Do u own an External Portable Hard Disk Drive?

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  1. #1
    Hello,

    I am looking to purchase an External Portable HDD. Do u have an external HDD?.which company is it.? and how much space?..

    Regards,
    Hashif
     
    hashif, Oct 22, 2011 IP
  2. Rukbat

    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    I buy good Seagate drives and put them into external USB cases. Most external drives (other than Seagate) use cheap drives that won't last long. The end price is about the same. (And it's trivial to put the drive into the case. I did the last one in the car while my wife was driving us home.)
     
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    moffey Active Member

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    I use WD passport 320G
     
    moffey, Oct 25, 2011 IP
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    cluongo18 Member

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    Use a WD passport 500GB to record video to. Helps my PC run faster.
     
    cluongo18, Oct 27, 2011 IP
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    masato_sn Peon

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    I don't have portable HDD, I'm using Ubuntu One ( Cloud Storage ) it's safer for my important files, you'll get a 5GB storage for free account but if you want more space upgrade to premium account.
     
    masato_sn, Oct 27, 2011 IP
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    deluxdon Catch Me If You Can...!!!™ Staff

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    I suggest you to go with Seagate. For better online deal go to ebay,flipkart,letsbuy etc.

    DON.
     
    deluxdon, Oct 27, 2011 IP
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    1 TB Seagate is great for backing up your data.
     
    Justin_Dupre, Nov 4, 2011 IP
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    sstevens Member

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    There are lots of HDD with good price in ebay. I bought mine in ebay and I'm highly satisfied and also purchased it in a much lesser price.
     
    sstevens, Nov 4, 2011 IP
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    heloraghu Member

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    i have seagate with a capacity of 1 TB, for the accurate backup & it is very fast
     
    heloraghu, Mar 26, 2012 IP
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    PhillipC Greenhorn

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    I have western digital 1.5 TB, when I was looking for external hard drive, they told me this is one of the best.
     
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    josefaryan Member

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    Yes, i do have 320 GB external portable hard disk (which is manufactured by WD). However, It's not working right now and don't know the reason.
     
    josefaryan, Mar 28, 2012 IP
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    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    Then never listen to "they" again. While WD used to be one of the best, it's now just about the worst. Stick with Seagate.

    @josefaryan:
    There are too many failure modes for an external drive for anyone to be able to diagnose your problem here.
     
    Rukbat, Mar 28, 2012 IP
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    #13
    recently i bough 1 TB external sea-gate hard drive.
     
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    just added now a days disk doctors special offer provided free 1 tb external hard drive
     
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    I bought a 500gb external brand buffalo.
     
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    I have a couple of them, ranging from 160 GB to 2 TB. Would be totally lost without them!
     
    CyberSnake, May 13, 2012 IP
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    i own a seagate portable hard disk of 1TB and it costs $100
     
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    i owned recently Western Digital external hard drive. it is good for now.
     
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    I just buy a external portable hard disk drive with 160 GB. Great use of it in my daily work.
     
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    1TB Clickfree drive backs up everything every 4 hours including the OS just plug it in and forget about it.
     
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