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saintpeter48 | 18:58 Sun 05th Jan 2014 | Computers
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Any recommendations for buying an external hard drive, price, value for money ....... I want to use it as a back up for music, photos, etc. I leave it to the experts on here. May I say that I don't know what I'd do without you other Answerbank members, you are all so very helpful and knowledgeable, thankyou one and all. :)
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This seems good value. There's also a 3 TB one for another £20. Sea gate are a recognised make. 2 terra bites is enormous and in more info, it tells you the rough amount of videos, music etc it will store
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/search-keywords/xx_xx_xx_xx_xx/hard+drives/xx-criteria.html
This is not bad and a good bargain I believe. I may buy one myself.

http://www.ebuyer.com/396739-samsung-1tb-m3-portable-hard-drive-black-hx-m101tcb-g
Note the "portable" drives don't need to be plugged into the mains, they get their power from the USB slot. However I think there is a limit of 1Tb for these.

Non-portable drives need mains power (as well as being plugged into the USB) and these can be also be 1Tb but can go as high as 2Tb or 3Tb.
You could consider a 64GB memory stick – which might meet your needs as a cheaper option.

Let’s say your photos are 10MB per photo – such a device could store 6,400 photos (equivalent to over 175 rolls of 36 exposure film).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/64GB-USB-2-0-BLUE-SWIVEL-FLASH-DRIVE-MEMORY-PEN-STICK-64-64g-/161187629409?pt=UK_Computing_FlashDrives_SM&hash=item2587880961

Typically 1 hour of MP3 file will be circa 170MB (depending on compression/bit rate); so such a drive would store around 375 hours of MP3 music.

You could always buy another memory stick once you get close to running out of memory - Just something to consider.

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