Which portable hard drive to get?

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#181232 7-Oct-2015 10:30

Hi guys,

I am in the market to buy a portable HD, 1TB will be enough for me. Prices seem to be around $100, give or take.

I was wondering what the difference was between the following HD's, and is it worth paying the extra $$?

I will be using it to hold Videos, Pictures, documents etc, just the normal stuff. I don't travel much/at all, so it would likely be kept at home.

Imation or WD or WD My Passport or Seagate for $78

Thanks

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#1401575 7-Oct-2015 10:34

Buy the cheapest or the one you like the look of. They're all basically the samr

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#1401587 7-Oct-2015 10:43

I have found over the years Seagates tend to fail more than other drives.

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#1401621 7-Oct-2015 11:11

Yeah, I never use to touch anything but Seagate, but lately WD seems to be the more reliable brand. Ive still got a 160GB WD external unit thats about 8 years old now, still ticking along happily :)

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#1401641 7-Oct-2015 11:21

The main thing is to get USB3.

I've used a 1TB and a 2TB Seagate for about a year with no problems (but intermittent light usage only)

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#1401649 7-Oct-2015 11:30

Just dont move them when they ate running. The people I know who have the mose "unexplained" failures are always picking the drive and their laptop up and walking around, pushing it to the side so they can use their mouse etc.

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#1401739 7-Oct-2015 13:36

I think the WD passport doesnt have sata on the internal drive, making it harder to recover data if things go wrong (I know its one of the WD's)
Otherwise, get one with the longest warranty.

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#1401792 7-Oct-2015 14:58

On special for $88 at the moment:
http://www.harveynorman.co.nz/event/run-out-clearance/wd-1tb-elements-portable-storage.html

But yea as already mentioned the drives don't have the standard SATA connectors on them so if something goes wrong with the USB interface you can't rip the drive out of the housing and connect it directly to a computer.

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