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    Which External Harddisk to buy

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dhruva, Sep 11, 2008.

  1. dhruva

    dhruva Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Friends,

    I am from India. I want to purchase external hard drive for my laptop. I want 250-500GB storage space and it should be portable (I may use it while travelling). Currently I'm stuck between following brand names

    >Seagate Freeagent Go 500GB
    >Seagate Maxtor 250GB
    >Maxtor Basics 250GB
    >LaCie 250GB
    >Transcend (its a bit expensive)
    >HITACHI 320 GB USB EXTERNAL HDD WITH 3.5" CASING

    Can you please tell me which brand is more reliable.

    Thanks in advance
     
    dhruva, Sep 11, 2008
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  2. scott.ager

    scott.ager Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the FreeAgent 500GB. I like it. Works on a spare 1394 socket right out the box and thus, frees up an extra USB slot. Uses its own AC adapter with the 1394, so don't know if it can run off a laptop USB running on battery power.
     
    scott.ager, Sep 12, 2008
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  3. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Try and Google the off brands like Maxtor. I am saying that the off brands don't normally make the HDD and if you can find out what is really inside it could help. I like Hitachi but do know a fanboy comment. Seagate is one of the big 3 and would not say anything bad about them.
     
    powerpack, Sep 13, 2008
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