[access-uk] Re: USB hard drives
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:38:48 -0000
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
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-----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
>>
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