Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian is the expert but it depends on whether you are running it all the time or just occasionally. For occasional use any brand will do. For 24/7 use (or if you are just paranoid like me), buy your own enclosure (SATA/FW/USB/whatever) and get a good quality drive. My current preference is Seagate for 3.5" and 2.5" because my local PC shop says he has had no problems, Brian said they were good a year or 2 ago AND they have a 3 or 5 year warranty. Also don't get the biggest drive possible, get a lower capacity one (currently around 500GB) because it pushes the limit of manufacturing technology less hard. BTW, SATA is much FASTER than USB2 or FW400 so if your PC/Mac has eSATA interface, get an enclosure with eSata interface. Regards, Spencer On Aug 26, 2008, at 18:52, Aram Langhans wrote: > What are some good brands of USB external hard drives of 1 TB in > size? I > had a lot of trouble with Western Digital drives the last few years at > school. Many had to be returned as they crashed. How about Seagate? > LaCie? Hitachi? > > What would be the best quality drive to get? >