Buying an External Hard Drive

[abhi_shake]

What are the things to be kept in mind while buying an external hard drive?
Can you reccommend some good brands? I am basically looking for an external HDD with atleast 20 GB space.......... what is the price of such drives?

I thought of opting for internal HDD with external case, but someone in the US can get me a good external hard drive........which one would you reccommend?

[drvarunmehta]

You mean 20 GB right?
I suggest you get an external enclosure for about Rs. 500-750 and put in any internal hard disk of your choice. This is the cheapest way to get an external hard disk.

[abhi_shake]

Yes 20 GB that's right!!
I thought of opting for that, but someone in the US can get me a good external hard drive........which one would you reccommend?

[DukeNukem]

Go for Ext usb hdd from US (LOL)
Benefits
> does not require external Power (as in case of cased HDD's).
> Way too handy.
> Way too compact. (almost 1/2 of cased one)

Go 60+ as 20GB considering now is nothing

[samrulez]

^^
wrong, if u get a laptop hdd and a case then u get ...
1>gr8 looks
2>compact (just little bigger than a chunk for chocolate)
3>only USB chord required (no external power)

[DukeNukem]

Originally Posted by samrulez

^^
wrong, if u get a laptop hdd and a case then u get ...
1>gr8 looks
2>compact (just little bigger than a chunk for chocolate)
3>only USB chord required (no external power)

Accepted

i was tellin it otherwise (desktop Hdd)

[hemant_mathur]

I have external cases of both the laptop hd and desktop hd ... i must say laptop case is way much better.

[ajeesh]

40GB lp top HDD + Case @ ~Rs 3500/-
case consist IDE to USB 2.0 Converter. easy to use........plug'n'play support

[suman2005]

I have the Vantec eSATA external case for SATA II HDDs. It is very fast and looks great. Only problem is its price .... 3500/- .... ONLY for case NO HDD

It can run an OS off it - I have Windows Vista RC2 installed and running from a Hitachi 250GB HDD which is in this case.