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Whats the Most Reliable External Hard Drive?

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  1. PHAZE
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    Whats the most reliable external hard drive?

    by reliable , i mean will last long and wont crash, i know they all crash after a while but which one will last the longest
     
    PHAZE, Jun 29, 2010


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    Had my toshiba for almost 2-2 1/2 years and it hasnt failed/crashed on me yet so, i reccomend it because its only like 80$+ or less (depending on wehere you buy it) and it has 320 GB -500 GB so i feel its reliable,, only recently when i got my macbook pro, i backed up my files onto it; before that i had 280 of the 320 GB filled on the hardrive and it nvr crashed! Hope i helped.



    http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Portable-External-Drive-HDDR320E03X/dp/B0013FVZXC
     
    gtbadboi96, Jun 29, 2010


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  3. wssponge
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    i prefer western digital., all the hard drives are good but its just brand preference.
     
    wssponge, Jun 29, 2010


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    DEFINITELY NOT WESTERN DIGITAL

    My WD external failed after a year, my boy had 3 WD hard drives and all of them failed, one of them failed i believe only after a few days.

    I have a 2tb WD and a 500 gb Simpletech (idk what brand HD is inside), but my 2 tb has everything except music and iso's/exe's which are on my 500 gb. Plus i have more music on my laptop which has 2 hard drives, a 320 gb, and a 250gb. I back up all my music and crap on my 2 tb. and then my pics are backed up on my 320 gb hard drive, and so on. so its like if one hard drive fails, there is a back up on another one.
     
    ESK Tr3v, Jun 30, 2010


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    I have a Maxtor HD for over 6 years...works great
     
    gtpossie, Jun 30, 2010


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    take care of your shit or it will end up like tr3vs LOL
     
    VeX, Jun 30, 2010


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    I was thinking of going with western digital

    but after this....
    i might go with maxtor or seagate
     
    PHAZE, Jun 30, 2010


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    do internal hard drives crash?
     
    PHAZE, Jun 30, 2010


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    Lol of course internal hard drives can crash, anything can crash if not taken care of properly.
     
    Vincent, Jun 30, 2010


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    western digital are the best i recommend u get that one, do not waste your cash on a segate hard drive they are crap!!! im still suffering from that mistake
     
    mixtapeking, Jun 30, 2010


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    Had my seagate for years man and had no problems with it as yet. Like I said, you have to take care of your devices in order to ensure the proper lifespan of them.
     
    Vincent, Jun 30, 2010


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    go with seagate, like trigga said in his post, they almost never fail. either that or toshiba. or get yourself a 2tb desktop drive and get a case, you can even get a sata to usb cable for 10 bucks
     
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    I did some research and decided to go with the seagate external hardrive goflex
     
    PHAZE, Jul 1, 2010


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    awesome. i guess this thread can be closed now.
     
    Wicked Stunts, Jul 5, 2010


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    i have a toshiba & a maxtor one for around 2 yrs........both 500gb........both afre working fine.....but performance wise, i'll surely prefer maxtor over toshiba...as toshiba one after exchanging large amount of data, becomes little hot....and obviously the access rate is higher in maxtor one........
     
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    if its speed you want you cant go wrong with any esata or usb 3.0 drive
     
    Wicked Stunts, Jul 10, 2010


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    is seagate any good?? i need to get one but i dont know which to get :(
     
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    I have my brother in laws WD 250gb External Hard Drive in front of me right now... its on the verge of failing... im backing up all his info right now. This another western digital external HD to add to the list of Failed HD's.
     
    ESK Tr3v, Jul 15, 2010


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    seagate is pretty good, well thats what i have
     
    Batty_Mon, Jul 16, 2010


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