clanger
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 04:58 PM |
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extra hard drive capacity needed
Hi All,
I need some extra hardrive space as mine is full to bursting with pics/vids/music and other misc rubbish.
Any recomendations ? Not really up on computer stuff anyhow ????????
Don't know whether to go for an external plug in type or shove one inside this one I'm typing this thread on (don't know if
there's space in here till I open it up)
Not really wanting to save the file system of the Pentagon on the new one but, something to take any future junk to be accumulated. Currently got 40GB
internal which is chokka
Suggestions on a postcard please.
Thanks
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mookaloid
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:03 PM |
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Depends on your budget and how confident you are on fitting a new internal hdd
just fitting a new internal hdd will probably be the cheapest option.
A usb external one is the easiest option. it also has the benefit of being easy to transport from one pc to another.
your choice really 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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pinto
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:19 PM |
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This should keep you going
big
hard drive link
I run two external hard drives on mine one 300gb and one 500gb 
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yellow melos
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:23 PM |
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It also depends on the PC case you have, does it have another HDD bay ??? some small form factor cases do not.
USB will be easier, you can also get some that have Incremental Backup software to backup the machine as well.
Also you can get 32GB USB sticks.. which are small and non buky, also do not require an external power.
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Humbug
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:28 PM |
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40GB is not much these days. Ideal would be to get a bigger internal one and transfer the system to the new one (you need to be a bit careful but it
can be done). Then you could use the existing one as an extra.
Edit: or keep teh existing one as the main disk for Windows and whatever programs you have installed, and move My Documents and any of your files to
the new one.
btw, whichever you go for - or even if you stick with what you've got - I would back up important files regularly. My own preference is for an
external disk for that, so you don't accidentally use it or overwrite files in everyday mode.
[Edited on 24.11.2008 by Humbug]
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BenB
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:51 PM |
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40Gb! How do you manage??
I've got three HDs now in the same case.
40Gb, 80Gb and 320Gb (even if 40 is partitioned off for Linux stuff)....
HDs are cheap as chips...... Got for a biggy. You'll noticed a performance improvement as well if you put data on one disk and the operating
system on the other (ie then the computer can access the program on one disk and simultaneously the data files on the other rather than flitting to /
from different bits of the disk drive)....
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UncleFista
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:53 PM |
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If your PC only has a 40Gb HD at the moment, it's odds-on that it's a pretty old machine. I dunno whether the newer SATA drives will work
on it. So if you buy another HD it might not work with a newer machine if you upgrade in the future.
I'd buy an external USB drive and use that, you can then just plug it into any replacement machine in the future.
You can get 640Gb drives for £56 delivered, any bigger and they start to get more expensive in £ per
Gb. and after a 40Gb drive, it'll be huge 
HDs are a bit like women and cupboards, no matter how big they are, they'll get filled. I have a 640Gb RAID and once you start downloading stuff
like the Star Wars series in 1080 HD even that starts to fill up
[Edited on 24/11/08 by UncleFista]
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coozer
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 05:57 PM |
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Aldi have an external 640gb drive on sale this week for £60, Get down there sharpish and buy one!
Aldi Specials!
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1980 Z750
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clanger
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| posted on 24/11/08 at 06:17 PM |
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Thanks lads,
Went with Pinto's suggestion and ordered a 1TB ext drive from Play.com
80squid all in.
Should keep me going for a while 
[Edited on 24/11/08 by clanger]
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greenwood03
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| posted on 25/11/08 at 04:17 PM |
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just a cautionary word, i know that we should all back up our docs and generally i do BUT....recently installed new internal 1TB drive well known
make, i mirrored the old drive so as tro transfer all the old progs / applications withgout reinstalling...good job that i did it that way as the new
drive failed after 4 weeks. I lost all the data that i'd inputted in that month.....
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Liam
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| posted on 29/11/08 at 11:25 AM |
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Another cautionary word (probably too late now!). If your system is a little old I hope to god its got USB 2.0 ports or your external drive access
will be excrutiating!
Liam
[Edited on 29/11/08 by Liam]
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