External Hard Drives

[citybabe]

I'm going to buy an external hard drive. I've seen a couple that I like and they both are saying USB 3.0
Everything that I've ever bought has been USB 2.0 (I think) so would they still be compatible with my laptop?

 

[fossyant]

Yes it will work, but at USB2.0 speed

Don't expect blistering speeds, but they are good for backups. I use an external 1TB for backups on my desktop PC.

 

[citybabe]

Thanks Fossyant.
I just want to back up photos and a few other bits and pieces. The ones I'm looking at are 500mb, how many photos will fit on one of those ?

 

[oldfatfool]

Thanks Fossyant.
I just want to back up photos and a few other bits and pieces. The ones I'm looking at are 500mb, how many photos will fit on one of those ?

I think you mean 500gb

Depends on the size of your photos but I would guess at somewhere in the order of 50,000 or more if you compress them.

 

[JohnHenry]

Loads! If each pic is (say) 1Mb and you have a 500GB hard drive it's around half a million. In practice it depends on the size your camera makes (some can be 10Mb + each) which will mean a mere(!) 50,000 pics. Videos and MP3 music files typically take up more room. Happy storing.

 

[citybabe]

you can see OFF that I'm not very good at computer stuff . It should have read 500gb.
thanks for your help