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I need a 2 TB external hard drive help please

markinsandmarkinsand Posts: 184
edited December 2011 in Technical Stuff and Help
I need to get a 2 TB hard drive for all my PJ stuff but looking around on amazon and newegg and reading reviews it's impossible to find a good one (at least it seems that way) tons of review with externals arriving DOA or failing after 6-12 months.

What do you guys suggest?

Thanks.
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  • GratefulJamGratefulJam Posts: 1,803
    Best Buy has 2tb externals drives for $150. Cant beat that. I have had a few Western Digital and they have worked beautifully.

    Make sure you get one with the latest usb capabilities 3.0 or 3.0 whatever.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    we have one, forget the brand... althought it's no where near 2 TB, it's been cranking along for several years....

    seems like nowadays, you need a backup of your back ups
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  • brother123brother123 Posts: 792
    Western Digital makes good external drives. If you have firewire I'd look for one of those.
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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    Costco has 2TB external Seagate drives for $99! Pretty good deal & Seagate's supposed to be one of the best brands.
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    _ wrote:
    Costco has 2TB external Seagate drives for $99! Pretty good deal & Seagate's supposed to be one of the best brands.

    Just got a Seagate 1TB for Mac, so far so good! :D
  • HeisenbergHeisenberg Posts: 4,957
    I just had a hard drive crash and went to a tech to fix it. When I asked him what I should look for when buying a new drive, something he suggested was to buy a drive that was easily accessable, meaning easy to open up in case it ever needs repaired. He said Lacie and Seagates are a pain in the ass for him because they typically don't have exposed screws and are nearly impossible to open up without destroying the drive. Just a thought.
  • CloneOfASonCloneOfASon Posts: 1,080
    If you're comfortable handling a screwdriver and aren't intimidated by plugging in a few cables I would recommend picking up an empty enclosure and bare drive (from Best Buy or wherever). Often times bare drives will come with a longer warranty than the ones in enclosures. In addition if you ever decide to replace the drive with a larger one you'll only need to pay for the drive.
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