External Hard Drive - Which one is best?

[DaveMitsLancer]

oh dear oh dear....

it wasnt the photo of mark and his humous that got you all over exited was it ?

[Fidgits]

My Maxtor has stood the test of time thus far... looks good too

[davidd]

I've just bought a lacie 500Gb nas which is excellent. I've put it on a gigabit switch and it is all working really well so far.

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[Mazdagirl]

DaveMitsLancer said:

oh dear oh dear....

it wasnt the photo of mark and his humous that got you all over exited was it ?

God no! Although I had to sit down when I saw him eating it! I think its the influence of Enderbylass that made him do it! LOL

[rsv gone!]

Podie said:

You should be fine with anything from Samsung, LaCie, Western Digital, Hitachi and Seagate.

Avoid Maxstor and IBM Deathstars (IMO) - the only drive failures I've witnessed in the last 4 years.

I had two deathstars fail on me within a month of one another. Since then, I've used WD drives and find them reliable and quiet. I have a 500g Seagate in my NAS, which I find quite noisy.

BTW Hitachi are now affiliated with IBM.