[iraghava]

DD - I think that's way too expensive. Lacie 120/160GB should be in that price range if not lower.

[heavy_foot]

i built myself a external segate drive 500GB for 4000 RS last week. The drive cost me 3700 + 300 for the external casing. Its bigger than the passwort WD drives and also has an adapter. Since i dont carry it around much so it works for me.

[gopz]

Transcend has now come up with 320GB external drives (USB, no external power required) for around Rs. 6500.

[heavy_foot]

someone at my workplace got a sony 250gb thumb drive from China. I was shocked when he told me about this. These are fake i guess. Have to check with him if its really 250GB.

120GB/240GB THUMB/FLASH DRIVES, flash drives, sony, 120gb 240gb - Storage Devices Buy and Sell Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

[iraghava]

Ask him to feel happy if it's 2.5 GB & works fine for more than a week!

[appuchan]

I picked up a Maxtor 500GB External drive for Rs 4800 from Computer Warehouse in Bangalore. Works great so far.

[harry10]

Guys i need to buy an external pocket size hard drive (500gb). Can anyone suggest me which one would be best like Maxtor,seagate,transcend or any other?

[condor]

iraghava : Ask him to feel happy if it's 2.5 GB & works fine for more than a week!

Correct. You can find such flattering imitations, that any one can be fooled. The drive can "show" it's full capacity, copy (only the listing), do everything, but when you connect it again - you will find only the listing but no content.

120GB in such a small package, at that price ?

[s0uljah]

Originally Posted by condor

120GB in such a small package, at that price ?

That size, that price maybe another 30 months ?

[harry10]

HI, Need to buy an external hard drive (pocket size) 320gb, 400gb or 500 gb. Can anyone suggest which one to but and also any details regarding it?
Thanks.

[condor]

@harry10, re-re-post ?
Check with Gopz - see his post above.

[harry10]

Originally Posted by condor

@harry10, re-re-post ?
Check with Gopz - see his post above.

Yes. Didn't get a comprehensive reply earlier. Had checked Gopz before.
Will just rephrase the q a bit. I want to know -
1. - Pocket size external hard drive in preferrably - 320gb to 500 gb range
2.- best place to buy from around NCR.
3.- Does any comes without the need for adapter power supply (its a pain to carry an adapter along).
4.- Approx price for them.
Help is appreciated.

[aZa]

Harry i think if you go above 320gig then you will N33D a power adaptor. i have bought a transcend 250 gig external for 4200. 320gig was around 6K i think. On the other hand a 500Gig external with a power adaptor will be around 4.5K.

Try SMC international (Nehru place), Contact person : Gurmeet

[harry10]

Originally Posted by aZa

Harry i think if you go above 320gig then you will N33D a power adaptor. i have bought a transcend 250 gig external for 4200. 320gig was around 6K i think. On the other hand a 500Gig external with a power adaptor will be around 4.5K.

Try SMC international (Nehru place), Contact person : Gurmeet

Thanks mate. I guess have to be satisfied with 320 or 250 gig in this case as i cant carry that crappy adaptor everywhere

[autoenthusiast]

Originally Posted by harry10

Guys i need to buy an external pocket size hard drive (500gb). Can anyone suggest me which one would be best like Maxtor,seagate,transcend or any other?

You don't get pocket drives with 500GB capacity mate, you'll have to go for 320GB which is one of the largest in portable drives.

If you want 500GB you'll have to go in for the powered external drives, I got one for 750GB from western digital, it's called Western Digital MyBook.

Pretty handy and comes in a neat case with a power supply. This is kept on your desk for handy data transfer and backups.

My Book Overview

I keep a separate 120Gb seagate freeagent drive for portable use.