What is the best portable external hard drive brand ?

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Q. I want to buy a good external hard drive that's portable, and is also made by a good brand. Please give me details on some good models made by the company. Where is the best place to buy it, and where can I get a good price for it.
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It depends on the hard drive itself, not the company that makes it. For example, HP Pocket Media Drives use a hitachi hard drive. I think hitachi is the best and it makes the most hard drives in the world.

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The companies manufacturing external hard drives are Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor (a division of Seagate), Toshiba, SimpleTech, Iomega, Verbatim, and a few others.

Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, and Toshiba all manufacture their own hard drives.

SimpleTech seems to use Hitachi drives.

I don't know which companies' drives Iomega and Verbatim use.

I have an Iomega external hard drive, the rest are portable hard drives by Maxtor and Verbatim. If I had more money I would try the rest.

Which is the best? Doesn't matter, all hard drives are subject to manufacturing variances and tolerances, and damage during shipping by incompetent handlers. So if the drive does not work right the first few weeks return it for a replacement or a refund.

You might do best moving unnecessary data files from your PC to the external hard drive to free up space on the PC, and use the external hard drive to make backups also.

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