Hi Andy About the same price as the Freecom you've seen I think. You may well get one in a sale at the moment. Jackie Cairns Braille Support Adviser Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Telephone: 01604 798024 Fax: 01604 798090 Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: 04 January 2009 21:21 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives Hi Jackie - I've got a 320GB Mains powered Seagate that has been great, but wanted a USB drive for my Asus [yes, I'm going for the Asus 901] How much was your Western Digital? I've got my eyes on a Freecom 320GB for £65.99 - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 9:16 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives > Hi Andy > > I bought a 320GB Western Digital USB powered drive at the same time as my > Samsung NC10. It's a really nice little drive to be honest, and useful to > carry around without added power supplies. My other external drives are a > Maxter 750GB, and a Packard-Bell 400GB which have their own mains > supplies. Touch wood, I haven't encountered any problems with any of > them. > > > Jackie Cairns > Braille Support Adviser > Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sight and Sound Technology > Welton House North Wing > Summerhouse Road > Moulton Park > Northampton > NN3 6WD > Tel: 01604 798024 > Fax: 01604 798090 > Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of ANDY COLLINS > Sent: 04 January 2009 21:07 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives > > James, these are large drives, I'm guessing they require mains power? I > want to go the USB power route - > > Andy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Scholes" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Peter" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:49 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives > > >>I have a Maxtor 750 GB OneTouch II drive, and a Western Digital 1 TB >>drive, >>both are fantastic, and have never had any problems. Sadly, Maxtor have >>gone down hill lately, and now their drives, to put it simply, suck. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx> >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Sunday, January 04, 2009 08:36:26 PM >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives >> >> I've got a 250GB Freecom drive from QVCUK and it's great. Mine is also >> there tough model which can be dropped from several meters with no >> problem. But I've never had a problem with an external drive failing >> anyway. >> >> Peter >> >> >> From: ANDY COLLINS >> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:13 PM >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [access-uk] USB hard drives >> >> >> Hi all - >> >> In my research for pen drives, I've also been looking at external USB >> hard >> drives, and am wondering what people have used successfully? Freecom seem >> to be the cheapest with a 250GB for £55; I take it that these drives >> require no mains power, so what are they like in terms of speed when >> transfering data? I've seen some drives advertised as TurboUSB, does this >> somehow mean they are faster drives? >> >> From some reviews I have read, is seems that some drives have to be >> formatter to NTFS, is this common, and how is a fat32 drive formatted so >> as to be NTFS? >> >> As ever, thanks for all help - >> >> Andy >> >> >> __________ NOD32 3735 (20090104) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> -- >> Check out my radio and TeamTalk server! http://www.jls-radio.com >> -- >> James Scholes >> >> E-mail: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> MSN/Windows Live Messenger: jamesscholes@xxxxxxx >> AIM: JamesScholes000 >> Skype: james.scholes >> Website: http://www.jamesscholes.com >> Blog: http://www.jamesscholes.com/blog >> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamesscholes >> Find me on Facebook! 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