16-20 gig storage....

[sxk122]

My desktop has been glitching lately, and I can't figure it out. My next step is going to be to reformat it and start all over. It hasn't been wiped in 4 years, so it couldn't hurt. However, I have about 16 gig of music on here and another 4 gig of special photos that I don't want to loose. Whats the cheapest way to store that much info? I was going to just move the 4 gig onto the 2 2 gig sd cards i have for the camera, but I'm not sure what to do with the music. I was debating this for the music http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220253 any cheaper/ easier/ faster suggestions?

[Radio-Active]

CompUSA has that same patriot 16gb thumb drive listed for $39.99 and $24.99 after rebate, but it can be had locally. I bought a 16gb SDHC patriot flash card from fry's for $35 without any rebate. You night want to check and see what the going price is here locally for the flash drives. If you want a larger capacity, I think Fry's or compusa had a 500gb external drive listed for 79.99 today.

If you have a hard drive laying around, you can also get an enclosure for addapting it to an external drive for around $10-20. Hooked up to the usb only they are somewhat slow, but add a 5vdc power supply and they run as fast as a regular hard drive.

[sxk122]

i used to have a laptop hd in a box with a home-made adaptor.... but i can't find it. i think it got lost when i moved. i may check fry's out on sunday.. not going anywhere today, don't want to deal with the hoardes

[Nails]

Wal-mart...500gb external hard drive (seagate) usb 2.0 $69 AND the best part, AVAILABLE ONLINE! (or was).

[sammm]

Wal-mart...500gb external hard drive (seagate) usb 2.0 $69 AND the best part, AVAILABLE ONLINE! (or was).

+1 for an external USB drive. That's what I use at home and it came with software to run scheduled unattended backups.

[black roadster]

Wal-mart...500gb external hard drive (seagate) usb 2.0 $69 AND the best part, AVAILABLE ONLINE! (or was).

Out of stock

[cArAzzIE]

I think I may end up with 3 ... Wal-mart.com was having issues - my paypal has 3 pending charges for it and I have 2 wal-mart confirmation emails. The Wal-mart sight kept giving me error messages when I tried to check out so tried it a couple times. Estimated arrival is by the end of next week...guess I'll know then if I have to battle with Paypal to get my $$ back if Wal-mart doesn't send the goods....or try and sell the extra(s). I wanted 2, but may end up with 3...

Staples had a WD 760 GB USB HD for the same price but it was USB 1.1.

I'm tired of burning DVD's to backup my computers HD...and it's full.

[ken o]

When you rebuild it partition the drive or add an additional drive. Next time you need to format the the OS partition it will not impact your data partition.

[sxk122]

When you rebuild it partition the drive or add an additional drive. Next time you need to format the the OS partition it will not impact your data partition.

i will. that was why i had the home-built externall HD.... but i can't find it. i'll turf out the office at work if i get a chance.