Are you using Portable Harddisk? If yes, what is the capacity?

[Samshio]

HD prices are always falling. roughly 1/2 price every 6 mths.

 

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/priceguide/...iew.php?id=2787

 

can get 500gb 2.5 disk for $180 or less

[Sony]

It's on IDE..

 

I know it's gone case but then, there's reason for gone case and there's cure for certain dead HD..

 

so anyone know how to revive it? another circuit board?

[Guyver]

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that's why, always keep periodical backups..

 

currently i have 3 HDD in my PC.

 

Master - 250GB

Slave1 - 500GB

Slave2 - 300GB

 

All the impt stuff such as photos etc are in Slave1 with weekly backups into Slave2..

 

Might as well do RAID1 ....

[Guyver]

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Bought a Western Digital 320GB USB-powered slim portable HDD at Comex a couple of months back at $150.

 

Wah ... carrying 320GB of data is no joke ..... guess those not so important files is ok.

 

For those very important files, I put them on thumbdrive or SD cards.

[Guyver]

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So are there any slim small 200GB portable harddisk out there?

 

Now they are 2.5" 320GB portable HDD on the market. Even USB flash drive also have 16GB or 32 GB coming out.

 

I have a very small 8GB 1.

 

These are the prices that I got ....

 

2.5" 120GB (USB2.0)- SGD109.00 - $0.908/GB

 

2.5" 160GB (USB2.0)- SGD114.00 - $0.712/GB

 

2.5" 250GB (USB2.0)- SGD139.00 - $0.556/GB

 

2.5" 320GB (USB2.0)- SGD169.00 - $0.528/GB

 

2.5" 500GB (USB2.0)- SGD279.00 - $0.558/GB

 

Seems like per GB best deal is 320GB ...

[Sony]

economy of scale mar.. nothing too astonishing

[Guyver]

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using a Hitach 2.5" 160GB HDD brought 2 mths ago at 72 dollars...

 

Hi,

 

160GB at $72 is only the harddisk without the casing right?

 

Because that is $0.45/GB ... very good price.

[Getzoooom]

Giant selling 500GB portable HDD at $199

Edited November 2, 2008 by Getzoooom

[Guyver]

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Another alternative is burn to DVD lor ...4.7 GB of diskspace is less than $1.00 ...get those more reliable brand like Sony, Verbatim etc ...

 

Still worry ...burn a few copies ...

 

Still worry ...burn a few copies ...one copy put in the masteroom...another copy put in study room...

 

Still Worry .. One copy in the house ....the other put in other people house ...

 

Put in other people house? Wait your videos get leaked out ....

[Dafansu]

i got a Western digital 160GB at $88/- last week at courts tampines

[Titanium]

IMO, for portable i dun recommend to use big capacity HDD.

 

Cos it will take very long to do data recovery if anything happened.

 

Example... It took me 5 full days to recover a 160gb HDD.

 

To recover a 500gb...

[Guyver]

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HD prices are always falling. roughly 1/2 price every 6 mths.

 

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/priceguide/...iew.php?id=2787

 

can get 500gb 2.5 disk for $180 or less

 

Yah man .... 2.5 disk is the small slim type?

[Getzoooom]

no problems for me.. all my documents & files are duplicated in more than 1 portable hdd.

how high is chance of 2 hdd fail at same time?? hahaa

 

anw, its going dirt cheap now, if hdd mati, buy new one and duplicate again.

[Guyver]

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i got a Western digital 160GB at $88/- last week at courts tampines

 

Wah! That's really good price now ....

 

Can take picture and post here?

 

Is it the harddisk only or with the portable casing?

[Babyt]

160GB at 72 with casing...the casing looks cheapo but ok to use.

 

the discount was given to staff from one of our distributors.

 

320GB w casing around $146.

[Simpleman]

You may wish to talk to the people here to recover your

priceless data:

http://www.symplexz.com/

 

Warning: not cheap!

 

Remember reading Digital Life couple of months back -

a local setup at science park. Can't remember the name....

[Jayzee]

mine also samsung 80gb. hehe. i think i pay around $150-180

 

probably going buy a new bigger disk soon.

[Jayzee]

320gb one is very tempting..