External Hard Drives

[pawikan101]

1 Terabyte

[slickprick]

Buy WD. Seagate is also OK. Never ever buy Toshiba. Have had 2 Toshiba drives crash on me after 3-5 yrs

[POKEMON_PEEKATYOU]

2 TB WD

[jasperchua]

My external drives are

1x - 1TB Seagate SSHD for movies & TV series

1x - 1TB WD My Passport for Photos & Important Docs

1x - 1TB WD My Passport backup of above

1x - 500GB Seagate 72000 rpm for my music collection

[slowfolks]

Any one know where i can get my external hd fixed? I had one about 5-6 years ago. Plugged it into the wrong outlet. Since then it wont work. Or is there anyway i can recover files from it?

[jasperchua]

havinh trouble with my external 2t seagate. di sya mag mount. 2 laptops and 1 desktop na natry ko. windows. pero gumagana naman sya sa tv as media device

 

I smell virus/malware.

[menemis]

1TB WD

[jasperchua]

Any one know where i can get my external hd fixed? I had one about 5-6 years ago. Plugged it into the wrong outlet. Since then it wont work. Or is there anyway i can recover files from it?

 

There are some shops in the SM Megamall and SM North EDSA Cyberzones that do this.

It will cost you quite a bit of money. The cost depends on the kind of damage too.

If it's just the power adapter, then the simple solution would be to replace it.

If the mechanical parts of the drive have a problem, the technician can recover your files by disassembling the drive and extracting the data from the platter.

If the platter is damaged, then (sad to say) it's time to move on.

Edited July 25, 2014 by jasper.lynch80

[jedi master]

Mas durable po ba ang external kesa sa internal HD?

 

Nag dadalawang-iisip pa kasi ako kung anong bibilhin sa dalawa para makapagback-up ako ng files.

[jasperchua]

Mas durable po ba ang external kesa sa internal HD?

 

Nag dadalawang-iisip pa kasi ako kung anong bibilhin sa dalawa para makapagback-up ako ng files.

 

Durability depends on many factors like how often you use it. The more you use it, the less durable it becomes. Then there's also physical damage to the drive - if the drive is dropped or fried due to electrical surge or improper handling of the drive (frying your drive with your own static electricity).

 

Look at it this way. If you use an internal drive for your backup, then it will stay within the computer (desktop or laptop).

An external drive is portable but with portability, you run the risk of dropping the drive or having something spilled on it, etc.

An internal drive is not portable (unless you bring your desktop/laptop with you).

 

If you have a desktop, then buy an internal drive to backup your files.

If you have a laptop, then buy an external drive.

If your backup files include media files that you'd like to play in a media player, then buy an external drive.

 

Decide by asking yourself these questions.

1.) What files are you backing up? How often do you need to backup? And what uses are those files?

2.) What is your budget?

 

I hope that helps somehow.

[faupel]

1TB Seagate

[chamfurado]

1TB seagate

[darkr]

1 TB Seagate.... I trust Seagate a lot.

[bulbo!]

1 tb seagate for me. The durability and the warranty of seagate is top notch.

[Soraoi_empire]

1 TB WD pero puno na need to buy again siguro 2TB na

[shiba]

1 TB Seagate will be enough since you just use it as a portable HD.

[Pure_FR]

Transcend Storejet Shockproof USB 3.0 portable hard drive very reliable. 1 tera just P3,180 in V Mall. US Military Standard specs.

[cheds20]

Been a long time since I bought an external hard drive. 2 320gb western digital hard drives since 2012 and both haven't failed yet.

[Gideon]

WD MyBook 3TB USB 3.0

[Saitama1968]

WD 2TB for me. I'm actually planning to set up a NAS soon. A 2 drive bay from Synology seems to be my best bet.

 

 

Good Choice Bro.. That's actually what Im going to do as well for my little set up.

[anonymousunlimited]

Crozier voyager air. 1gb. Wireless sia pero i think mas okay NAS. Badtrip lang mabagal ang net.

[dumae]

I really recommend WD Elements. Whether you get the USB2.0 or the USB3.0, it's nice off the shelf since it comes without any bloatware - parang large USB lang siya.

[jedi master]

Durability depends on many factors like how often you use it. The more you use it, the less durable it becomes. Then there's also physical damage to the drive - if the drive is dropped or fried due to electrical surge or improper handling of the drive (frying your drive with your own static electricity).

 

Look at it this way. If you use an internal drive for your backup, then it will stay within the computer (desktop or laptop).

An external drive is portable but with portability, you run the risk of dropping the drive or having something spilled on it, etc.

An internal drive is not portable (unless you bring your desktop/laptop with you).

 

If you have a desktop, then buy an internal drive to backup your files.

If you have a laptop, then buy an external drive.

If your backup files include media files that you'd like to play in a media player, then buy an external drive.

 

Decide by asking yourself these questions.

1.) What files are you backing up? How often do you need to backup? And what uses are those files?

2.) What is your budget?

 

I hope that helps somehow.

 

Thank you so much for your response. It does help and really appreciated

 

I'm planning to buy both instead for backing up photos and videos. During my backread, I got an idea on how to use back-up drives by transferring same types of files in one drive.

 

WD may be my internal while seagate for my external. 1tb each.

Edited November 14, 2014 by jedi master

[TheTerminator]

1 TB Seagate

[simon888]

seagate 4TB and a pair of 2TB western digitals.