(+12rep) External HardDrive ADVICE

[Ostinato]

Hey.

Up until now I have only briefly backed up and stuff.

However, the other month I lost all my stuff so it kinda taught me a lesson, and as I have now also started uni it's pretty important I don't lose anything from my new laptop.

Therefore, I am currently in the process of looking to buy an external harddrive to backup all my work.

I am pretty strapped for cash at the moment (being a student and all :P) so am looking for the cheapest sort of out there, but with a good memory that will last me.

I have looke don ebay and have found some alright ones goign for about 20 quid... so just wondering if anyone knows of anywhere or one cheaper?

+12 rep for all decent helpful posts! thanks!

[You]

www.ebuyer.com or www.dabs.com they are usually cheap.

[DJ-Vimto]

i bought a buffalo one, it cost me about 70 quid and its got a 250Gb capacity - i think

[Zak]

PC world have a good selection, cheapest price on there though is £39.99 inc vat

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0629718752.122264356 1@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadeffjgddlgcflgceggdhhmdfhj.0&page=ProductList&category_oid=-32891&show_all=true

Microdirect also have a good range of external hard drives and there prices start as low as £14.66 inc vat

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productlister.aspx?n=2,13&n=65

[DJ-Vimto]

Microdirect also have a good range of external hard drives and there prices start as low as £14.66 inc vat

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productlister.aspx?n=2,13&n=65

thats where i got mine from, i think it was from there anyway i can't remember now, I have bought stuff from there though and delivery is reasonably quick

[H0BJ0B]

External Hard Drives are usually for big file sizes and lots of stuff so they come at quite a high price. If you've only got word processing documents or something like that, you don't even need an Ext. HDD - just a flash drive.

[N!ck]

The more you spend on an external HDD, the better the value for money it becomes as you get a better storage to price ratio. Your cheapest option would be backing up to CDs and DVDs every so often or keeping an up to date copy on a flash drive or maybe on the university network?