External Hard Drive...Help!

[vincent]

Originally Posted by Ratbag

Vince, sorry to hijack your thread but I am looking for a 120gb USB powered external hard drive and would appreciate any suggestions as to what make I should get.

So far I like the Western Digital Passport and the Freecom Classic Mobile.

Please post replies in plain English as I know sod all about computers, thanks!!

Hi Marie Anne, I have a Freecom 250 gig external hd,It's USB connected but is powered from a seperate mains adapter.
I had no personal preference regarding make or model,the drive space and cost were my main conscern although I do have a Freecom external CD writer.I am pleased with both.
The drive cost me £100 in a sale at PC World which I think is reasonable.
Not much help I know,If you want more info post a new thread with your questions,plenty of people on the forum who have a great deal more knowledge than me.
PS: Hope you and Geoff have a nice trip down to Brighton tomorrow.

[S.T.Chapman]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

I mentioned the FAT32 setup as i have used it that way on a spare drive to play old games.

I know some of the older games just wont have FAT32
still compared to the new games why bother lol

FAT32 sux, just convert it to ntfs

C:>convert c: /fs:ntfs

and be done with it...

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by S.T.Chapman

I know some of the older games just wont have FAT32
still compared to the new games why bother lol

I like the old Doom and Quake. Cant stand stratergy games, i have to think lol.

I think you can get the old games to work in XP but you have to make a special short cut to them to make then run in DOS mode. Trouble is i have forgotton how to lol. These things get left behind as all the new stuff comes along.

[dantheman]

i have a freecom 250gb external hard drive, usb connection, excellent for storing all my own stuff music films etc get them for about 80 quid in pc world, u would probally get a larger one now for the same money, ratbag, use the ntfs as when transferring data, fat32 will onl;y let u store something like 2 gb at a time, most films or video files are at least 4.3gb ,so start it up in ntfs;)