becron
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I was looking for a good portable hard drive at lease 1 TB for backup that i can down load some pictures & movies on .Does any body have a preference , or which ones to stay away from . Thanks in advance
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aslakson
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I'm partial to the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex line of drives . . . you can get them in USB2, SB32 and ESata. I have 3 of the 1tb, and a couple smaller ones, and use them to store videos, movies and DVDs in the RV. I got mine at BestBuy (before the prices went up), but I've seen them lately at Walmart and Costco as well.
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bob213
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I have the Seagate FreeAgent also. Seems reliable and priced right. No complaints here. I got mine at Costco. Good price and great return policy.
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Golden_HVAC
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I heard that Seagate has had some bad reviews recently, while I have a Western Digital, and it has worked great for me.
You might want to check this link.
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I have a year old 750 GB or 1 TB (Can't remember that far back) Western Digital hard drive that plugs into my USB 2.0 port. They say that 3.0 is 3 times faster. I guess I can do a complete backup of my 4 GB hard drive time and again before filling it up.
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tktplz
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I have an Hitachi 2 TB external, a 2 TB Western Digital Green drive I added to my Desktop. I have 3 Western Digital 1TB Essential "Book" external drives for movies in the house, 2 TV's and in the TC 1 drive there. Each 1 TB holds almost 1200 movies in .AVI form that my Computer or media players play. The only drive I had a problem with, knock on wood, was a 320 GB Maxtor external drive. Hope this helps.
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Seagate or Western Digital - I have one of each.
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becron
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Thanks guys this helps alot ,still trying to research more about them ,any body know any thing about the iomegas or buffalo,i am still overwhelmed there are so many out there, only thing is i have 2.0 usb's
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DSchmidt_2000
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You might wait a bit. The floods in Thailand has driven up the price of hard drives.
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MrWizard
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i have (2) Acom external drives, and (1) seagate go flex 2tb drive
the fastest one is the 750gb Acom with "firewire" port
I really miss firewire, if your PC has firewire get a drive that supports that connection
all (3) of my drives have performed flawlessly
Options, always have options, and the journey goes much smoother
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Go to newegg and click sort by Best Rating. Read the reviews of the drives that fit your needs and then go from there. They have 319 Products.
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