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External Harddrive recommendations?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by slymarketing, Apr 20, 2008.

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    I haven't been backing up my work for a long time, and I thought I really should start sometime soon.

    Do you use an external harddrive for this, and if you do, can you recommend one?

    Jens
     
    slymarketing, Apr 20, 2008 IP
  2. GameOver

    GameOver Well-Known Member

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    I saw the other day I saw a 1TB external hard drive that actually had 2x1TB hard drives in it however it copied the exact same information on to both harddrives so if one failed, the other one would still work. I may eventually get one of those but maybe not 1TB, as of now I will continue to use my 500GB one.
     
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    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    I have A Seagate 500 g.b external drive 60 months warenty ....
     
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    cool_78 Guest

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    I'd recommend one made by seagate, any model will do since I have use their brand for my HD with little problems over the years.
     
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Just get a normal 3.5" inch HD with external case. Seagate is a good brand.
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Just any USB 80 GB or 160 GB will do nicely, these do not need external power supply and so much more convenient.
     
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    For backups only? Any hard disk drive will do, as long as the capacity is large enough to do your archiving.

    Alternatively, if you have some spare hard disk drives lying around that can be used, try Hard Disk Recycling. I'm sure this is more environmentally friendlier than throwing them away.
     
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    i can say 500GB I/O Magic External HDD, i was using this hdd for more than one year, good performance
     
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    I've had good experiences with Lacie external HDDs.
     
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    slymarketing Active Member

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    Thanks a lot for all your suggestions.

    I have been thinking about a NAS, this way I could do backups from all my computers without having to move the harddrive to each computer.

    But what I really need is just an external hd to backup the computer I use the most. So, I guess a regular USB hd will do.

    Jens
     
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    I'm using wireless external drive box and it's making automatic updates every 2 days.
     
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    I use two LaCie 1TB disks, they are very reliable.
     
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    slymarketing Active Member

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    Bangalore,

    What kind of wireless external box are you using?

    Jens
     
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    i have an external 250GB SATA
     
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    Is that WiFi? Speed must be really terrible then in case you backup GBs of data :(
     
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    I currently backup all my stuff on a 500gb.

    I recommend buying a normal hdd and putting it inside a case, and that will be cheaper aswell.
     
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    slymarketing Active Member

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    I am mainly using a laptop, that's why I am looking for an external hd.

    Not sure if I should use one that uses WiFi or not, I guess it will be a lot slower with the WiFi, but then it might be easier to backup all my computers.

    Jens
     
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    I have a 250GB Ubuntu. Works fine. :)
     
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