Most Reliable External HD

[DaveinOKC]

I am in the market for a portable external hard-drive. I am looking for around 1TB. I have a lot of photos I need to back up and reliability is the most important thing to me. I have heard with external HDs you almost have to have your data backed up on the second external HD.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David

 

[Ride Da Fire]

maxtor

 

[Werewolf]

You can't go wrong with Seagate.

Over the years I've owned Western Digital and Maxtor drives. those have all eventually failed. The PC's I've had with Seagates have never failed.

As for external I've had 160 Gb USB external HD by Seagate for about 3 or 4 years now with no trouble. Now I use it on my PS3 as storage for DLC, pictures and music.

 

[dieseltech09]

I have a WD 250gb for about 3 years now and have had no problems

 

[poopgiggle]

The thing with HD brands is that everyone has their own favorite brand, mostly for no good reason. Disks fail, so everyone says, "I had a (Seagate|Maxtor|Western Digital|Samsung) that failed so now I only use (Seagate|Maxtor|Western Digital|Samsung)." Buy something from a major manufacturer, and expect that the disk will eventually fail, because it will. Make backups. Consider getting an external enclosure that supports RAID 1.

To be fair, occasionally one manufacturer will come out with a model that is actually a lemon that you should avoid. To avoid this, Google "[HD manufacturer] [HD model] sucks" and read the results. If lots of people were having problems, make sure the manufacturer has fixed whatever the problem was.

 

[BoomerShooter]

maxtor

Is no longer in business...

 

[MrBaldy]

The thing with HD brands is that everyone has their own favorite brand, mostly for no good reason. Disks fail, so everyone says, "I had a (Seagate|Maxtor|Western Digital|Samsung) that failed so now I only use (Seagate|Maxtor|Western Digital|Samsung)." Buy something from a major manufacturer, and expect that the disk will eventually fail, because it will. Make backups. Consider getting an external enclosure that supports RAID 1.

To be fair, occasionally one manufacturer will come out with a model that is actually a lemon that you should avoid. To avoid this, Google "[HD manufacturer] [HD model] sucks" and read the results. If lots of people were having problems, make sure the manufacturer has fixed whatever the problem was.

+1, NAS units are cheap.

 

[KOPBET]

Is no longer in business...

Acquired by Seagate.

 

[KOPBET]

The thing with HD brands is that everyone has their own favorite brand, mostly for no good reason.

This.

RAID is there for a reason folks.

 

[338Shooter]

I've had the best luck with WD drives, but all HDDs fail.