Wanted a 16gb or larger external hard drive

[shadyadie]

I want a 16gb hard drive (or larger) for a present for a family member. Has anyone got one they want to sell.
must be in good working order.

[si_guru]

I have one of these..

http://direct.computacenter.co.uk/Catalogue/Product.asp?pn=ID1011966&ptd=&pts=&ptc=

Is that what you mean?

[shadyadie]

I think so, he had a computer crash a while back and wants a copy of all his important stuff

[timbott]

I just back up all my stuff to CD-R's:)

cheers, Tim

[shadyadie]

thats what I said but apparently some of the things he wants to back up are more than 3 gb (don't know what) I wonder if he is refering to the files rather than documents. he puts a lot of his old cinefilms on to computer

[si_guru]

... his old cinefilms ....

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

[shadyadie]

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

have you met my Dad he wouldn't do that. He has been spotted with white socks and leather sandals.:eek:


timbott I totally agree I would back up on to cd's but a mate of his has told him a hard drive is the way forward so there will be no telling him.

As he only wants a 16gb i thought I might get one cheapish as most people seem to be getting 200gb external hard drives etc

[sneakypete]

Sounds like he has been advised to backup his 'entire' drive. That can be done with a variety of different software thats out there - like Drive Image or Ghost .... this creats an image file (on dvd or another harddrive) that is an exact replica of your pc at the pointof running. Should something crash or the C drive becomes damaged, runningthe Drive image software will allow the 'image' file to be restored on the C drive. THIS WILL REPLACE ANYTHING THAT IS THERE - ALL NEWER FILES/DOCUMENTS CREATED SINCE THE IMAGE WAS CUT WILL BE LOST.

How I get around is -
C drive is for programs and operating system
D drive is for data and documents.

Using Drive image - cut an image file of the entire C drive.
Make a backup of the data/documents to CD or DVD.

If C drive crashes - it alone can then be restored leaving all users data & documents in tact.

[shadyadie]

:D :D still wanted the cheaper the better..:D :D

[si_guru]

I waiting for an offer on my "flip 2 disk"....

[shadyadie]

I waiting for an offer on my "flip 2 disk"....

sorry I thought you were just trying to confirm what it was that I wanted.:rolleyes:

how much do you want?
( I am a poor landrover owner who has very little money left after putting fuel in his car):eek:

[si_guru]

Lets talk about it on Saturday. I need to empty it first.

[shadyadie]

could be a bit awkward his birthday is friday :(

[si_guru]

Looks like new... so 40 quid (half price).???

[shadyadie]

pm for you

[shadyadie]

Thanks Si :D

[si_guru]

No problemo!

See you tonight!