What is the best external hard drive?

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Ferretfool

What is the best 500GB, 7200+rpm external USB hard drive, and why? Reading the reviews on Amazon they all seem rather inadequate. I want something that won't lose my data or crash, and if it were to have a great amount of cache that would be great as well, though its not required.

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It's best to assume that ALL hard drives will crash eventually. That's why you should be backing up your data. There is no crash-proof hard drive - that would be like a crash-proof car. if you drop it or hit it while it's on, it will most likely get damaged and lose data. the cache will help with speed - don't ask how - it's too complex to explain here. Get one with good warranty - the longer the better. Also know that in general, 7200 rpm drives are less reliable than 5400 rpm drives, but they are faster. Drives are made in factories all over the world, and some batches are better than others - so even with the same model, it may vary.

What is the best external hard drive for me?

afetishble

I use a 13 inch Macbook Pro, I have almost 6,000 songs in my iTunes library and would really like to back up my music, movies, and photos to an external hard drive, in case something happens to my computer. What size hard drive should I use and what brand is best? I'm hoping not to spend too much money, but I'm absolutely clueless as to what size I need.

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good thing is external hard drives are cheap. You can get a 1TB (1000GB basically) for around $50. Try newegg.com for reviews and cheap prices. Anything over 250Gb is probably good enough. Main thing is get one that supports your fastest port which is probably firewire or ieee so backup doesnt take long.

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