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Sydney/Wollongong
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October 2003
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
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January 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Fri, 17 June 2005 13:35
 
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get the IDE ones, i have one and it works fine, + bigger hdd
cdrom ide case $55
200gig Hdd $135 
= $190
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 07:35
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I have a 2.5" USB one. It's only useful if you're transfering stuff around from computer to computer.
The 3.5" ones are larger, faster and cheaper. But heavier (the reason why I didn't buy one, too heavy to be lugging around with my laptop).
Having said that, unless you're going to be using multiple computers, just save money and buy an internal!
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Location:
Perth
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October 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 09:02
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Ive got a 160GB 3.5".
It's got a WD drive some sort of housing and a power source. Back in around January I got this and a 128mb flash drive for $160 from Ebay.
As Nark suggests the 3.5" would not be cool to cart around day to day, for Laptop 2.5" is the go (thats if you are using a laptop  )
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 09:25
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my dad just got a laptop, and got a 2.5inch extranal case for like 30 bucks and had a 80gig laptop harddrive put in it that way he has the 80 gig hard drive in the lap top + THE external one
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Location:
Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 09:43
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Hi,
| Skip wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 19:02 |
Back in around January I got this and a 128mb flash drive for $160 from Ebay.
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Crikey, that's a lot of money. You can get a 256meg one for under $50 and a 1G for less than $160.
seeyuzz
river
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 09:55
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hehe we paid that much for the 80 gig hard drive to go in the 2.5inch case
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Location:
Sydney/Wollongong
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 11:47
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| Nark wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 17:35 |
...unless you're going to be using multiple computers, just save money and buy an internal!
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Internal is pretty much out of the question unless I swap my old drive. I've got free IDE ports and a spare drive bay but i'm concerned about the PSU capacity and also heat buildup since it's hot enough in there already.
I figure an external drive enclosure would probably be cheaper than buying more fans and a better PSU.
With an external drive I can swap files between my desktop & laptop as well as mirror the laptop so I won't need to carry it around. I'm also considering buying another computer in the next 6-12 months so at least I shouldn't have any trouble transferring files when the need arises.
Thanks for the suggestions, looks like 3.5" is the way to go 
That tera block looks crazy, who would need that sort of capacity for personal use? Then again I remember thinking my old 100mb drives were going to be sufficient for a long time to come 
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 14:09
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get a firewire card then attach as much storage as you can need... when you fill that up, simply daisy-chain on another drive.
firewire is much faster than usb - some can be powered via the firewire bus.
cheers,
charles.
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Location:
Perth
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May 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Wed, 22 June 2005 14:13
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| thechuckster wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 22:09 |
get a firewire card then attach as much storage as you can need... when you fill that up, simply daisy-chain on another drive.
firewire is much faster than usb - some can be powered via the firewire bus.
cheers,
charles.
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if you get an external plug and play drive make sure it is a USB and Firewire drive.
Use firewire where possible. Much faster transfers, greater performance etc.
-Adam
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Location:
eastern suburbs, melbourne
Registered:
March 2005
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 02:44
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firewire is crap.
i have a external 300gig maxtor. i use it to store home videos before edditing so i can reuse the cassette. anyways, the files are about 16 gig each, fire wire wont transfer it. USB dose it with no probs.
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Location:
Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 02:53
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then your firewire drive or drivers for your firewire drive or the filesystem on the drive are duds or are incorrectly configured.
firewire drives are ideal for video.
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Location:
Blue Mountains
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December 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 04:36
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LOL you're all computer geeks 
| river wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 19:43 |
Hi,
| Skip wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 19:02 |
Back in around January I got this and a 128mb flash drive for $160 from Ebay.
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Crikey, that's a lot of money. You can get a 256meg one for under $50 and a 1G for less than $160.
seeyuzz
river
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^^^^ agreed, Officeworks is selling the 1G USB drives for $149.00 at the moment, I bought my 256mb one for $50 and a 64mb one for the office for $30
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Location:
Perth
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October 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 04:52
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| Indi wrote on Thu, 23 June 2005 12:36 |
LOL you're all computer geeks
| river wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 19:43 |
Hi,
| Skip wrote on Wed, 22 June 2005 19:02 |
Back in around January I got this and a 128mb flash drive for $160 from Ebay.
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Crikey, that's a lot of money. You can get a 256meg one for under $50 and a 1G for less than $160.
seeyuzz
river
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^^^^ agreed, Officeworks is selling the 1G USB drives for $149.00 at the moment, I bought my 256mb one for $50 and a 64mb one for the office for $30
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What drugs are you guys on?
I got a 160GB external hardrive and a 128mb flashdrive for $160 total, whats wrong with that?
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Location:
Blue Mountains
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December 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 04:58
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| Skip wrote on Thu, 23 June 2005 14:52 |
What drugs are you guys on?
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Girl... and I believe they are called olanzapine and quetiapine
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 05:02
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| Indi wrote on Thu, 23 June 2005 12:58 |
| Skip wrote on Thu, 23 June 2005 14:52 |
What drugs are you guys on?
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Girl... and I believe they are called olanzapine and quetiapine
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Sorry Indi, I didnt mean to quote your post anyway that was an accident 
I was reffering to the other losers.
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Location:
Blue Mountains
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December 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 05:12
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That's okay... and I was joking about being on the anti-psychotics too 
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 08:55
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any 1 know if they can mod the xbox to have a raid array? 800gig of games? YES PLEASE!
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: External Hard Drives
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Thu, 23 June 2005 14:28
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I went through a number of cases, returned as they wouldnt necesarily work the way I wanted to.
Found a brand called blueeye. Firewire and usb2.0, best thing is they plug in firewire to mac and for some reason by sheer blind test usb simultaneously to PC. Also works if have ex hdd firewire and ex dvdburner usb and vice versa. Still trying to make it firewire network through the same connection but live in hope. not that i cant make it network but why be the same as everyone else.
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