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Old 24-10-2008, 08:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Buying a portable HDD, help needed!

hi guys,
i wanna buy a portable hdd and my budget is 4500 INR, i need a capacity of minimum 250GB

please suggest me a few models

i am considering the following manufacturers:
1.Seagate
2.Western Digital
3.Maxtor

though you guys can suggest me other manufacturer if it is reliable and the transfer speeds are good

and i read somewhere that Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB is around 4500INR, is it true?


thanks in advance!

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Old 24-10-2008, 11:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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bump! anyone?
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Old 24-10-2008, 11:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Go for WD...then the next comes in preference is Seagate..
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Old 24-10-2008, 11:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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WD is best ..I have it 250 GB ..106$
but why are u buying 500GB..its a assembled 3.5" desktop HDD ..so take a laptop HDD ie 250 or 320 GB one ..more small and convenient
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Old 25-10-2008, 01:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Bought 320GB segate HDD for 4.5K And Transcend casing for 1K. With tax, 5.5K 320GB external HDD.

If you chose to go for a non-branded casing, it is about 250/-. So, total 4.75K for 320GB external HDD. sounds good. Go for it. Bought mine about a week ago.
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Old 26-10-2008, 06:52 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Acording to me seagate IS the best...I have been using it from last 2 years and Could nt find any problem..!!!
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ok guys, i finally bought Western Digital Portable HDD
its called WDElements, its 2.5" 250GB 4250INR

@esumitkumar do you have WDElements too?

thank ya all for helping
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Old 27-10-2008, 07:39 PM   #9 (permalink)
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congrats for ur Evil purchase

I have my Passport essential ..WD 250GB
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Old 28-10-2008, 09:33 AM   #10 (permalink)
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@esumit thanks mate, what speeds do you get on my passport essential? on WDElements i get 21-22MB/s r/w speeds
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