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Subject: OT - seeking 1TB hd recommendations

MartinW opened this issue on Mar 25, 2008 · 12 posts
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MartinW ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 6:49 AM · edited Mon, 25 November 2024 at 8:13 PM

It's spring cleaning time again and I need to back up all my data, documents, podcasts, programs, etc.. This time around I want to do it all on to one drive (with secondary backups on other drives) and to do this I need something like a 1tb drive to fit it all on!

So - any suggestions as to whose drives to look at or which to avoid?

BTW for those suggesting retailers...I'm in the UK

TIA

ghonma ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 10:05 AM

I'v been using a couple of IBM/Hitachi 7K1000 Deskstars for a while now. Fast and stable, no problems so far.

coldrake ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 12:59 PM

I consider Seagate to be the best hard drives out there.

Coldrake

xpac5896 ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 3:28 PM

I would think the best hard drive to buy is the one which is going to give you the least MTFB(Mean time between failures),  price and don't forget the warranty, granted the warranty is not going to replace the data you lost but it will replace the hard drive which can get a little pricy especially on the 1TB range. Needless to say all this info can be gotten from the manufacturers site. Good Luck

dvlenk6 ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 3:42 PM · edited Tue, 25 March 2008 at 3:42 PM

I have a Western Digital 1TB SATA (WD RE2-GP WD1000FYPS).
Then I have a 1TB MyBook (WDH1U10000N) also. That is a USB hotswap external drive. Not as fast as the internal, but real handy, if you are physically transferring data between comps. not on a network.
Either one is around $US 250.00. The external one might be a little bit more; but not over $US 300.

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pjz99 ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 3:44 PM

Seagate has been pretty good to me, I've owned probably 15 Seagate drives over the years and they've all been pretty well behaved.

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pjz99 ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 3:44 PM

Seagate has been pretty good to me, I've owned probably 15 Seagate drives over the years and they've all been pretty well behaved.

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pakled ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 4:02 PM

it's worth saying twice...;) I've used Seagates since I popped 2 30meg HDs into a (then) brand new 286 back in the day...;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

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drifterlee ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 5:02 PM

I have two Western Digital 1 Terrabyte each hard drives in my new PC and they are great. They are the new Green (Poser savers) type and they run really cool compared to my old drives. Very cool to the touch. I had a heat problem and they reduced the heat in my case by at least 10 C or more.

Flak ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 5:09 PM

I'll put a good word in for seagates and western digitals.

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Willber ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 6:14 PM

I would spread that 1T across 4 drives....less chance for a disaster.
My 2 cents.

MartinW ( ) posted Tue, 25 March 2008 at 6:39 PM

Thanks all for the suggestions - looks like I need to go hunting for Seagate

Cheers...M

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