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From: mtw2 on 7 May 2008 12:06
Ive got a toshiba laptop and I would like to get an external harddrive
for it. i dont know anything about computers. could somebody give me
some advice?

Thanks
From: Gerard Bok on 7 May 2008 12:42
On Wed, 7 May 2008 09:06:06 -0700 (PDT), mtw2(a)hw.ac.uk wrote:

>Ive got a toshiba laptop and I would like to get an external harddrive
>for it. i dont know anything about computers. could somebody give me
>some advice?

First, check if your laptop supports USB 2.0.
Then, check that your laptop is not running Windows 98 or Me.
If both are clear, you can just about use any USB external.

If you have USB 2.0 and Windows 98 or Me, make sure that the
drive you buy supports Win 98/Me.

And if your laptop doesn't support USB 2 (and in that case it
will most probably also fail to support firewire and / or eSata),
better think again. Then you will probably don't want an external
drive at all (as things will get very, very slow.)


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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok
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