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Old 12-28-2008, 05:23 PM   #1
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Default Portable hard drives?

Which ones do you recommend? Just trying to avoid the junk brands.
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Old 12-28-2008, 05:29 PM   #2
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I got an Apricorn EZ BUS DT, 80GB for $120.

but that was like 3 years ago.... Im sure you can find them cheaper now.
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Old 12-28-2008, 05:37 PM   #3
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I have a little Western Digital Pasport drive... 300 gig... picked it up about a year ago for 120 or so (great deal at the time). never had any issues with it...

check out Newegg.com or TigerDirect.com read the reviews there. really good prices.
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Old 12-28-2008, 05:53 PM   #4
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Seagate and Western Digital are two of the top brands. My bro had a couple of WDs fail on him when he built his comp a few years ago, switched to Seagate and hasn't had a problem. I got a 250 gig Seagate protable this past summer for 100 bucks at wal-mart. Not on any special sale or anything.
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:17 PM   #5
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Seagate and Western Digital are two of the top brands. My bro had a couple of WDs fail on him when he built his comp a few years ago, switched to Seagate and hasn't had a problem. I got a 250 gig Seagate protable this past summer for 100 bucks at wal-mart. Not on any special sale or anything.
yeah I have a WD iBook and it's crapped out on me a couple times... but never completely... just where it wouldn't be recognized via usb for a week or two...

seagate is what I'm looking at next for my desktop... tigerdirect has a 1.5TB for like $140... though it has some firm ware issues...
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:49 PM   #6
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whatever brand you decide get one in a 2.5 inch size. power via usb is most convienient. ever consider just getting an enclosure and stuffing your own hd in there? i have a rocketfish enclosure thats the shit
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