank you everyone. You've really helped me to better
understand
the differences in the types and what will be best.

Ya'll are the best! :)
--
Rachel - Debty Beautiful Beads
http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com


"LVTravel" wrote:



"Rachel" <Rachel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you so much. All this advice and tips is really helping. Now I
didn't
notice but on this particular one, I wouldn't need to purchase anything
else
to go with it for it to work, right?

Thanks
--
Rachel - Debty Beautiful Beads
http://www.debtybeautifulbeads.etsy.com


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:43:01 -0700, Rachel
<Rachel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a Dell XPS 400 Desktop running Windows XP and am looking for
a
decent
external hard drive. I found this one on Dell and want to know if
anyone
knows if this would work well with my system.

It's a: Iomega 500GB USB 2.0 Prestige Desktop External Hard Drive
The link is below. Before I pay I want to make sure it's worth it so
any
advice would be great. Especially if anyone knows how good this item
is.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/System_Drives/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A1977407



I just wanted to point out that an external IDE drive is actually two
components--a regular internal IDE drive and an external USB case for
it. You can buy an already-assembled external drive or you can buy an
internal drive and a separate USB case (the case is usually around $20
or so) and assemble the two yourself. The results are identical.

If you are concerned about any difficulty in assembling the two
components yourself, let me point out that it's extremely easy, and
even if you are all thumbs, it should take you no more than five
minutes.

All that said, the 500GB external Dell drive you cite seems like a
very good buy at $75.99. Yes, it should be fine for you.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Correct. It should be plug and play but you should note that the backup
software is by download (according to the site you posted.)




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