USB hard drive needed please recommend one

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    Any ideas? 100 to 200Gb I reckon.
     
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    Any external hard disk casing with a normal HD would get the job done.
     
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    Are their any particular manufacturers to look out for?
     
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    Casings are all generic no name stuff. eBay would have them cheap. As for hard disks, I always have had good experiences with Seagate. Make sure to get the 8Mb cache model.
     
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    Does it need to be USB, I recently went for a 300GB NAS from Buffalo and am very impressed with it so far:
    http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/75274
    (I wish ebuyer had an affiliate program).
     
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    Does that just share the files wirelessly then?
     
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    No I have it plugged in to my network, you can get wireless ones though or you could use a cross over cable.
     
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