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External Hard Drive (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter telejd
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I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Port...=UTF8&qid=1375366058&sr=8-3&keywords=passport and my wife has had a similar looking 1 tb version for a couple of years, so far without any problems
Niels
Niels
Mad_Sunday
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+1 for the passport, I have the 1TB version, works fine!
Pete
Pete
Steve Arlow
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I have two of Western Digitals 1TB drives for the past 2 years with no problems.
Geoff Brown
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Another :t: for Western Digital from me as well.
Linfordbirder
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I have a 4 year old 1TB Western Digital (My Book), a 6-year old Western Digital 300GB (My Passport) portable drive, and two 1 year old Western Digital 500GB (My Passport) portable drives.
Worked in IT for years and WD have been highly reliable in my experience.
Worked in IT for years and WD have been highly reliable in my experience.
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Steve Arlow
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I prefer the external hard drives that have an on/off switch so they can left plugged into the machine but switched off when not needed.
I have a Lacie drive which doesn't have this and is active the minute machine either switched on or plugged in.
Capacities are moving forward rapidly. My 1TB WD drive was the largest capacity when I bought it two years ago and now I think some are upwards of 8TB with 4TB at the same price I paid for the 1TB
I have a Lacie drive which doesn't have this and is active the minute machine either switched on or plugged in.
Capacities are moving forward rapidly. My 1TB WD drive was the largest capacity when I bought it two years ago and now I think some are upwards of 8TB with 4TB at the same price I paid for the 1TB
Robert L Jarvis
Robert L Jarvis
I also run a Western Digital 1TB and an Iomega 500mb. But the WD is better. I should also add I run 2 computers, one for all internet work and one for processing, video work etc.
fugl,
I had hoped that someone with more knowledge than I had jumped in. But here are my two cents, if I have misunderstood something, hopefully someone will correct me.
Solid state drives have faster access times and a higher cost per storage unit as far as I know. The question is to what extent the faster access can be realized when it is an external drive that (I assume) relies on a USB connection to actually bring the data over. If the drive is a backup space that you only use say every 2 weeks to 1 month, I would question if the advantages are big enough over a traditional HD. If it is a constantly connected backup system that makes a copy every time you have completed something, then it may make sense.
Niels
Thanks for your comments, Niels. I only backup sporadically so my main concern is longevity/reliability rather than speed though of course the faster the better. I've had a conventional external backup drive for several years and it's been very reliable so far (fingers crossed) though also very slow (USB1, I think) and it's getting full. I intend to keep on using it for important stuff with the new (and bigger) drive backing it up. One nice thing about the SS drives is their comparatively small size. Well, we'll see. . ..
alancairns
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At the present price point, SSDs are unsuited to the purpose of data backup. They are pricey and smaller than HDs.They're great as boot and programme drives - I use them exclusively for that. For an external backup drive a large spinning platter drive is best. If you want smaller, there are plenty of USB bus-pwered 2.5" drives available. They are very suitable too.
Alan
Alan
