Which of these 3 portable hard drives is best?

Player

I need to get a new portable hard drive and I found these all similarly priced. They all have similar ratings and reviews so I need an opinion on which is best. I need one that can run fast and reliably and is very easy to use, like plug and play.

1. Toshiba
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B005J7YBOU/ref=sr_1_11?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1374788631&sr=1-11&keywords=portable+hard+drive+usb

2. Western Digital
http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Portable-External-Storage-WDBKXH5000ABL-NESN/dp/B006Y5UPZU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

3. Seagate
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STBX500100/dp/B00834SJSK/ref=cm_rdp_product

Answer
Western Digital lasts long and it is one of the best in the world.

Toshiba makes good hard drives but they don't last long and you'll need to replace them soon.

Seagate is an okay hard drive but its a more down market version of the western digital.

I say go with the Western Digital.

What portable hard drive would you recommend (preferably 1TB)?

Jordan

I am looking into buying a portable hard drive. I study Graphic Design at college and a Hard drive would be useful. I currently have a USB which is only 4GB which I feel won't be enough.

I have some factors to consider

Reliability: Fast and easy to use and doesn't experience regular problems.

Portability: Easy to travel with.

Durability/Lasting factor: Doesn't brake easily and lasts for a long time

Memory: As I said before preferably a 1TB (3.0 USB hard drive)

Price: I am looking around the price of £50-£100 for an external hard drive.

I have had so many mixed reviews on external hard drives I'm finding it difficult to make a firm decision. All Answers will be appreciated but the best answer will be the one that best fits my criteria :D

Answer
iomega is very reliable. it also has a warranty that comes with it (every external hard drive does).

Many students at my school get WD (Western Digital) because it's cheaper, but many of them had issue with it (it's not connecting, it crashes easily, etc. etc.)

Iomega works well. It doesn't overheat like some of Seagate does.

Seagate overheats and not many student use it.

G (sold at Mac stores) have pretty good ratings. But I don't know of many people who have this, and not many ratings online (last time I checked).

Online at tech forums, people rate and crit which external hard drives works best and is most reliable. You can also check Best Buy and compare each hard drive with one another. You should also go into the hard drive company's website/forums which will most likely have buyer's ratings. You should check those.

When I did that, Iomega had best ratings. It also runs on Firewire, which is far faster than regular USB which most hard drives still rely on. When you work with large files, it's best to have firewire. Saves you time.

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How do you transfer music from your ipod to itunes?

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<3 Mel and

i have a new computer and i need to put my songs onto it. Any help will be great!!!
hey Bella, omg, u got so many answers!
i think JIMMY IS GONE!!!!!!!!!

Answer
I personally prefer Sharepod. Its free, portable, very simple to use and also backs up playlists, playcounts and ratings. You can download it from here http://www.getsharepod.com/

Once you have backed up your iPod to your hard drive, import it into iTunes.

what external hard drive should i get?

Katie

I have a Macbook pro running os x 10.4.11....
I am a photographer and need to store the 100s of dvds full images some were other than in boxes under the bed!

having gotten all confused by spending the afternoon looking at the many options and poor feedback ratings. i need some help

i dont know if the system i am running is out of date for the new massive storage models of hard drive.

could any one suggest a reliable, easy to install hard drive ?

thanks x

Answer
buy a western digital
1 dvd is about 5Gb so 100 would be 500GB and for the future i would by 1TB or 2TB Hard Drive

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=725

if you keep at home and want to use it for like 5 years
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=621

if you need portable hard drive
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=720
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=569

A ultimate hdd
not portable but very fast good for photos and videos
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=756

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Any recommendation on external hard drive for computers?

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llyybbss

I have so many music and movies in my computer. I think it's time for me to purchase a external hard drive. Any recommendation on what to get and where to get it? Should I purchase it on-line or in store?

Answer
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822204083


Things to consider:

The 3.5" versions are larger and are the same laptop hard drives as those found in full sized desktop computers, They require an external power adapter, but are cheaper for the amount of memory they can hold. They require a stable surface and it also prevents them from moving around as much, giving them a longer life span.

The 2.5" versions are the same types found in laptops. They don't hold as much data as the 3.5" but they are portable and only need to be connected via USB (less commonly the SATA port). Portability means more expense and unfortunately since they get moved around, a higher chance (from a low overall chance) of data corruption

Depending on how much music and videos you have, a 1 TB should last you quite a while.

I recommend NewEgg because the prices are competitive and there are ratings from users. If not, Amazon.com is another surefire site to shop at.

Hope that helps,
Jon

Can I transfer music from my computer to my external hard drive without losing play counts on itunes?

Joe

I want to organize my music and put it all in one place, in my external hard drive. I currently have it all split up in different folders on my computer so if I were to move it I'm expecting it to say "Cannot play file. The original file cannot be found." Is there anyway to transfer it onto the external drive without having to import it all over again and lose my play counts? Thanks and sorry for the complicated question.

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Yes. This is pretty simple â just transfer my music from my work computer onto my Maxtor OneTouch, take it home, and transfer the music onto my home computer â but I rely on all of my song ratings, accumulated over thousands of hours of listening while I work, to populate my iPod Shuffle with songs from the âMy Top Rated Songsâ Smart Playlist. I couldnât find any information on how to transfer my music, while still retaining my song ratings, but I finally figured it out.
Before you do this, youâll have to first transfer the actual files to your new computer. You may choose to burn CDs, DVDs, or use a thumb drive; but using a FireWire cable is easiest for large libraries, unless you have a portable hard drive.
The first step to this process is to review your storage settings under your iTunes Advanced preferences, which can be found by selecting Preferences from the Edit menu (Windows) or iTunes menu (Mac), and then selecting the Advanced tab
The first option, âiTunes Music folder locationâ indicates where your iTunes media content is stored by default. Remember that this only includes the media content and not the library database itself. Whether all of your content is located in this folder is going to depend upon the next two settings found on this screen:

Keep iTunes Music folder organized determines whether tracks in your iTunes Music folder are automatically organized based on the track information found within each file. With this option enabled, iTunes will move and rename files within the iTunes Music folder as necessary into an ARTIST\ALBUM folder structure, and name each file based on its track name from within the tags itself. If this option is disabled, then files within the iTunes Music folder will be left with whatever name and sub-folder they were in when you first imported them, regardless of changes to the tag information within iTunes itself.

Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library determines whether files that you add to your library are automatically copied into the music folder, or left in their original location. When you import new content with this option disabled, iTunes simply âreferencesâ the file from wherever youâre importing it, rather than making a copy of it in your iTunes Music folder.

Tracks copied into the iTunes Music Folder become âManagedâ files (in that iTunes will manage the location and naming of these files), whereas files that are not copied into the iTunes Music folder are âReferencedâ filesâiTunes stores a full path to the file, but does not actually take any further action with those files in terms of organizing, renaming, moving, or deleting those tracks.

Note that content purchased from the iTunes Store or ripped from CD is always stored in the iTunes Music folderâiTunes is actually creating new files in this case so it has to have somewhere to put them by default. Therefore, this setting only affects existing files from your computer that are added to the iTunes library using the File, Add to Library option or by dragging-and-dropping them into iTunes from another folder.

So why is all of this important? How you have configured these options is going to determine how much flexibility you have when moving your iTunes media content elsewhere. In a default configuration where all of your media files live within the iTunes Music folder location ("Managed" files), and have been organized by iTunes, the process of moving your library may be considerably smoother than for a user who has a bunch of âreferencedâ tracks living in various locations and possibly even on different drives.

While iTunes can move your files to a new location in either scenario, the only way to move a library that consists of referenced files is to actually convert them to an entirely managed library in the process. Users who have built their own file-system organization for their media content and want to preserve that layout will likely find the process of moving their content to be much more challenging without creating a whole new iTunes library and reimporting it.

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