Used hard drives bought from TigerDirect are cheap and used ones from eBay or Amazon too. Dell seems to be more reputable if you do not want to buy a cheaper made hard drive.
The cheapest hard drives I have found are those little portable ones.The brand is western digital and if you wait until around august when school starts back, you can find one on sale.I got a 500 gb one for 55 dollars, it was a great deal, we still use it.
Western Digital and SeaGate are the top manufacturers of hard drives, internal and external.
Hitachi hard drives are solid in quality and they make very good hard drives. The model considered by the users to be their best is the one with 7200 RPM, capacity of 1 TB and maximum transfer rate of 6 GB/s.
The WD Elements has several highly rated external hard drives to choose from, another highly rated brand is the My Passport line of external hard drives.
Optical Media like CD/DVDs and hard drives are pretty affordable
There are a variety of stores which sell IDE hard drives, you can get the cheapest deal on eBay or Amazon, you may also get some used ones at more cheaper rates but it depends on what you want.
One of the best external hard drives is made by Seagate. They have been a leader in the industry for a long time and are a very reliable brand.
If you are looking for different external usb hard drives, there are many available. They can be found at Staples and a brand named SeaGate. They are priced fairly well.
Hard drives are non-volatile, as you don't lose the data stored within if you turn off the power to them.
The top four brands of 1TB Hard Drives are amongst others Western Digital hard drives, Seagate hard drives, Toshiba hard drives, and Hitachi hard drives.
There have been several complaints about Maxtor brand.
Computers use a variety of types of media, including hard disk drives, USB drives, CD-ROMS and DVDs. All are considered removable media except the hard disk drives, which typically are placed permanently inside the computer.