external vs internal hardrives?

Mr. Vitami

what are the advantages and disadvantages of an external hard drives (ie Seagates; Western digitals)

Answer
The pro's of an external drive is that they are portable and allow you to connect to another computer and have your data readily available (but no app's), while an internal drive is faster and more reliable (the controller on external drives are subject to failure much sooner then internal drives). Despite Atom's musings, external drives are not immune to viruses. Check out my link below and you will see that some Maxtor external drive come preloaded with a virus. You are also limited to the amount of external drives you can have plugged in by the number of USB or firewire ports that your PC has (theoretically, you can chain 127 devices together, USB or firewire, but I have not seen to many devices with another port that allowed you to do this).

What external hard drive is the most reliable?

Goushirou

I've been reading multiple reviews for various brands such as iomega western digital and seagate and for each brand people are complaining about them breaking or dieing and as a result I am super confused. So what IS the most reliable brand? More specifically whats the most reliable portable external hard drive that has at least 500gb of space?

Answer
Honestly Western Digital is one of the most reliable..

The people who complain online are the very few that get defective drives, so don't mind anything you read.. Unless it's from a trusted source.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QEBMB4?ie=UTF8&tag=eawatolobefa-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002QEBMB4

That's a 1TB Western digital for under $100..

Here's a 1TB Iomega that stands upright:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GALRIA?ie=UTF8&tag=eawatolobefa-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003GALRIA

$75 for that one.. Nice.

$80 for Seagate:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UI49XA?ie=UTF8&tag=eawatolobefa-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001UI49XA


Also, I'd be sure to get a 3.5" vs the 2.5 laptop hard drive versions, which are quite a bit slower..

Hope that helps :)

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