Post your External Hard Drives!

[Kthxbai]

Case contains a small percentage of real gold

I saw that one at LaCies homepage a while ago, it's frikin awsome.. although i'm afraid it will clash with my red brick one....

 

[andrewdale]

Case contains a small percentage of real gold

But that does... what? Anything?

 

[nick9191]

Some cheap £5 caddy off ebuyer + an old 160gb IDE drive I had in a server.

 

[mzd]

maxtor one touch 4 plus

has usb2 & firewire. 500GB. Time Machine only. works fine but loud as hell.
plus it doesn't go to sleep w/ my iMac and the silly light is on or pulsing almost all the time. but it works.

 

[drlunanerd]

But that does... what? Anything?

Matches my gold tooth

Edit: Yay! 1000 posts in 5 years and 2 days! Somebody schtop me!

 

[Mario.]

wd elements 1tb

got it for $80

(IMG)

Ill be ordering my self one of those tomoz

 

[Intense]

1TB LaCie d2

 

[harry20larry]

here's my personal media one: (120gb)

Works beautifully, only £30 on ebay.

And here's the 1tb monster that is my family's network (personal and global) external hard drive, all photos and music synced on there and backups, it phonominal.

 

[iParis]

And here's the 1tb monster that is my family's network (personal and global) external hard drive, all photos and music synced on there and backups, it phonominal.

NICE. What kind of ports does it have?
I think I might end up getting a 2TB version of yours' with firewire and eSATA.

Have you seen this?

 

[kellen]

here's my personal media one: (120gb)

Works beautifully, only £30 on ebay.
QUOTE]

What model is that? Looks great. Got a link?

 

[LERsince1991]

I have mine buried, on my desk behind homework and projects, so Im using a stock photo of it, I bout the case and installed a HDD, its 250 GB, with your choice of usb2.0, or firewire 400, I of course use firewire 400.

What HD is that?

 

[Benguitar]

Too lazy to take another photo of my stuff..

LACIE 250GB HD

 

[heron88]

Nice find! where'd you snag it for $80?

Dell SB with a 20% coupon

 

[marbles]

g-tech 500Gb . 2 x FW400 . 1x USB2 . been ok , quick enough, solid build.
Little bit peeved when i got it though, it was just before the alu macbooks came out and I was intending to us it with the FW on the new MB, noooo FW on the new MB is there!. so I use this drive hooked up to an old iMac G3 now till I decide what to do....... in the mean time I hope a new Mini comes out.

 

[Intense]

The first one looks small and very slick, which brand is that ? I am interested in knowing more about it, thanks

here's my personal media one: (120gb)

Works beautifully, only £30 on ebay.

And here's the 1tb monster that is my family's network (personal and global) external hard drive, all photos and music synced on there and backups, it phonominal.

 

[drewsof07]

g-tech 500Gb . 2 x FW400 . 1x USB2 . been ok , quick enough, solid build.
Little bit peeved when i got it though, it was just before the alu macbooks came out and I was intending to us it with the FW on the new MB, noooo FW on the new MB is there!. so I use this drive hooked up to an old iMac G3 now till I decide what to do....... in the mean time I hope a new Mini comes out.

USB 2.0 is technically faster (480mb/s) than Firewire 400 (400mb/s)
What's the holdup?

 

[claimed4all]

USB 2.0 is technically faster (480mb/s) than Firewire 400 (400mb/s)
What's the holdup?

Not in a sustained race. Use firewire, then USB on the same drive while moving a few gigs, firewire is almost twice as fast. Those numbers a theoretical maximums, not real world usage.

 

[RITZFit]

I use this w/ my stock 120g HD out of my mbp as a time machine back up and random fat32 storage

 

[drewsof07]

Not in a sustained race. Use firewire, then USB on the same drive while moving a few gigs, firewire is almost twice as fast. Those numbers a theoretical maximums, not real world usage.

I realize the numbers are peak speeds. How big of files are you talking about? I move 7 gig folders to my USB drive all the time in about ~2 mins.
Not trying to get into a FW vs USB debate here, but USB is pretty fast.

The OP said they weren't using it bc their Macbook didn't have FW. The speed difference isn't enough to NOT use the drive. That was what I was trying to convey

 

[terriyaki]

 

[crazyxzer0]

1TB My Essential
1TB My Home
320GB Elite

have another 500GB portable HD laying around somewhere too..

excuse the camera phone pic.

 

[brikeh]

I really wanna open my western digitals 1tb(essential) and 500gb(home) and put them in a nice fw800 case but I dont have the guts..

 

[harry20larry]

Hey all,
iParis
I'm afraid the only connectivity is USB 2.0 and Ethernet (why I bought it), here's the link to the chubbier 2tb model, jesus that box looks like it could eat my powermac 17":
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=340&language=en

Everyone else who liked my portable:
160GB
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/160GB-160-GB-...14&_trkparms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

320GB
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/320GB-320-GB-...14&_trkparms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

Its basically a guy who buys 2.5 drives and pops them in an enclosure for you, v cheap and reliable. Size: 11.2cm x 0.9cm x 6.8cm

 

[DoFoT9]

hhmm where to start..

i have one of these:

which is a 1tb (my newest purchase) it is only USB 2.0


one of these

with a 500gb WD inside of it, connected to MBP via FW400

one of these

with a 500gb & 1tb WD hard drives in them (green of course), connected to the one above which is connected to the MBP (fw400)

one of these

250gb USB

and also one of these

connected via USB. 500gb

oh plus 1tb TC

and a 100gb 2.5" portable drive.

so about a good 4.5tb of stuff gotta love it. i know i know, i need raid! but im poor.

 

[luisgab]

WD My Book 1tb!