what in your opinion is the best external hard drive?
I have been doing some research hoping to get the best external hard drive for my husband and learned that the Western Digital isn't good and I have mixed feelings about the Seagate. I recently started looking at the HP simplesave and I haven't found anything bad about this product yet and I was hoping someone with computer expertise could help me decide which external hard drive is the best in your opinion out of any hard drive you have ever used or heard about.
Thank you for your help!
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5 Responses
Ralph - March 8, 2010
That is funny. When I was doing my research it appeared that Western Digital seemed to get a little less bad press than other brands. I own 2 1TB My Book Essentials. They seem alright so far. The price was right too. Just so you know these drives at Walmart on Black Friday are $80 plus tax. Even better than what I paid. I also own a Seagate FreeAgent Go 250GB. It is a portable. No problems there either. Thing I realized is that any drive can fail at anytime. Back up what is truly important to you as much as possible. My music folder is in my laptop and all 3 of my external drives. I have put alot of time and effort into it. Would cry for a year if I lost it. Hope some of this rambling helps. Good Luck with your future purchase.
kevin ? gent - March 8, 2010
hitachi and samsung SATA drives
i have these 2 drives
which i put in a case /caddie
no problems
Jonel U - March 8, 2010
I recommend western digital external hard drive. .
for best protection I would suggest the MyBook Studio II, it have two hard drives you can either set to raid 0 to combine the two drives for maximum speed and capacity OR set to raid 1 to have one disk mirrored to the other.
The thing is all external hard drive will fail soon regardless of brand. If you store important files having an external hard drive with RAID1 configuration is the best solution.
http://www. joenelumal. com/peripherals/hard-drives/thanks-god-for-my-book-studio-edition-ii/index. html
I also have a 1TB MyBook Studio (with only 1HD), been using it for almost 2 years and it still works fine.
Lastly before you decide on which brand to trust, check the warranty and verify and see if they offer it locally to your area
Nate B - March 8, 2010
I actually love WD. I bought all of my drives from them and they’re all amazing.
Mev - March 8, 2010
I agree with the others who have recommended Western Digital. I have 7 WD drives ranging from 6 months to 5 years old and all of them are still going strong.