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Interested in using an external HDD for storage of movie footage

Hi Everyone:

I am interested in helping a friend to use an external HDD which will connect to a USB port for storage of training movie footage. With this point in mind, what type of storage space will he be needing for such an endeavor?

Thank you

George

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Hi

The connection will be for a desktop pc as opposed to a laptop.

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George

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Hi Everyone:

Thanks so much for the prompt replies. I enjoyed checking out the links provided. Due to the gaps in prices between the internal versus external HDD, I decided to simply go with a large internal 120GB WD HDD. I will simply clone my data from my current HDD to this newer, larger HDD. Out of 30GB of total HDD space, 6.8GB of it is being occupied by data. After cloning the data over to the 120GB HDD, I still should have plenty of space left for recording audio/video data onto it for editing.

Thanks again everyone for the help.

George