Storage Solutions What kind of storage to buy ? Internal or External !

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So guys its that time of the year again when all my present HDD's are almost topped up to the max and i have no other place to store the data. Now this is what i already own:

Internal:

400GB x 1

500 GB x 2

1 TB x 1

External

1 TB x 1

Over the years i have noticed that i don't really use my external on my daily basis. I basically use it to transfer the data. I can't be bothered writing the data on the disc's as it a tiresome as well as expensive process. One more thing that i have just six sata ports on my mobo and i kind of already require seven.(2 Optical Drives + 4 HDD + 1 for Cabby's esata connector.)

So suggest me on what to get. Also i have no idea about the good Internal Sata Drives. Finally whats the running price for a 1TB WD My book these days.

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you need to get rid of the 400gb drive and buy a 1.5tb internal wd or seagate . 1tb my books / seagates are around 4.7k mark
 
I ain't getting rid of anything. Cant be bothered taking out of the HDD and and then clicking a pic.
 
then u have to buy an external drive and dump ur data :P . try looking for a esata one so that that transfer speeds are good :P
 
i say get a 1.5tb HDD internal and use the existing 400 gb and 500 gb for backup. I think as thses drives are used for a long while, its better to give them rest.
Doing so you will gain 600 gb internal storage and 900 gb as backup storage.
 
^There's no such thing as a 1TB 'AACS'! It's either an EACS or an EADS you're referring to. The EACS is EOL IINM.
 
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So guys its that time of the year again when all my present HDD's are almost topped up to the max and i have no other place to store the data. Now this is what i already own:

Internal:
400GB x 1
500 GB x 2
1 TB x 1

External
1 TB x 1

Over the years i have noticed that i don't really use my external on my daily basis. I basically use it to transfer the data. I can't be bothered writing the data on the disc's as it a tiresome as well as expensive process. One more thing that i have just six sata ports on my mobo and i kind of already require seven.(2 Optical Drives + 4 HDD + 1 for Cabby's esata connector.)

So suggest me on what to get. Also i have no idea about the good Internal Sata Drives. Finally whats the running price for a 1TB WD My book these days.

TIA

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could you please specify how?

4.7GB verbatim => 11 (costs 550 for a spindle of 50)
come to ~ Rs2.34/GB

i doubt if any hdd in market would offer you below Rs3.5/GB

also, if you do not have any backup of your data on your hdds to dvds then this might just be the time to do that.
 
madnav said:
could you please specify how?

4.7GB verbatim => 11 (costs 550 for a spindle of 50)
come to ~ Rs2.34/GB

i doubt if any hdd in market would offer you below Rs3.5/GB

also, if you do not have any backup of your data on your hdds to dvds then this might just be the time to do that.
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But the HDD can be erased and loaded with fresh data, n number of times
in short,
Optical Media is Read only
HDDs are Read and write
Now,Thats a huge benefit;)
 
lol @ gaurish's comment :D

wasnt it obvious, madnav....why op would not backup his close-to-1TB data to dvds...
 
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I ain't getting rid of anything. Cant be bothered taking out of the HDD and and then clicking a pic.
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why click a pic?
take out 400gb after transferring data put 1.5/2tb then throw 400gb hdd outside window
simple
 
I'd say sell one of the internal drives and get a 1.5tb drive, since you've already got a external one.
 
outta window???might kill somebody walking below...:D
rather donate to some lesser mortals like me...I still use 240+160GB:)
 
^Errrm how do we calculate that? The cheapest as of today is a 1.5TB drive. I was quoted 5.7k for a WD 15EADS by Ankit a while ago. Going by the price per GB, this drive is the cheapest. 6 months down the line, probably the 2TB drive would take its spot.
 
5.7K for the WD sounds good... Will try to get one today from NP as i am going to that part of the city... Also approx price for a Sata card...
 
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