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Which company do you think is the best in external hard drives? i was thinking of buying one. Maxtor, Seagate, or Transcend. I heard transcend is shook proof.
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You forgot the best-selling I think, and that is Western Digital. (if I'm not wrong)

And for your info, I bought a W.D. 150GB ext HDD last week for 2800/- INR
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The best advice I can give you is to avoid Maxtor at all costs...there is a reason they are usually so cheep. 5 years ago, I bought 10 Maxtor HD for work and within a year all 10 had failed and had to be replaced. I have never had enough good experiences with Maxtor drives to remove this memory.

I would say WD is your best bet for a great drive. Just remember to back up crucial data from it. I have a tendency to have 2 backup copies of crucial data. I try and live by the backup adage "2 is 1 and 1 is none".
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This means I have none backup copies of my crucial data lol. You opened my eyes, thanks :grin:
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In the IT industry we have a saying..."Your job is only as secure as your last GOOD backup"
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I would say WD is my favorite HD.
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yeah i agree with your comment on Maxtor. i had a 40 GB maxtor drive and it works like shit. bought it long time ago. also, as far as i know, Maxtor and Seagate are same companies. cheaper variants are maxtor.
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Now a days , transcend has also improved some of the features of external drives . I think it would be better .
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I think seagate harddisc is best of them all.
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i Think WD rocks as it is cheaper then segate and provide 5 Yrs Warranty.
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I just got this URL from a friend:

It shows a new 1Terabyte external drive that is USB 2.0 for about $100!!!!
Not sure about the reliability of this drive as it is so new but it would make a nice external dump area for mass downloaders.
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Thanks for the info TaL!

Hitachi is a good name though but 100$ for a 1 TB external-HDD is quite cheap, what say?

Seems they are planning to take over the external HDD market with this, lets see how does WD responds to this.
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I think I may just have to get one so I can 'test' it out LOL

For $100 I don't think you can go wrong with it
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Got a WD external HDD 160GB yesterday.
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Got a WD external HDD 160GB yesterday.
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FYI, do not forget to register your WD drive at wdc.com. It would show your 3 year warranty period. If you have proper bill of purchase, you can request to extend the time period to reflect correct warranty expiry date.
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FYI, do not forget to register your WD drive at wdc.com. It would show your 3 year warranty period. If you have proper bill of purchase, you can request to extend the time period to reflect correct warranty expiry date.
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wow great. Thanks for telling this, I would have never found this out myself. Registered successfully.
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I would say WD is my favorite HD.
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Most external hard drives (including all of the other Best Reviewed drives) attach directly to your computer. Network-attached storage drives, however, can connect to a wired or wireless router with an Ethernet cable.
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External hard drives are great for backups and are easy to install.


1.LaCie 2big Quadra 2TB

Stylish and sturdy direct-attached RAID box.
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I've bought WD Elements 1.5 TB hard drive (3,5'' form factor). It relies on external power source (unlike 2.5'' drives) but that's not a big deal since I don't take the drive off my table. It's quiet, doesn't get hot (just slightly warm), stands on rubber feet, and it automatically goes stand-by when not in use to save power. Mine came formatted but with no bloatware preinstalled, so I just plugged it in and transferred files to it. Yes, it's a USB 2.0 device but that's enough speed for me since I don't have USB 3.0 ports anyway...

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