400Gb Seagate Ext Harddrive £89.99 [Archive]

stupidgibbon

23-01-2007, 16:19

400Gb Seagate External USB 2.0 Harddrive MAPLIN £89.99 !!

Not on the website but just saw the display up in the window of the Newcastle Branch.

Alan b

23-01-2007, 16:20

And where would that be ?

Ono

23-01-2007, 16:22

Newcastle :D

Alan b

23-01-2007, 16:24

Bloody comedian :D

stupidgibbon

23-01-2007, 16:26

MAPLIN Sorry , edited original.

richieuk

23-01-2007, 16:26

And where would that be ?
Maplin (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10297371) ?
I think its in their monthly sale, but since it doesn't start till tomorrow it won't be avaialable online yet.

stupidgibbon

23-01-2007, 16:27

Maplin (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10297371) ?

Not the 320Gb definately the 400Gb

veryveek

24-01-2007, 08:26

try here
Maplin (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10297371)

Koku

24-01-2007, 08:46

Tried to affiliate the link to the product directly but I can't for some reason, only to the Maplin (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10297371) home page; it does appear on the home page tho! :)

Thanks OP! :thumbs:

chrisjm

24-01-2007, 08:51

doesnt seem to have firewire, but the oen ive see does, are there 2 models?

panmaster

24-01-2007, 09:03

dont forget to sign up for maplin newsletter gets you £3 off if you spend £50 or more , not great but every little penny helps. and other voucherss if you spend more etc.

good find, but i really need to start keeping my externals all one brand or im gonna get confused.. cable city MAN cables everywhere :)

chrisjm

24-01-2007, 09:19

maxtor power supply works fine with seagate (and vice versa) :) *but im not responsible if you blow it up :p possibly same with others.

but agree its nice to keep them the same, im holding out for the 750gb seagate to be a nice price.

apreading

24-01-2007, 09:51

You could make an arguement for it being better to have different makes of hard drive (or at least different batches) as if one has a reliability issue the other is then a better backup.

blakea8k

24-01-2007, 10:06

Thanks, was going to get the 320gb one from pcworld last week for £79.99 but had no cash. I go to order it and then i find this.

I also added a 10 way surge protector that was half price at £13.49 and then used the £7 off £100 voucher.

DCH

24-01-2007, 16:46

Are these as good as a MyBook?

anephric

24-01-2007, 16:48

doesnt seem to have firewire, but the oen ive see does, are there 2 models?

Yep, the dual-interface one has firewire and USB. This one is USB only. Still, a decent bargain. Picked one up today, ta OP.

zenza

24-01-2007, 19:22

vaderag

24-01-2007, 21:26

Hmm... i'm really tempted by this - was going to get an internal 320gb drive, but this is only 20quid more...
How do the speeds compare to an internal one?

blakea8k

25-01-2007, 08:19

Where is the surge protector half price? I need one of these. :)

code L97BF should be it

mcallisterian

25-01-2007, 08:43

many thanks - just reserved one!!

Lennyb

25-01-2007, 10:59

The one i got has the 16meg cache button on the front and has the code

A58FN

Lenny

SteM

25-01-2007, 12:54

The one i got has the 16meg cache button on the front and has the code

A58FN

Lenny

Yes, that's the one that I got. €147 (down from €362!) from Maplin in Dublin, they had stacks of them behind the counter.

mcallisterian

25-01-2007, 13:13

many thanks - just reserved one!!

just collected it and gave it a whirl - operates wonderfully!! :clap:

Koku

25-01-2007, 13:58

doobie-Sis

25-01-2007, 14:07

Does anyone know how much P&P is to have it delivered?

Carlito

25-01-2007, 14:13

Got one in Glasgow.

Just got get a Linksys NSLU2UK now to hang it off my wireless router.

chrisjm

25-01-2007, 15:16

Does anyone know how much P&P is to have it delivered?

should be free as its over the qualifying amount

chrisjm

25-01-2007, 15:18

For those that already have one, do I need to partition this as NTFS or anything? I'm planning to dump a lot of files off my main PC's HDD running XP and was wondering if I could just drag and drop into the external drive?

you don't have to, it will be FAT32 from memory. It's quick to change it to NTFS from the disk manager area in XP though and didnt require a full format.

Kamion

25-01-2007, 16:21

Does anyone know how much P&P is to have it delivered?

free on orders above £35! read the web page! :lol:

doobie-Sis

25-01-2007, 16:41

Cheers ears :clap:

IanM

25-01-2007, 20:35

Thanks OP, got one from Watford today. I can get rid of some of my older hdd's now.

Shirker

26-01-2007, 08:55

Gone for it, thanks

Koku

26-01-2007, 09:54

you don't have to, it will be FAT32 from memory. It's quick to change it to NTFS from the disk manager area in XP though and didnt require a full format.

Top draw, many thanks chrisjm!

mighty_evisu

26-01-2007, 13:49

Mine was delivered yesterday, Very nice bet of kit.

Kamion

26-01-2007, 14:36

For those who bought it, can you confirm that it is USB 2.0 only (no Firewire). And can you check the drive model number (look in Device Manager). Is it ST340083 2A? Thanks! :)

anephric

26-01-2007, 17:13

Mine's USB only and the model no. is ST340063 3A.

Vulcan101

26-01-2007, 22:21

Ordered mine on Wednesday had it today. USB 2 only on mine.

Nice piece of kit - it comes FAT32 formatted but I reformatted it as NTFS and partitioned it up into 3 logical drives.

Seems OK - just copying some stuff onto it to see how it runs.