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best external hard drive

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dhodson

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my recent data disaster has made me decide to invest in an external HD
I was going to get another large internal but figured external would be smarter
any recommendations on a particular brand

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If I were to get one I'd go with Seagates since reliability is their key feature, but you can't really go wrong with any.
 
If you are concerned about archiving data, just burn it onto DVDs, make 2 or even 3 copies and store them in a safe environment. This is much cheaper unless you have 400GB+ worth of data. ;)
 
And takes forever... even burning 20 DVDs for only 100gb takes a good couple hours of swapping dvds. Optical media is pretty slow compared to hard drives; 16x is only 20 MB/s.

 
sorry i should have mentioned i need to back up about 150gig

mostly home video and pictures with the video taking up the room

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Brand choices these days are the Chevy-vs-Ford arguement. If you select the high-end drives of any brand, you'll get quality.

Oh, and I prefer Seagate. :p
 
Get yourself a Seagate. Good shock characteristics to handle the rigors of being an external drive. An aluminum 3.5" enclosure will do also... Vantec and Bytecc have some available.
 
I personally have always liked Maxtor drives, never had one let me down (knock on wood). In fact, I have a 2 gig maxtor in a side system that has been running pretty much constantly 24/7 for about 8 years.
 
anyone with experience with external network drives so i can leave it next to my access point

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I have a 300GB Maxtor external and love it. The metal case is durable as is the drive (it survived a car accident in my glove box!). The damn thing just works. Plus it doesn't freak out if you randomly disconnect it without using the unmount utility.
 
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