whats a highly reliable hard drive?

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    I have a few hard drives i'm wanting to transfer over to one big hard drive. what is the best brand of a hard drive known for being reliable? I would say make backup disc, but it'd be like a full terabyte of data, so your looking at a lot of disc.

    had a western digital external, but it ended up crashing, i really dont want to go with them. any ideas?
     
    XTP605, Jun 21, 2011 IP
  2. Digital_shubhi

    Digital_shubhi Illustrious Member

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    Go for Seagate. I use it and just love it. :) No problem till now.
     
    Digital_shubhi, Jun 21, 2011 IP
  3. theswiss

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    Seagate is a good hard disk drive for pc
     
    theswiss, Jun 21, 2011 IP
  4. The Webby

    The Webby Peon

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    I have three Seagate drives, all crashed while within the warranty. Sent them to service center, received Seagate certified refurbished hard drives. Two of them crashed again within two months..
    Never gonna recommend Seagate to anyone..

    Go for Western Digital Caviar Black, expensive but worths every penny. Using 8 of them right now, No problem at all.
    Also, if reliability matters to you, in relation to data loss, consider using RAID 1..

    PS: don't go for WD Caviar Green, they suck.
     
    The Webby, Jun 21, 2011 IP
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    wolvereen123 Peon

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    Hi

    go with hitachi hard drive. It better than seagate.
     
    wolvereen123, Jun 22, 2011 IP
  6. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    We typically use only WD (Western Digital). Nicest thing about them is their RMA process is extremely efficient, so even if there is a problem, getting a replacement drive is fast and easy.
     
    Mia, Jun 22, 2011 IP
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    tazseo Guest

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    IOmega is best m using it, and has not crashed at all, running superb!!!!
     
    tazseo, Jul 1, 2011 IP
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    samsung hard drive is a highly reliable.
     
    markjonny, Jul 2, 2011 IP
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    dairyman Notable Member

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    Seagate is again my choice when it comes to hard disks. If budget is not a problem, then you can go in for solid state drives
     
    dairyman, Jul 2, 2011 IP
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    SEAGATE ...
    i have bought new 500Gb, and its working great ...
     
    princekiller1992, Jul 2, 2011 IP
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    MoonlightxSonata Well-Known Member

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    I vote for Seagate as well. I've have a 320GB one for over a year and no problems whatsoever.
     
    MoonlightxSonata, Jul 3, 2011 IP
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    Seagate must reliable hard drive.
     
    Xwebmaster, Jul 4, 2011 IP
  13. hurtswhenilaugh

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    hitachi is good.
     
    hurtswhenilaugh, Jul 6, 2011 IP
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    Seagate is best
     
    a.rahmanwgl, Jul 14, 2011 IP
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    1- Seagate 2- Western digital both are good but I prefer SG
     
    1truth, Jul 14, 2011 IP
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    I would suggest WD.I have had very good luck with Western Digital. I haved used 10 and never lost data on one while it was under warranty.
     
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    I haven't had any problems with Seagate HDDs to this day. Would recommend them.
     
    a.oprea, Jul 15, 2011 IP
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    I've had a Seagate for over a year now without any problem whatsoever.
     
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    I think the last desktop hard drive I bought was a Hitachi 1TB a couple of years ago. It's quiet and hasn't died... yet
     
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    WD is not reliable as an external harddrive it will crash even with a very minor shock Just go with any Segate 7200RPM harddrive.
     
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