Want to buy External HDD* for my photographs collection

kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
Guys,
need some advice. Basically i want a to buy Portable HDD for collection of last 6 year of digital photographs by my SONY digital camera. I think its more than 150 GB photos & vids. I'm tired up burning DVDs. U guys suggest me, burning DVDs is better idea or should i go for Portable Harddisk? If u r going to advice me to buy HDD. then i want these things:

1) Space 200GB+
2) my PC has USB 2.0, buying USB 3.0 HDD will increase transfer speed or this will work on only USB 3.0 ports on PC/Lappy ?
3) I want strong body cabinet HDD, so if by mistake it dropped, data should be safe
4) Small size, cute looking :)
5) Warranty: 2+ year
6) Budget Rs.2000 (anybody can provide me online buying coupon:razz:)
 
Tenida

Tenida

Gadget Freak
Seagate goflex portable 320GB@2.3k or WD essential portable 500GB USB 2.0/USB 3.0 @2.55k.
Note-Price from flipkart.com
Cheers :D
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
Tenida said:
Seagate goflex portable 320GB@2.3k or WD essential portable 500GB USB 2.0/USB 3.0 @2.55k.
Note-Price from flipkart.com
Cheers :D
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Which HDD is best? And what things should i keep in mind while buying HDD...??? reply.. :idea::idea:
 
Tenida

Tenida

Gadget Freak
Both are good.USB3 is added advantages in wd one....but you will get the juice only if u have usb 3 in your computer.But looking at the price point wd looks good deal.
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
Tenida said:
Both are good.USB3 is added advantages in wd one....but you will get the juice only if u have usb 3 in your computer.But looking at the price point wd looks good deal.
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You sure........?? What things are important to look in External HDD..?? :-|:-|
 
Zangetsu

Zangetsu

I am the master of my Fate.
kool said:
Guys,
U guys suggest me, burning DVDs is better idea or should i go for Portable Harddisk?
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both r better in their own ways (DVD or HDD)...
DVD: data is archived & preserved...no possibility of Crash except scratches...
HDD: Long-Life as compared to DVD but no guarantee of Crash....:-o


and for HDD buy WD/Seagate (I prefer WD more) & not iomega...
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
Tenida said:
Both are good.USB3 is added advantages in wd one....but you will get the juice only if u have usb 3 in your computer.But looking at the price point wd looks good deal.
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So USB 3.0 is useless for me? Is there any cable that can make from USB 2 to USB 3 for future use for my desktop and HDD?

Zangetsu said:
both r better in their own ways (DVD or HDD)...
DVD: data is archived & preserved...no possibility of Crash except scratches...
HDD: Long-Life as compared to DVD but no guarantee of Crash....:-o


and for HDD buy WD/Seagate (I prefer WD more) & not iomega...
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I've 20 DVDs and i feel lazy to put in drive to view pics. :oops: But guys tell me, how HDD can crash ? And whats life of HDD?
 
Zangetsu

Zangetsu

I am the master of my Fate.
^USB 3.0 is not useless..its future proof...
u never know how it will crash..coz it happens with many of us...even my Seagate 250GB drive was crashed(I dont know how?)...
but it life is more than a DVD
also HDD has warranty of 3~5yrs but DVD has none...
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
I've checked these 4 on letsbuy.com, I've 15% discount coupon :):

WD Elements SE Portable 500GB (2.5 Inch / USB 2.0) @ Rs 2,450
WD My Passport Essential SE 500GB (2.5 Inch / USB 3.0) @ Rs 2,525
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex (2.5 Inch) USB Kit Black 500GB @ Rs.2650
Seagate Expansion 500GB (2.5 Inch) Hard Drive @ Rs.2680 <what is this expansion and upgradable thing in this?>

So guys, nw suggest me..
 
Tenida

Tenida

Gadget Freak
Yeah go for wd usb3 one.Only one usb cable given with the drive can used as both usb2/3 mode.Ask tkin or sam about the drive....recently they hav bought it.
 
MegaMind

MegaMind

Human Spambot
kool said:
WD Elements SE Portable 500GB (2.5 Inch / USB 2.0) @ Rs 2,450
WD My Passport Essential SE 500GB (2.5 Inch / USB 3.0) @ Rs 2,525
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USB 3.0 is of no use unless u have usb 3.0 port in ur mobo...

But the price diff. is barely 100 bucks.. so better to go for usb 3...
 
xtremevicky

xtremevicky

Manc
Even If you dont have a USB 3.0 port now you may have it later and I think 500 GB will last say 2 years ( Saying in terms of storage not reliability ) It is still a good option to go for .
 
Sarath

Sarath

iDota
I have been facing the same problem. Like me if even you value the photos a lot then trust me you need multiple backups.

Lets face it HDDs crash. Since they alway carry huge amounts of data the blow is also huge.

I always burn DVDs of important Data and have one copy in my PC and another in my 640GB HDD (portable). Usually in some cases, more often than not, I have another set of DVDs and a copy in another lappy of my family member.

I lost a few important videos this way and can never forget the anguish of losing something so important.

ADD: I forgot to mention; I was trying to say that make copies in both DVDs preferably DVD-DL and HDD.

P.S. Me too working with 200GB data at present. Yes, now :)
 
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