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I'm in the market for an external hard drive. WD, Seagate? Which is best model/value?
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The eSATA connection is far faster, but the USB connection allows use on other computers.
Stay away from WD. They reduce warranty coverage to 1 year only for their external enclosures.
I've lost far more external hard drives than internal...and only managed to get _one_ replaced under warranty. Of the two WD drives I lost, I had to spend over $2,000 to get the data back.
Seagate has a 1.5TB model with eSATA, FW400, and USB2.0.
Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1.5TB, $175 at Amazon, free shipping if you have Prime membership.
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-External-Drive-Black-ST315005FPA2E3-RK/dp/B001FWCB8Q
Stay away from WD. They reduce warranty coverage to 1 year only for their external enclosures.
I've lost far more external hard drives than internal...and only managed to get _one_ replaced under warranty. Of the two WD drives I lost, I had to spend over $2,000 to get the data back.
Seagate has a 1.5TB model with eSATA, FW400, and USB2.0.
Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1.5TB, $175 at Amazon, free shipping if you have Prime membership.
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-External-Drive-Black-ST315005FPA2E3-RK/dp/B001FWCB8Q
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I have a Seagate FreeAgent 250GB USB for over 2 years. It is very quiet operating and works like a charm. I got it for $89 at the dell.com website by googling it and finding the best price with shopping results listing.
I'm sure you can get a bigger 1TB drive now for about the same price.
www.Newegg.com has very competitive prices and sometimes offers free shipping.