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Old March 15th 18, 09:29 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default External hard drive advice please

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I'm looking for another external drive or two. My usual source has both
Seagate/Lacie and Western Digital. It looks like 1 or 2TB are the
smallest ones these days. Price range is around $50 to $100 per terabyte.

Lacie prices are double Seagate models of same capacity - is Lacie the
better quality version of Seagate?

Western Digital models are generally in same price range as Seagate.

Or should I look at other brands? I'm willing to spend up to about
$100/terabyte for greater reliability.

All advice and recommendations gratefully received and carefully considered.

Thank you,


I don't even look at anything other than WD and Seagate. I have and use
daily both manufacturers drives. I've had both fail before warranty and
with both companies warranty replacement is relatively easy.

I do prefer Seagate over WD but it's because of WD's bundled software.
One of their drives was a "U3" model and would create a virtual cd and
run some backup software when mounted. I didn't like that and had them
replace it with a model without that feature. I believe it was a
Passport model that I got changed to a Elements model of the same size
(waa a 1Tb drive).

I have a 3Tb Seagate, 2Tb Seagate plus various smaller ones, some in
enclosures. I have a 2Tb WD, couple of 1Tb WD's and smaller units in
enclosures. All of them have been running for years, some 24/7 and all
show no signs of any issues. One's even a refurbished warranty
replacement. All are now past warranty period so ...
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