Thinking about buying a large capacity outboard storage device, or whatever it's called. Amazon have a Philips 1TB thingy for £95 and a Western Digital whatsit for £100. Does anybody know if those are good prices; or even good equipment?
Outboard storage devices
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Outboard storage devices
I think you mean external hard drive.
Do you really need 1TB of external storage? I ask because 1TB drive are still pretty pricey. A 500GB drive would set you back less than £50.
Do you really need 1TB of external storage? I ask because 1TB drive are still pretty pricey. A 500GB drive would set you back less than £50.
Thanks for the replies. I asked the question and then forgot I'd posted it until tonight. You're right , I did mean an external hard drive. I know 1TB is a lot of storage and maybe I won't need it all, but I've got 30+ years of magazines and catalogues which at the moment are 2 foot deep in a 10' X 10' lock up so finally I've bowed to the inevitable and am planning to get rid. Apparently they can be disposed of on ebay. What I want to do is scan them all and then get rid, possibly getting some money for them.
Not sure if you managed to buy one yet, but dabs have a 1TB external HD for just under £90
http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0
http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0
Thanks for the link. I haven't managed to get one yet and as I'm going away for a few days I don't think I'll be able to do anything until next week.
You got a decent scanner with document feeder? You don't want to be scanning it in page by page on a flatbed!
I was thinking that....
Page by page would take months of solid scanning, especially as you said you have 30+ years worth to get through!
Page by page would take months of solid scanning, especially as you said you have 30+ years worth to get through!
