Usb External

Usb External
Usb External
what's the difference in a firewire external hard drive and a usb external hard drive?

I want to buy a 1 tb external hard drive. But when i look for one i see that there are several descriptions for them. I see some that say that they are firewire external,usb external, usb ethernet, usb firewire. Can anyone explain what all this is and what the difference is? Which one is better and has faster transfer speed? Which one do you recommend under 120$ ?

usb, firewire, esata, and ethernet are all ways of connecting your hard drive to your computer. here is the order of speed from slowest to fastest

usb
firewire
ethernet
esata

make sure you have the right ports on your computer to use it. you most likely have usb and ethernet, but esata and firewire are less common.

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Mike posted at 2005-12-16 Category: Computer Components