What type of back up hard drive should i get? internal or external?

Question

i need to add about 250 gb to my system. i already have a external hard drive case and i am wondering whether i should just buy an internal hard drive and place it in the case or buy the full on external hard drive. let me know what you think and brand/product suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Go for the external hard drive. I bought one recently, ( My Book 320gb) and it works great. Try Wall mart it was like 80 bucks.  

Answer 2

External cases.

http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_removable...

The biggest advantage to an external drive, is that you can backup your main drive, and store the external in a safe place.

Answer 3

I suppose it would depend on the functionality you expect to have. I have a 500 gb external and that is fine for me because I can use it for multiple computers if I like. But if you wanted to partition it so you could boot from it I would go internal due to the fact that I have read that booting from an external HD takes awhile. But I also read that it can be done.

I paid $120 for mine and I have seen it on sale for $100 lately it is a Seagate so maybe cost would be a factor in your decision too.

  Anyway good luck with whichever you decide.