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I am really interested in getting a terabyte hard drive. Ive almost filled my 320 Gb drive and I need to upgrade. Anybody know about a reliable brand that I could look into or maybe a specific model?
Thanks
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Do you use windows or mac? I have a Rugged with my Mac. It is 500 GB and 7200rpm. It has served me very well although they have upgraded quite a bit now:
Rugged 1TB
1TB storage, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt capability.
At any rate, the smartest thing to do when shopping on the internet is find a product you deem worthy of buying and then go out of your way to read every review written for it. People are good about reporting back about the good and more importantly the bad.
Rugged 1TB
1TB storage, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt capability.
At any rate, the smartest thing to do when shopping on the internet is find a product you deem worthy of buying and then go out of your way to read every review written for it. People are good about reporting back about the good and more importantly the bad.
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I have one, not sure of brand as I am at work right now, but I want to encourage you to go for 2TB. I got mine 3 months ago and it is 75% full. I also may have downloading issues.edit: to be clear, I got a 1TB and it is filling faster than expected.
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I have a Mac. Wow that one is really impressive, I am liking that a lot. Quite a bit more expensive than some of the others I have been looking into but probably worth it in the long run.
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if you get a 2TB drive you can download all the phish shows! About a gig each, 1500+ shows
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western digital -comes in 1,2,3, or 4 tbactually been trying to do research on these. my girl has got a bunch of kids photos and videos that she wants to save as well as music. thinking it would be a good christmas present.
any information on this sort of this would be much appreciated. but im thinking why not go with the 4tb for $210.00
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@ReadIcculus_ said: This one looks pretty crazy 2Tb external hard drivefor just about 60$ more you get 2 more tb with western digitals, my book 4tb.
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@Bozo3 said: @ReadIcculus_ said:In the long run probably a good move. I just could not see myself using 4,000 GB in the next few years. And who knows by that time external hard drives may be a lot more efficient than they are now.This one looks pretty crazy 2Tb external hard drivefor just about 60$ more you get 2 more tb with western digitals, my book 4tb.
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^gc readIcculus.i am trying to figure out the best solution for storing a shit load of kids pictures and videos as well as music. i just thought since its only $60 more why not.
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Western Digital and Seagate are probably the two most prominent and longest-lived manufacturers. They're probably a safe bet, relatively speaking.I have a Western Digital Elements 2TB. The first one unceremoniously went belly up after 6 months, but they replaced it for free (bastards charged me for shipping though), and the replacement has been working fine for over a year now. Make of that what you will.
True story: I had that WD drive die after 6 months of intermittent use, but, on the other hand, this very morning I woke up to find that I had finally lost my trusty IBM 120GB workhorse that had been running daily for 8 goddamn years (no joke). Moral of the story is you never know how long a drive will last.
I'd probably get bigger than a 1TB though. Storage is so cheap these days and it's always nice to have room to expand. I thought 2TB was unfathomably big when I got it, but I've almost filled it up without really trying. If you've got an extra 40 bucks or so, why not double your capacity, is my philosophy on that, but it's up to you.
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I have three Western Digital MyBook's (1 2tb and 2 1tb) and haven't had a problem with any. I'd recommend.
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last I heard, 2tb HD's and larger aren't as reliable as 1.5tb and smaller.
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@ReadIcculus_ said: This one looks pretty crazy 2Tb external hard drive
make sure your PC/Laptop can support USB 3.0.... 2.0 is still the norm for computers over a year old.
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I recommend this!http://www.buy.com/prod/toshiba-canvio-1tb-usb-3-0-2-0-portable-hard-drive-black/224614722.html
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costco has 2 tb on sale for $139.00i bought my 1 tb 1+years ago fo $160
if you can afford it go big, no such thing as having too much music
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I have a Seagate 1tb and it transitions between mac and PC very well. I dig it. I know that there is a formatting function you need to install prior to uploading onto the hard drive in order for it to be compatible between operating systems though. So I would look into that no matter what type of computer you are working with
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@joonze said: @ReadIcculus_ said:This is a very good point. But I believe USB 3.0 devices will work with 2.0 as well, you just have to use a 2.0 cable, which should still plug into the 3.0 port on the drive. It might not come with a USB 2.0 cable though, so you may have to buy one.This one looks pretty crazy 2Tb external hard drive
make sure your PC/Laptop can support USB 3.0.... 2.0 is still the norm for computers over a year old.
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I wish someone would give me mine back!!!!!
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Western Digital is a good brand.Get the 2TB. it doesnt cost much more than the 1TB and youre gonna need the space....eventually
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Western Digital is terrible brand! I'm 0-1 on that product. Its terrible. I have tons of files I cant load AT ALL... because its extremely slow and cannot be loaded up. Now I have to find someone to transfer these files into a new hard drive
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@cerqs said: Western Digital is terrible brand! I'm 0-1 on that product. Its terrible. I have tons of files I cant load AT ALL... because its extremely slow and cannot be loaded up. Now I have to find someone to transfer these files into a new hard driveIve never had any issues with speed or files not loading.
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