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Computer Help and Support

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. Nowadays you can walk into WalMart, Staples or Best Buy and find a perfectly usable...

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 07:16 PM

Jun 2019

drive for 50 bucks or so. More money gets you more storage

As far as type, brand, storage, etc goes, everything out there is pretty good. I don't know if I'd get an external solid state drive -- you won't get much of a speed advantage using USB2, and they are usually more expensive.

I have Seagate, Western Digital and some "unnamed" drives and they all have been working flawlessly for years. The newer ones are nice in that they don't need external power-- they are powered through USB.

Here's a start: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=136