Seagate Portable HDs

[Dana]

I just got one today for my Laptop. I hope they last. Anyone have a Seagate?

 

[itsmeJonB]

seagate is a good brand

 

[jassilem]

Not as a portable but hardwired yes. they are good.

 

[Dana]

 

[AnitaBeer]

I will be investing in a external hard soon. I'm tired of deleting stuff off my comp to make room anymore! UGH

 

[Dana]

I only paid 59.00 for a 320GB. I thought about a 500 GB but it was $79 and I didn't feel like spending the extra money.

 

[AnitaBeer]

Wow that is really good priced! Where did you buy/order it from?

 

[Dana]

Walmart.

 

[Springsteen]

Yeah I need to get a external HDD soon, good value on them in some places.

 

[darkangel]

I prefer Western Digital external HD over Seagate. If you do wind up getting a WD HD and something goes wrong with it Western Digital will usually replace it with a larger HD.

 

[edgray]

is that one of their solid state drives? I've heard very good things about them.

I have a LaCie myself, always been pretty reliable. The last Seagate I bought was USB, and I prefer FireWire as it's much faster.

 

[Dana]

I have a Windows laptop. I can't use firewire.

 

[edgray]

I have a Windows laptop. I can't use firewire.

you can get FireWire on Windows machines, you just have to pay more.

 

[Tuffdisc]

I used to like Seagate, just don't anymore because of lost photos that might take hundreds of pounds to recover {~.~}

 

[itsmeJonB]

my windows machine came with a firewire port. i dont own anything that uses it though

 

[Dana]

wait my laptop has a mystery port/plug in i dun no wtf its used for

 

[edgray]

my windows machine came with a firewire port. i dont own anything that uses it though

yeah they're really only used for highend video or for HD's - they're great for transfering massive amounts of data quickly. I just use mine for my external HD.

wait my laptop has a mystery port/plug in i dun no wtf its used for

if it looks like this, it's a FireWire 400 port:

 

[Dana]

yeah they're really only used for highend video or for HD's - they're great for transfering massive amounts of data quickly. I just use mine for my external HD.



if it looks like this, it's a FireWire 400 port:

naw its smaller and has a inset lock logo above it

 

[edgray]

naw its smaller and has a inset lock logo above it

that's for a cable to lock your computer to your desk with.

 

[Dana]

Alrighty