albert.mills@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My WD mybook external hardrive died, and now i need a new one for my
> laptop (which has th elaptop firewire conneciton, which isn't the same
> as the pc firewire connection that most external harddrives come with,
> thus need to use usb)
>
> So I'm thinking of getting the following toshiba 320 gb external ( see
> link below). However I have also been considering getting a regular
> internal harddrive and enclosure. would this be better in terms of
> reliability and speed?

There isnt any difference if the style of housing is the same.

The main advantage of assembling it yourself is that the drive has
the full 3 or 5 year warranty and few packaged external drives have
any more than a 1 year warranty.

> How difficult is this to set up?

Its easy if you know what you are doing, but there are some variables
like the type of drive interface that can be a problem if you dont.

> If this is better any recommendations for a 300-500 gb drive

I like the Samsungs myself, they run quieter and cooler
than most and that is very desirable with an external drive.

> and enclosure?

Thats harder to specify.

> http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-HDDR32...890686&sr=1-11