Hi,

My current EHD is getting full and I'm crap at deleting stuff (mainly photos) so I'm in the market for a newer and bigger one.

Are there brands to go for or to avoid? There seems to be such a wide range of price so why would spending a bit more be a good idea?

Also, I'm running out of USB slots. Can I have (say) 2 EHD's on a splitter and feeding into one USB slot on the PC?

Cheers,

Carl.

Yup USB sockets can be chained.

Cheers Drac.

Also, how do I know if my PC has an eSata connection?

Ta.

For external makes no odds.

I bought a Western Digital 1TB for £50. Very impressed with the transfer speed etc, but I'm no techie geek!

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Cheers Drac.

Also, how do I know if my PC has an eSata connection?

Ta.

Look up your motherboard online and also don't confuse your usb ports but you can buy usb to esata. USB 3 HDs will be out next yr.

Are you the 'Plant' with black cat pics on stw yrs ago?

Any decent make will be OK – Samsung/Maxtor/Western Digital.

However, hard drives fail, so don't go putting a single copy of all of your data on any one of them.

Thanks guys.

Really must copy to DVDrw as well!

Ta.