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External hard drive - help

brokensocscene
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
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External hard drive - help May 05, 2009 at 06:12 PM UTC #
any recommendations? Western Digital any good?

preferably 1 TB external hard drive…
RatBastard
Joined: January 07, 2003 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 2955
Re: External hard drive - help May 05, 2009 at 06:20 PM UTC #
For IDE I'd stick with WD.  For SATA WD and Seagate have done well for me.  Take it all with a grain of salt though, as long as you stay away from off brands, make of HDs is one of those personal preference things.
Chip Chanko
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 742
Re: External hard drive - help May 05, 2009 at 06:51 PM UTC #
Avoid LaCie.
sonickteam2
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Re: External hard drive - help May 05, 2009 at 07:07 PM UTC #
i've always bought Seagate and never had a problem.
brokensocscene
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 01:23 PM UTC #
thanks everyone :)

vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 04:57 PM UTC #
Chip wrote:
Avoid LaCie.


This is the best advice of the group.

I'm an all Western Digital household myself….
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 05:56 PM UTC #
That's a good drive and a good price (I paid $130 for mine).  I have used many of those (and its predecessor) in the past couple years or so.
DeathFromAbove1979
Joined: November 29, 2006 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5038
Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 05:59 PM UTC #
Hello wrote:
this is the one I was looking at:


http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p1_Western-Digital-1TB-My-Book-trade-Essential-Edition-trade-2.0-External-Hard-Drive_193956_Business_Supplies_10051_SEARCH

1 TB for $99.99

Holy shit, that's an amazing deal. I was looking at them at Best Buy, 500 gbs are like 130 or 140. Im totally getting this.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 06:03 PM UTC #
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:I was looking at them at Best Buy, 500 gbs are like 130 or 140. Im totally getting this.


This is a great deal and worthy of jumping on, but don't forget about newegg, which usually destroys Best Buy's price.
brokensocscene
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 9016
Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 06:10 PM UTC #
only good til 5/9/09.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Holy shit, that's an amazing deal. I was looking at them at Best Buy, 500 gbs are like 130 or 140. Im totally getting this.
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 22608
Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 07:26 PM UTC #
joe, that's a great deal on a good drive.  book it.

alternative: if you don't/can't buy this deal right away, consider signing up for buy.com's daily e-mail newsletter.  they feature a 1TB for under $100 at least once a week, if not more often.
brokensocscene
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 9016
Re: External hard drive - help May 06, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC #
will doooo…i'm excitedddd
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