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David
I just want a solid external hard drive for backup purposes. I have an iMac with a 1TB hard drive. I'll never use that up, so somewhere between 640-1TB should be good. I want to be able to use it for quite a few years too. Thanks.
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"I have an iMac with a 1TB hard drive. I'll never use that up, so somewhere between 640-1TB should be good."
I have discovered a maxim about storage: 'Data expands to exceed available space". It is a corollary of 'You can never have too much speed (GHz), memory (RAM) or (disk) storage.' I remember when I got my first 3GB drive and had the feeling of never being able to fill it. I have more RAM than that now.
I would choose a good enclosure (from reviews like those at Newegg.com) and then choose an appropriately sized HDD for it. This will preclude you from vendor lock in like WD and Seagate have been doing with proprietary software in their recent all-in-one drives. This also allows you a simpler way of swapping out a dead or dying drive and reusing the casing. I have several generic enclosures that I use regularly as well as a drive dock, which is designed and built to eject drives with out opening the case (like a toaster). You might consider one of these as well.
Vantec NexStar NST-D100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392029&cm_re=nst_d100-_-17-392-029-_-Product
Newegg's listings for enclosures by rating:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclosures&Order=RATING
Good luck.
"I have an iMac with a 1TB hard drive. I'll never use that up, so somewhere between 640-1TB should be good."
I have discovered a maxim about storage: 'Data expands to exceed available space". It is a corollary of 'You can never have too much speed (GHz), memory (RAM) or (disk) storage.' I remember when I got my first 3GB drive and had the feeling of never being able to fill it. I have more RAM than that now.
I would choose a good enclosure (from reviews like those at Newegg.com) and then choose an appropriately sized HDD for it. This will preclude you from vendor lock in like WD and Seagate have been doing with proprietary software in their recent all-in-one drives. This also allows you a simpler way of swapping out a dead or dying drive and reusing the casing. I have several generic enclosures that I use regularly as well as a drive dock, which is designed and built to eject drives with out opening the case (like a toaster). You might consider one of these as well.
Vantec NexStar NST-D100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392029&cm_re=nst_d100-_-17-392-029-_-Product
Newegg's listings for enclosures by rating:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclosures&Order=RATING
Good luck.
What is a good external hard drive brand?
Geo27_90
I want to buy an external hard drive to backup my data i would like a 320-500GB hard drive and i was wondering what is a good brand to buy also my budget is 120 dollars.
I need it to backup 180GB of space,
Oh and I heard that "click free automatic backup hard drive" is good would current owners recommend it or not?
Answer
Western Digital. I've had a terabyte one for almost a year and no problems whatsoever
Western Digital. I've had a terabyte one for almost a year and no problems whatsoever
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