Hardware The best portable USB Hardrive for Wii

[Daidude]

So on Wednesday I'm planning to buy a 1 TB portable USB hardrive for my Wii at around £40-£50. I have been using Neogamma to load discs for about a year since I softmodded my Wii but have decided to upgrade and load games from a USB hardrive but am not sure what to get. I want one that works with all of the USB loaders but particulary USB loader GX, Wiiflow and Configurable USB loader. I wold also like it to work with homebrew as well as Geexbox (I have never used it before but it looks good so I may in the future). I would also like you to be able to disable sleep mode if it comes with it. So if anyone knows a good, reliable one please suggest it too me.

PS: I have alreasy looked through the USB Devices compatibility list on GBAtemp but it confuses me a bit.

 

[TheDarkSeed]

Well my Seagate hdd doesn't work as a WBFS partition bit my Western Digital does. just a heads up.

 

[XFlak]

seagate goflex is #1 portable hard drive for everything IMHO

next up is the western digital essential portable hard drives

 

[Wizerzak]

Well i'm about to buy this one - free postage when you buy it from eBay instead of MISCO.

 

[Daidude]

Well my Seagate hdd doesn't work as a WBFS partition bit my Western Digital does. just a heads up.

Which Western digital do you have and which of the things I have asked for does it do?

QUOTE(Wizzerzak @ Mar 13 2011, 06:43 PM) Well i'm about to buy this one - free postage when you buy it from eBay instead of MISCO.

Also, which of the things I have asked for does this one dohave?

Thanks in advance

 

[Wizerzak]

I'm not sure, that's partly why i posted here so as to get someone els's view on it.

 

[Daidude]

Just found this one, does anyone have it and if you do or know what it does which of the features that I mentioned in my first post does it have?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTERN-DIGITAL-1TB-...=item3f064d84ad

I would prefer this one but I can't find it anywhere around £40-£50 and am not sure if it does what I want it to do.

http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdeu.../catid.13832400

 

[Daidude]

So after a long while of looking around I have decided to get this one but still wondering if I made a good choice.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTERN-DIGITAL-1TB-...3f064d84ad#shId

 

[Wizerzak]

So after a long while of looking around I have decided to get this one but still wondering if I made a good choice.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTERN-DIGITAL-1TB-...3f064d84ad#shId

what's better about that than the one i posted earlier? surely the other's £5 cheaper (and thus the better choice)?

 

[Narolez]

good choice daidude.

buffalo drives are fine too, but i'd two of this buffalo drives and both get damaged after a few month of usage.

 

[Daidude]

good choice daidude.

buffalo drives are fine too, but i'd two of this buffalo drives and both get damaged after a few month of usage.

Because my one comes with 2 years warranty and is delivered in two days and I like it cause it's smaller.

 

[RNorthex]

i use a cheap samsung 500gb external
works perfectly
u should stick with popular tms and somewhat older models
they are cheaper and most of them are compatible

 

[Gobbio]

i have used western digital, hitachi, seagate and maxtor 1tb drives and all work fine in wbfs format.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174844
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179773
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160904
All were formatted with EASEUS partition master and then wii backup manager before use