What is a good reliable brand of external hard drive for a laptop?

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I bought a laptop about a year ago and I have been thinking of purchasing an external hard drive to start back up my laptop on to, in case something happens to it. I am not familiar with any of the brands, can anyone point me in the right direction?

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The best brand is Iomega eGo 250 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive 34646 (Ruby Red)
Its specifics are

Stylish colors - Available in Ruby Red, Midnight Blue and Silver
Rugged - Perfect for travel environments, the Drop Guard feature protects the drive when dropped up to 51"
Secure - Receive a full suite of protection solutions when you purchase USB 2.0 eGo Hard Drives!
Iomega now includes McAfee VirusScan Plus, Iomega QuikProtect, EMC Retrospect Express,
3 Year Warranty - with product registration

I found it at great price here:
http://www.amazon.com/Iomega-Portable-External-Drive-34646/dp/B0029D8DGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286532476&sr=8-1=&tag=tawkisd-20

What is the best brand name for external hard drives?

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I'm looking to get a 1TB external hard drive for Christmas. The only thing that's important is that it's going to be reliable and I won't have to worry about drive failure or data loss for a few years at least. What is the best brand and/or model to get? I was looking at a Verbatim one for $79 but I also seen an IOmega one for the same price. I never heard of IOmega before and I'm thinking it's a matter of the brand name of the drive itself that defines the quality.

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You need to do some better research. Iomega have been making computer storage devices for 30 years. Their zip, jaz and ditto drives were famous.

Here are charts of external drive manufacturers performance to help you decide - http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/external-hard-drive-charts/benchmarks,26.html

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