External HardDrives, about 1TB

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External HardDrives, about 1TB

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In 2 or 3 days I'm goin to buy a new external HDD, cause my burner is dead now (oh yeah! I won't be doing snail mails for some time).
I was lookin through web, googling a little lookin for some really reliable stuff. I'm still stuck in opinion that Western Digitals are pretty ok to use and non-problematic. Can someone confirm my thoughts or do you have different opinions? Want to buy 1TB or maybe 2TB. Doesn't matter, quality matters :) Tia for sharing your thoughts here, especially with links ;)
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well i have had a couple of WD external drives in the past and for me had nothing but issues with them.
my last 2 external drives are buffalo drives..
both models are the same as just bought another a few weeks ago as i liked the one i already had.
both are also 1tb each
http://www.buffalo-technology.com/produ ... -turbousb/

i have had no problems with any of them and i have the 1st one for a couple of years now and all is good

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Quite a few people I know use Western Digital or Seagate external drives and have been very happen with them.
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I just got a WD 2 TB for $99 and quite happy so far.
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Unfortunately, can't find Buffalo HDDs here. WDs are popular, as much as many different opinions I read lol.
King_Nothing wrote: I just got a WD 2 TB for $99 and quite happy so far.
Which one have you bought? :)
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I would go with WD or Maxtor (my favourite)
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my too sepu, maxtors still good as externals?
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damage jackal wrote: my too sepu, maxtors still good as externals?
I've a 1Tb Maxtor external and I love it
I think Maxtor are really good hard disks..
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Do you guys know how to check load/unload cycles for disks?

Btw, I think I'll choose this one: http://www.drb-memory.com/storage/compu ... -uesn.html
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Krzych wrote: Unfortunately, can't find Buffalo HDDs here. WDs are popular, as much as many different opinions I read lol.
King_Nothing wrote: I just got a WD 2 TB for $99 and quite happy so far.
Which one have you bought? :)

Hey man, I have this one here:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/wes ... 39727aen02
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