Suggestions for a good External HD?

[Sapphire]

I'm thinking of getting a 1TB external hard drive for my laptop to free up some more space on it. I was thinking of getting this one here, but I want to see if anyone here knows of any better one's that are better/equal price or better/cheaper price.

My budget is $100 or less. :T

Oh, and please let it be small--something I can fit into a purse/size of a hand.

[creamcorn]

seagate and western digital are good brands
however, in my experience external harddisks usually have short lifespans so whatever youre buying be prepared to buy a new one again in 2 years or so

the ones that are \\\'portable\\\' are usually the small ones, they dont have a bigass adapter but instead 2 usb cords one for data transfer and 1 for power
also look for 2.5 inch on the box

if wanted a suggestion to a specific one then i guess this info is pretty useless to you

[GhostingFish]

$199.99!!!!! WTF!!!    That is a little too much for a 1TB



Better choices:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=4227

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=4227

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=4230

[shura]

western digital

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[Sapphire]

$199.99!!!!! WTF!!!    That is a little too much for a 1TB

I mean, it says $119.00.

Shura and CC, I will look into wester digital.

[GhostingFish]

just in case wester digital doesn't work out this one is under $100

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=4230
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[rtil]

if you do get one and you ever feel like it's starting to die on you back it up immediately. i don't know anyone who's had a good experience with external HD's in terms of lifespan and reliability

[billy]

what rtil said

you should know i have had about 5 external hard drives and i am always very careful with them and some of them i don't even move around, and ALL of them have DIED and I lost EVERYTHING on them.

[Sapphire]

oh shit. i'll be sure to do that then. :c

[Sapphire]

What are some other options besides external HD's?

[MarcK]

Get a mediafire account and upload ZIPs

[Sapphire]

fuk u Marck!!!

[MarcK]

i really dont see the problem with doing that

[Sapphire]

Actually you're right, that's not a bad idea. I'll probably be doing that this weekend.

Are you using a paid account to store your stuff, or just their basic?

[aether]

I got this sleek lil fuckr right here and although i thought it might have died from just sitting i found that it worked after a while for no reason. so other than being a bit annoying they come with a good warranty plus upgrade options and the storage/size you are looking for.


edit: found a better one here

[MarcK]

Actually you're right, that's not a bad idea. I'll probably be doing that this weekend.

Are you using a paid account to store your stuff, or just their basic?

Well there is 1 issue that you're depending on a website and if its really personal stuff theres always that risk of gayness and shit but yeah, past that it doesnt look ridiculously bad as long as you're not looking to upload so much or could make multiple free accounts
http://www.mediafire.com/select_account_type.php

[Sapphire]

I got this sleek lil fuckr right here and although i thought it might have died from just sitting i found that it worked after a while for no reason. so other than being a bit annoying they come with a good warranty plus upgrade options and the storage/size you are looking for.


edit: found a better one here

Well, I did end up going with something from Western Digital. But I would take that slick piece of gold in the second link any day.

Actually you're right, that's not a bad idea. I'll probably be doing that this weekend.

Are you using a paid account to store your stuff, or just their basic?

Well there is 1 issue that you're depending on a website and if its really personal stuff theres always that risk of gayness and shit but yeah, past that it doesnt look ridiculously bad as long as you're not looking to upload so much or could make multiple free accounts
http://www.mediafire.com/select_account_type.php

I kind of just want a place where I can back up about 40% of my files and place all my older files that I want to keep but don't want on my computer.  But I'm probably gonna use mediafire to hold all my videos and audio stuff I've done over the past couple of years. The current external I have only holds projects, videos, music, etc.

[Sinitron]

seagate and western digital

I'm just going to quote this in case anyone missed it.