Help with selecting an external hard drive

macafee2 · 8th July 2020, 11:35

I need help selecting an external hard drive as I now think my existing one has failed.
It has power going in and every now and the the light flashes but there is no hum from it. I have connected a usb to usb3 lead between my lap top and hard drive and I cant see the hard drive.

My duff hard drive is a Lacie d2 Quadra usb3 with 3TB storage.
I think I need to have a eSATA port.
A replacement hard drive the same but with 4tb of storage is £169.

I have no idea on costs, are there reliable cheaper 3TB hard drives about and if there is, which ones are they?

thank you

macafee2

8th July 2020, 11:35	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,928 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	Help with selecting an external hard drive I need help selecting an external hard drive as I now think my existing one has failed. It has power going in and every now and the the light flashes but there is no hum from it. I have connected a usb to usb3 lead between my lap top and hard drive and I cant see the hard drive. My duff hard drive is a Lacie d2 Quadra usb3 with 3TB storage. I think I need to have a eSATA port. A replacement hard drive the same but with 4tb of storage is £169. I have no idea on costs, are there reliable cheaper 3TB hard drives about and if there is, which ones are they? thank you macafee2