Newegg.com or Fry's electronics if you have one close to you... tigerdirect.com. Any of these will have sales on various drives. Since your main use will be back up, speed isn't an issue, after the initial backup is done it will be updates.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=414&name=External-Hard-Drives That's the link to the front page of newegg's external hard drive section. Look for good warranties, I'd stick with western digital or seagate. As far as size goes, I don't think you can go wrong by getting a bigger drive then you think you might need. Mike On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Ranbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to get something for computer back up. Would an external hard drive > be the simplest, most economical way to go? If so, what issues or features > should I take into account? I have a 110 gig hard drive, so wonder how > many > gigs of back up I need. See some on sale that hold 300, 500 or, I think, > 1,000 gig. At the moment, would mostly be to back up text, email and some > photos, but guess I'd like some flexibility in the future to back up more > photos, audio files and maybe some videos. I'd like to spend less than > $100. Can anyone suggest a good product to meet these parameters and where > to get it? > > Thanks, > > Randall > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
