Hello

I am looking at buying a external drive about 25gb minimum for important files that also may be needed to be accessed by my laptop,i have had a few in the past but they are so slow,whats the fastest one for data transfer???I have had

USB flash drive- slow data transfer and small storage size

Ethernet external drive with ata hard drive- needs power supply and very slow data transfer!

USB external drive with ata hard drive- needs power supply and very slow data transfer!

What are these Firewire drives??? i have a fire wire connecter at the front of my computer.

waldy

 

A firewire port is like a usb port. I think usb 2.0 is something like 480mbs where as firewire is capable of 800mps if i remember rightly

 

i use a 160Gb WD passport drive all powered through usb2.0 too.

nice and fast and only about £50

 

USB 2 operarates at 480mbits per second as long as both devices are USB 2 and any cabling is USB2 spec. Firewire is 400mbits ps and 800mbits ps, again as long as all items used correspond.

A tip if using USB, try and use the ports built on the mobo as these will be USB 2 spec, some cases only use USB1 ports through the front.

You can buy an external gigabit network HD enclosure as long as the PC you use has this port: gigabit Lan port 1000mbit per second though this is expensive.

 

got a seagate freeagent 500gb external firewire/usb 2.0 drive, was only £100ish... speedy too!!!

 

Thanks for the help,i have just checked my new computer and it looks like i can have a fast drive, it has this spec...


Network adapter (standard)
10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN on system board
USB 2.0 Ports
Ten: 2 front, 6 back, 2 internal
Front & Back AV Ports
1394a front & back
XPS MiniView Display
eSATA
PCI: 3 Slots
PCIe x1: 1 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slot
PCIe x8: 1 Slot
Form Factor
Mini-tower, high-gloss black front bezel, XPS logo on side panel

Dimensions
45.72cm tall, 45.21cm deep, 18.79cm wide
18" tall, 17.8" deep, 7.4" wide

Weight (typical)
14.06kgs (18.59kgs packed)
31 lbs (41 lbs packed)

Power
375 W (standard), 425 W (with nVidia GeForce 8800GTX graphics)

Drive Bays
Six: (2) 3.5” internal HDD bays, (2) 5.25” bays behind self-tending drive doors, (2) 3.5” Flexbays, eSATA port in back for external drives

waldy

 

i had one of them as well

nearly put it through the tech nerd in pc worlds face when it fucked up and he basicly told me to fuck off

i put up a panic post about it a few weeks ago if it'll get looked into

back up the stuff onto a dvd and job done from now on

 

If you pc has the port higlighted above then I would buy an external Sata Drive as this will give you Full Hard Disk speed.

 

Thanks tony,i will check those esata drives out

waldy

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119013

 

I have this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freecom-Toug...1198727&sr=8-1

which is perfect if you like dropping things....or just can't help yourself doing it regardless!