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So my external hard drive is beginning to creak--I'm very close to maxing out its space, and as I continue to purchase new music and so forth, that's just not going away.
Anyone have any recommendations for a reliable external hard drive with plenty of space? I'm on a Dell laptop about 2 years old...
People tend to have their preferences wrt hard drives, but you can't go wrong with seagate.
Western Digital is pretty stable and secure, too. Of course, it depends on whether you're looking for something more portable or something that's going to sit on your desk. I have two portable drives I've been very happy with, from two different manufacturers, that I got because of their size and not their relatively stability/security. What's your priority, Suela?
I don't need them to be that portable, really--I mostly use the external drive for backup and for my music (and some video files).
We were just looking at external hard drives yesterday. The one thing I noticed was that Seagate ones had something like a five-year warranty, whereas most other brands only had one year.
Five years is pretty tempting, I have to say!
I've always been very happy with Seagate drives. That said, if it is just for extra storage, I picked up a 500 GB USB 2.0 made by Buffalo (The mechanism is a 7200 RPM Samsung) for $119 at Fry's Electronics.
I want a terabyte drive. Just because it sounds so sci-fi. (I think there was a ST:TNG episode where Data's memory was described in terms of terabytes.) Plus maybe it will bring back the naive feeling that many of us got when we got our first hard drive: "This thing is so big - I'm never gonna fill this puppy up!"
Or maybe we've all learned our lessons and that naive feeling ain't ever coming back....
You can now get 1TB external drives at Best Buy.
That said, if it is just for extra storage, I picked up a 500 GB USB 2.0 made by Buffalo (The mechanism is a 7200 RPM Samsung) for $119 at Fry's Electronics.
Oh, nummy. If I had the extra cash, I'd so be there.
The warranty is a very nice part of the Seagate thing, and worth a few extra bucks, but Seagates also stand up over time--assuming you don't overheat them, of course, or do any other user malfunctions to them. I think they're worth the money you pay for them, especially if you have a vested interest in the data you keep.
I have a Tivo question. when I press the "guide" button on the remote, it changes the channel to 48 and up pops the guide feature.
This is a new "feature" of the button. It just used to pop up the guide WITHOUT changing the channel. Is the remote going on the fritz or do I just need to change batteries?