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Expansion hardrive ?

17 durable postsStarted 2010-01-04Latest 2010-01-30

#78852Post 1 of 172010-01-04

is an expansion HD the same as an external hardrive?

and is seagate a reputable brand?
there is really good sale on close to home!

[url]http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/expansion/expansion_desktop[/url]

#1316143Post 2 of 172010-01-04

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Is it for your desktop computer or for a laptop?

External HDs are slower than internal and they are a bit more expensive. Only get external if you need to move tons of data, if not id say internal.

Seagate is a good brand go for it.

#1316148Post 3 of 172010-01-04

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but is expansion HD the same as external? just different terminology? (or is there ome weird difference?)

#1316154Post 4 of 172010-01-04

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seems the same thing to me.

#1316155Post 5 of 172010-01-04

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cool, thnx

1TB for 80 bucks - cant beat that. (I dont think anyway!)

#1316195Post 6 of 172010-01-04

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for sure

#1316197Post 7 of 172010-01-04

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fo shizzle

#1316198Post 8 of 172010-01-04

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feng shui

#1316319Post 9 of 172010-01-05

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Btw before you plonk the cash for it, can you tell me

where you got the $89 deal?
what are you using it for?

The reason I ask is because if you use it as an external storage device for "media" (video) delivery, you won't be happy with the results of USB 2.0 (speaking from first hand experience)

#1316327Post 10 of 172010-01-05

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[QUOTE=Kamal;821659] The reason I ask is because if you use it as an external storage device for "media" (video) delivery, you won't be happy with the results of USB 2.0 (speaking from first hand experience)[/QUOTE]

x2. I used to use USB 2.0 and switched to Firewire.

#1316334Post 11 of 172010-01-05

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With EVERYTHING moving to 720P (and higher), eSata is the way ahead.

#1316356Post 12 of 172010-01-05

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am going to use for storage ie back up of existing data (to have in 2 places at same time! aka proper backup). but not to play the media specifically.

still acceptable?

deal is at Frys electronics - until tomorrow (there is a store v. close to me)

#1316360Post 13 of 172010-01-05

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[QUOTE=Huggie Smiles;821701]still acceptable?[/QUOTE]

:beat:

#1316374Post 14 of 172010-01-05

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thanks for the help!

#1328254Post 15 of 172010-01-27

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Jenks tipped me off when he posted the Seagate clearance special thread awhile ago, and I purchased another 1 TB 3.5 Internal SATA with that limited clearance special. Just installed it in another external hard-drive casing I got from Fry's yesterday, and it's working smooth for my deejaying purposes; I recommend doing it this way. Hope you find what you need Hugz.

#1328267Post 16 of 172010-01-27

always go WD, in general, they have a higher stability rate than seagate.

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#1329063Post 17 of 172010-01-30

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thus far seagate has been fine. for perhaps the first time in my life I have proper back up of v important data ie thousands of hours worht of sets I will never have time to listen to again! hahaha