external hard drives any good ?

[discman]

I'M THINKING of getting an external hd 250gigs my internal one is only 80sata does the external need to be sata or ide or both does it matter ? also does this mean i have 330gigs all in?and will i have option to store in ex or in any thoughts...sorry guys just remembered i posted a simiar thread in here

[benbryant]

If I was you I would go for a second SATA hard drive. This hard drive is mainly used for storing downloaded program, updates, pictures, and video + audio. There would be less time to defrag HDDs. Most external hard drives come with USB-2, Firewire, or both. External hard drive is very handy when you want to tranfer very large file from one PC to another (Ex: your PC to your friend's PC). They are pretty fast though. But I do feel safer to burn movie to DVD from internal hard drive than the external one

Regards

[discman]

so would you get onscreen option to store in ex or in ?

[volfann]

If I'm reading your question correctly, yes when installing, downloading etc. you will be given the option for C_ drive or any other drive including an external. Floyd fan?

[discman]

yes your reading it correctly and yes the sound of the pink floyd the best sound ever that has left this planet .........what keeps happening to my signature ?

[volfann]

Make sure the show sig box is checked before submitting reply.
Floyd Rules!!

[discman]

for anyone whos interested got a toshiba harddrive 250gigs transfer rate 480 mbps runs through usb 2.... 8mb cache read seek time 8.5ms dont know if its ide or sata...rpm 7200.seems ok to me.

[Cambion7]

Your siggie only appears in your first posting of a thread. After that it's supressed. And yes, Pink Floyd is awesome. Saw them in 1994 (Not the original band but still as good, imho).

As for external, are you looking to just upgrade, or to have a hard disk that you can move from machine to machine?

Regards,
Cam

[discman]

just upgrading mate

[BR7]

yes your reading it correctly and yes the sound of the pink floyd the best sound ever that has left this planet .........what keeps happening to my signature ?

Your sig only shows on one post per page

[discman]

ok did you read the spec on my hd ? wot u think?

[Chewy]

usb2 480mbps is like getting 1500mbps from a serial drive, that's burst maxumum of the interface.

48MBs usb2 will be like 12MB/s real world transfers(slow)

serial 150MB/s is like 40-60MB/s sustained transfers at best

8MB cache burst will run out of data real quick on usb2

[discman]

awell it does the job its high speed usb2 if that makes a difference cheers chewy

[Chewy]

might keep up with an 8x burn, but not a full speed rip

[discman]

so its ok but not brilliant ? relibility is a factor too allways liked toshiba..