Hi Greg, Here's my criteria:
1. 7200 RPM HDD (fast) 2. 2.5" HDD i.e. Notebook (No power cord) 3. USB + ESATA external enclosure (ESATA is much faster than USB 2.0) (Can fall back to USB if no ESATA) Prices from http://www.umart.com.au: Seagate MOMENTUS 7200.4 500GB SATA 2.5 7200rpm 16MB $149 Cash USB 2.0 VANTEC Nexstar CX 2.5inch Black Enclosure U2/ESata NST-200SUBK $31 Regards, Michael O'Dea-Jones From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2010 11:50 AM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] External hard drives My wife needs an external hard drive for backing-up and carrying around her couple of hundred MB of work files. I've never owned an ext HDD or looked at them, so before I drive down to the local MSY (parts list<http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf>) to get one, I'd like to check first if there are any recommendations or traps to be aware of. Friends have ext HDDs with USB connections, but I suppose they are outdated now as our new office desktop machines have SATA plugholes on the back ... is that right? Cheers, Greg
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