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    Best Portable External Hard Drive in your opinion

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by chen, Aug 17, 2008.

  1. chen

    chen Notebook Deity

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    Which is the best portable external hard drive in your opinion....give me some suggestions....I will be using it for storage and back up device
     
    chen, Aug 17, 2008
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  2. KUNFUCHOPSTICKS

    KUNFUCHOPSTICKS Notebook Consultant

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    I have a 160GB WD passport. WD makes reliable drives, this one is no different. Although i wish the case was stronger and the usb port was tighter.
     
    KUNFUCHOPSTICKS, Aug 17, 2008
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  3. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    IMO the older Seagate portables were the best. They were metallic and VERY sturdy. Wish I didnt sell mine. Right now I have a Hitachi 160GB.

    [​IMG]
     
    lixuelai, Aug 17, 2008
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    Western Digital's My Book is a good external hard and you can get one at a good price with a lot of hard drive space on them.

    500GB for $140
     
    TeraInformer, Aug 17, 2008
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  5. darkazally

    darkazally Notebook Enthusiast

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    wd passport is your best bet.
     
    darkazally, Aug 17, 2008
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    ajbarr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Pretty tough to beat the Apricorn portable HDDs... small, tough, fast... powered by the USB bus itself. Mine has traveled constantly for the past 4 years... over 400k air miles and counting. Gets used daily. One of the best tech purchases I've ever made.

    aj
     
    ajbarr, Aug 19, 2008
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  7. stirfriedsushi

    stirfriedsushi Confuse a Cat LTD

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    i would just go for seagate because of the warranty. hard drives don't break that often on their own, so you want good protection. and a 5 year warranty is pretty good.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Aug 19, 2008
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    "best" would be a SSD with esata enclosure
     
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  9. stirfriedsushi

    stirfriedsushi Confuse a Cat LTD

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    you need something to be able to read that and so far, i haven't seen a laptop that can.

    can you point one out to me?
     
    stirfriedsushi, Aug 19, 2008
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  10. illogik

    illogik Newbie

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    HP dv5t series has eSATA/USB combined ports, dunno how that works
     
    illogik, Aug 24, 2008
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  11. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The Dell Latitude E series also has eSATA/USB. It is designed to fit both connectors (not simultaneously though). I have an expresscard eSATA for my laptop. The Vantec enclosure is pretty good. A lot cheaper than prebuilt ones and faster too! (3.5" drive vs. 2.5" drive though, I use my Vantec 3.5" storage at home and 8GB memory key on the go).
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 24, 2008
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