On the subject of external hard drives -- I'm in the market for one, not necessarily a portable one. Anyone have any favorite brands or models to stay away from?
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
Clearly Memorex disagrees with my opinion.
RE: external hard drives. Since the enclosure itself is relatively cheap (meaning you're not risking a lot going with an unknown brand), I think you could go with anything with a decent rating on Newegg. There are several with 5 star ratings up right now.
One to probably avoid: I have a Galaxy brand enclosure that has a cheap power connector that I have to be careful with - any slight jostle might interrupt the power. It's not bad enough to make me want a new one, but it's enough to make me try a different brand next time.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
I'd avoid the Seagate FreeAgent line- I had one of those start glitching and refusing to read within 6 months. Fortunately it kept working (sporadically) long enough for me to transfer the contents onto a different drive.
Even if the mechanics worked properly, an external drive with no hardware off-switch? Bad idea.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Wow. Thank you so much.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by aiua: On the subject of external hard drives -- I'm in the market for one, not necessarily a portable one. Anyone have any favorite brands or models to stay away from?
I have a MyBook, and I like it.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I think there is a device, actually... my friend Mark told me of something that would get information off of a defunct laptop hard drive onto an external, and I can't imagine this would be that different. He said you could probably get it at Best Buy, but he didn't tell me what it was called...
Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :
I would second Sterling's recommendation to avoid the Seagate FreeAgent line... To be honest, I avoid the entire Seagate line
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