looking for external hard disk usb

Hi folks,

I am looking for external hard disk usb 100-200GB.
Any recommendations?

thanks

The Maxtor external enclosures are very good, both in terms of reliability
and compatibility with OS / software. The best thing to do is to look for
the cheapest Maxtor external drive you can find, regardless of the disk
size. You can sometimes find bargain drives on the on-sale table at the
back of office stores like OfficeDepot. Then swap in a bigger drive and
sell the original drive on ebay to recover the cost.

- Dave



"Golf Nut" wrote in message
...
Hi folks,

I am looking for external hard disk usb 100-200GB.
Any recommendations?

thanks

Thanks for your input Dave. I have seen some sites like
http://www.htcnetstore.com/ with really competitive prices.
What do u think about them? http://www.htcnetstore.com/exhardriv.html.
thanks



"Dave Hau" _nospam wrote
in message . com...
The Maxtor external enclosures are very good, both in terms of reliability
and compatibility with OS / software. The best thing to do is to look for
the cheapest Maxtor external drive you can find, regardless of the disk
size. You can sometimes find bargain drives on the on-sale table at the
back of office stores like OfficeDepot. Then swap in a bigger drive and
sell the original drive on ebay to recover the cost.

- Dave



"Golf Nut" wrote in message
...
Hi folks,

I am looking for external hard disk usb 100-200GB.
Any recommendations?

thanks

It really depends on your computer and the software you want to use the
external drive with (e.g. Ghost). For generic products, without testing it
out yourself, it's hard to say whether it'll work, even if you know what USB
chipset they use. Also, if the enclosure does not have adequate cooling,
your HD might get too warm. The advantage of using a well known brand name
like Maxtor is that you know a lot of people have used the product on
different systems and many of the bugs have been resolved.

Another enclosure I've had good results with is the ADS Dual Link. But
again, it's not as cheap as generic enclosures.

- Dave



"Golf Nut" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your input Dave. I have seen some sites like
http://www.htcnetstore.com/ with really competitive prices.
What do u think about them? http://www.htcnetstore.com/exhardriv.html.
thanks



"Dave Hau" _nospam
wrote
in message . com...
The Maxtor external enclosures are very good, both in terms of
reliability
and compatibility with OS / software. The best thing to do is to look
for
the cheapest Maxtor external drive you can find, regardless of the disk
size. You can sometimes find bargain drives on the on-sale table at the
back of office stores like OfficeDepot. Then swap in a bigger drive and
sell the original drive on ebay to recover the cost.

- Dave



"Golf Nut" wrote in message
...
Hi folks,

I am looking for external hard disk usb 100-200GB.
Any recommendations?

thanks

I have xp on most of my machines and linux on one.
thanks


"Dave Hau" _nospam wrote
in message om...
It really depends on your computer and the software you want to use the
external drive with (e.g. Ghost). For generic products, without testing
it
out yourself, it's hard to say whether it'll work, even if you know what
USB
chipset they use. Also, if the enclosure does not have adequate cooling,
your HD might get too warm. The advantage of using a well known brand
name
like Maxtor is that you know a lot of people have used the product on
different systems and many of the bugs have been resolved.

Another enclosure I've had good results with is the ADS Dual Link. But
again, it's not as cheap as generic enclosures.

- Dave



"Golf Nut" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your input Dave. I have seen some sites like
http://www.htcnetstore.com/ with really competitive prices.
What do u think about them? http://www.htcnetstore.com/exhardriv.html.
thanks



"Dave Hau" _nospam
wrote
in message . com...
The Maxtor external enclosures are very good, both in terms of
reliability
and compatibility with OS / software. The best thing to do is to look
for
the cheapest Maxtor external drive you can find, regardless of the
disk
size. You can sometimes find bargain drives on the on-sale table at
the
back of office stores like OfficeDepot. Then swap in a bigger drive
and
sell the original drive on ebay to recover the cost.

- Dave



"Golf Nut" wrote in message
...
Hi folks,

I am looking for external hard disk usb 100-200GB.
Any recommendations?

thanks