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Sapa



Joined: 05 Nov 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:22 am    Post subject: Need a new hard drive. Reply with quote

I'm running out of space on both my laptop and WD passport external HDD. I'm just looking for some advice on which HDD to buy and what sort of prices I can expect in Seoul.

My laptop has two 60gb drives and I'm considering replacing the one that just has media and documents. Never done that before so have no idea if it's easy or not and how I would be sure I wasn't replacing the drive that has all the important stuff on it, like Vista and program files.
I have an ACER Aspire 5685WLMi. No idea if it will accept SATA drives.

Or perhaps I should get another portable disk. Any recommendations for a non-mains disk?
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Sapa



Joined: 05 Nov 2007

PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm an idiot. Didn't see the previous posts just down the page.

advice still appreciated though.
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang

PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

buy a 640 wd external. about 80,000 plus case 20,000
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agoodmouse



Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just bought two external hard drives, a 1.5TB Seagate and a 1TB Western Digital.
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jkamphof



Joined: 12 Apr 2008

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use Samsungs (2.5 terabytes), Lacie and WD, Seagate have had higher failure rates...big name though, but recently Samsungs have proven good for me.
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jkamphof



Joined: 12 Apr 2008

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use Samsungs (2.5 terabytes total), Lacie and WD, Seagate have had higher failure rates...big name though, but recently Samsungs have proven good for me.
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ChinaBoy



Joined: 17 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

externals are clumsy and bulky.. with my laptop I like them all inside
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aphase



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChinaBoy wrote:
externals are clumsy and bulky.. with my laptop I like them all inside


I agree. I just recently had my HD fail in my Macbook so I went down to yongsan to buy a new one. Original one was 140 gigs or something, after it failed I had an excuse to upgrade to 320 gigs 7200 RPM for 115,000 won.
I hate having to plug and unplug externals.
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