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Iomega eGo Rugged Portable Hard Drive?
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So recently my external HD pooped out. And I need a new one.
I know that good brands include: LaCie, WD, and Seagate. But I stumbled upon the Iomega eGo Rugged Portable Hard Drive and it seems pretty ok?
The only bad reviews I've seen from it is that it needs two USB ports? But what about the firewire? I can't seem to find much on that.
I want something that can go up to at least 300GB, and that is under $200
If all else fails I'll just get a LaCie rugged HD, because I know those tend to be pretty reliable.
Please give me any opinions and suggestions you have! Thanks guys!
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Do you want a 2.5" ("laptop") drive in an enclosure or a 3.5" ("desktop") drive?
Most 2.5" external drives have two USB ports because the drives are very close to the maximum power that one USB port can provide.
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I'd rather have the "laptop" kind so I can carry it with me when I need to bring a big project to school or vice versa. But getting a "desktop" version would be ok, I'll just use my flash drive to carry things back and forth instead?
I'm mostly just wondering if you use the firewire port, will it have enough power? Or would I still just need to plug in the two USB ports? Or one firewire and one USB?
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In the under $200 range, you can get a 1TB drive if you go with 3.5" but only 320GB with 2.5".
Do you want Firewire or is just USB fine? The latter is cheaper and/or allows you to buy a bigger disk for the same cost, but some people prefer the former.
Firewire can power a 2.5" drive, but not a 3.5" drive, with a single plug.
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I would love a 1TB drive, but I have this fear that I'll invest in a really good one and in 2-3 years there will be things 3x better than what I bought for half the price. But I guess that's the case with most tech devices...
I dont mind having to use an external power source if I get a big drive that I will mostly just keep at home.
Also I really do prefer the Firewire. It transfers things faster and my school uses it more.
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Originally Posted by Ledanator
I would love a 1TB drive, but I have this fear that I'll invest in a really good one and in 2-3 years there will be things 3x better than what I bought for half the price. But I guess that's the case with most tech devices...
The same thing happens regardless of capacity and there's no reason to fear it.
Originally Posted by Ledanator
I dont mind having to use an external power source if I get a big drive that I will mostly just keep at home.
Also I really do prefer the Firewire. It transfers things faster and my school uses it more.
$211 for a pre-assembled 1TB drive with USB2, FW400, and eSATA
$150 1TB hard drive + $40 enclosure with USB2, FW400, and eSATA + about 5 minutes and a screwdriver
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Assembling a drive is really easy right? Just like..slide it in and screw it all together?
Cause then I think I'll just go with all of that~
Thanks a bunch!
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Last edited by Ledanator; Sep 7, 2008 at 03:56 PM.
Reason: realization)
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Yea. Remove a few screws to get the enclosure open, slide the drive in, and then put the screws back in.
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