There are NO good hard drives, but essentially you get what you pay for. I have 6 drives - 4 of them are G-Drives and three of those are the only drives that have never failed.
― Border Lie (admrl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Buy a G-Drive if you want an external HD
thanks adam, i think i'll get a g-drive
― john water (harbl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
alternatively you could get two Western Digital HDs for almost the same price, if you're paranoid enough to do a double backup
― Nhex, Sunday, 17 October 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I have one of those and it pretty much stopped being reliable after the first fortnight.
― Border Lie (admrl), Sunday, 17 October 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ok it's plugged into my computer and i literally just lolled looking at it in finder. "931.02 GB available." it's hilarious!
― john water (harbl), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
looks even more impressive in bytes
― koogs, Thursday, 21 October 2010 08:34 (thirteen years ago) link
So far pleased with my Seagate 1TB GoFlex Desk.
USB3 option is nice.
― Lee626, Friday, 19 November 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i got a samsung story the other day and it's working out just fine some deal on newegg 1Tb for $90 it also does usb 3 which is mad faster than 2
― Anangelsingingandplayingluteforafuckingunicornthatcumsliquidfire. (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
eman, does your 1TB have a separate power supply, or is it FW-powered?
― death from abroad (lukas), Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:04 AM
separate (1 yr later)
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Thursday, 23 December 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
my experience says the opposite lol
i think i had a seagate die on me a couple of weeks after this
― BIG HOOTY aka the Sapperticker (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Those Big Box Chain Store hard drives suck, don't they? I am embarrassed to own one.
― Cubby Wubby Nubby Hubby Dubby (u s steel), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
OWC has external drives that are sort of bulky and ugly, but do not suck
macsales.com
― just woke up (lukas), Thursday, 6 January 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Just bought another 2TB from them yesterday. I have several and they most definitely do not suck.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 6 January 2011 01:19 (thirteen years ago) link