Need an External Hard Drive

[smurfchops]

I need to back up all my photos as well as my documents in Windows XP. Can someone recommend an external hard drive, and is this process easy for a non-technical silver surfer to do ??

[Everhelpful]

Argos, Seagate 250gb. Excellent value at £39.99. So simple to use.

[Everhelpful]

Think you still get a free pouch for it as well.

[society]

I think you should buy a 500gb least, not 250gb.

[Everhelpful]

500gb is £49.99.

[society]

The 500gb is a much better buy, £10. more for 250gb!

[Everhelpful]

You get a 4gb USB Stick free with 500gb.

[society]

WOW! that's a bonus!

[Davethedog]

1 TB £65

[sphinxy]

the 500gb is not usb driven though is it

[Everhelpful]

Of course the 500gb is USB driven,simply Plug and Play.

[chas2008]

If its really important data i would save to DVD/CD as a precaution, i know someone who put 1,000s of photos on an external drive & guess what , it broke !! bigtime..

[deggers316]

i second that answer of chas2008 if its for keeping files safe you don't need to access regularly cd/dvd is the safest option,
i lost a lot of files when my western digital external failed no explanation nothing
was accessible one day,that was it

[ChuckFickens]

I'll third the above.

I've had an external hard drive die on me too, luckily I keep all my important stuff on at least 4 hard drives. One backup onto one hard drive is not a safe backup.

[smurfchops]

I have got all my photos on CDs, but not my documents from Word. Would it be a better idea to save word documents on CDs ?

[ChuckFickens]

Only you can answer that as only you know how important they are.

all I can say is they are a lot safer on a decent quality CD stored correctly than they are on an external hard drive.

[smurfchops]

Thanks all :)