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I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
$80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology" in
one corner.)
Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the other?
(I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
TIA
Ken Bland
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I would suggest that you look at IOmega before you buy. They have an
extensive line of drives at reasonable prices. I have used their external
drives for many years and have not had any complaints, yet. My machine
currently has two IOmega USB drives connected to it and my wife has one on
hers. One of my drives is used exclusively for backups and the other is
partitioned for regular data use; hers is used strictly for backups.
HTH
TRCSr
"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Bland
>
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Justin Thyme wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
I've been very happy with Western Digital MyBooks.
Malke
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"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Bland
>
Western Digital every time..
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Seagate.
You'll find you get different answers from different people, all a matter of
opinion as far as mfg's go.
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"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Bland
>
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"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
Seagate agreed to purchase Maxtor in December 2005. Maxtor had had
significant problems.
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
I own a mix of WD and Seagate drives. My primary system uses Seagates, the
laptops have WDs.
All manufacturers go through periods where their products are better or
worse.
HTH
-pk
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Bland
>
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Hello,
Some Seagate external drives have 5 year warranty periods but note that this
only covers the hard drive, not the data inside the hard drive (the same for
all other manufacturers).
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"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Bland
>
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"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:gfsi6u$dbk$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
[Quoted Text] > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same price,
> $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe Seagate and
> Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor technology"
> in one corner.)
>
> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
$80-90 sounds like a very good price, but I just wanted to offer another
alternative you should consider.
An external drive is nothing but a regular internal IDE drive mounted in an
external box with a USB connection. Besides choosing an external dive, you
could also choose to buy an internal drive and an external box. You'd have
to mount the drive in the box yourself, but it's extremely easy to do, and
takes under five minutes even if you're all thumbs.
You may not beat that $80-90 price (an external box is usually around
$20US), but I think it's worth your while to see what you can buy like that
and compare models, specs, prices, etc.
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"Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > "Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:gfsi6u$dbk$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
>
>> I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
>> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same
>> price, $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe
>> Seagate and Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor
>> technology" in one corner.)
>>
>> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
>> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>
>
> $80-90 sounds like a very good price, but I just wanted to offer another
> alternative you should consider.
>
> An external drive is nothing but a regular internal IDE drive mounted in
> an external box with a USB connection. Besides choosing an external dive,
> you could also choose to buy an internal drive and an external box. You'd
> have to mount the drive in the box yourself, but it's extremely easy to
> do, and takes under five minutes even if you're all thumbs.
>
> You may not beat that $80-90 price (an external box is usually around
> $20US), but I think it's worth your while to see what you can buy like
> that and compare models, specs, prices, etc.
>
>
My sincerest thanks to each of you. After my original post I spent much of
the afternoon looking around for others' comments on various sites. No one
manufacturer made a product that everyone endorsed, but there seem to be
fewer objections and more recommendations for Western Digital than the
others. And yes, I learned that Seagate and Maxtor have become one company.
I had neglected IOmega, although the name was quite familiar to me.
Once again, thank you all.
Ken Bland
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Justin Thyme wrote:
[Quoted Text] > "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:ejGjIUVSJHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:gfsi6u$dbk$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
>>
>>> I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
>>> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same
>>> price, $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe
>>> Seagate and Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says "Maxtor
>>> technology" in one corner.)
>>>
>>> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
>>> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>>
>> $80-90 sounds like a very good price, but I just wanted to offer another
>> alternative you should consider.
>>
>> An external drive is nothing but a regular internal IDE drive mounted in
>> an external box with a USB connection. Besides choosing an external dive,
>> you could also choose to buy an internal drive and an external box. You'd
>> have to mount the drive in the box yourself, but it's extremely easy to
>> do, and takes under five minutes even if you're all thumbs.
>>
>> You may not beat that $80-90 price (an external box is usually around
>> $20US), but I think it's worth your while to see what you can buy like
>> that and compare models, specs, prices, etc.
>>
>>
>
> My sincerest thanks to each of you. After my original post I spent much of
> the afternoon looking around for others' comments on various sites. No one
> manufacturer made a product that everyone endorsed, but there seem to be
> fewer objections and more recommendations for Western Digital than the
> others. And yes, I learned that Seagate and Maxtor have become one company.
> I had neglected IOmega, although the name was quite familiar to me.
>
> Once again, thank you all.
>
> Ken Bland
>
>
Are you going to tell us what you decided to buy?
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"JD" <JD[ at ]example.invalid> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Justin Thyme wrote:
>> "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:ejGjIUVSJHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> "Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>> news:gfsi6u$dbk$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
>>>
>>>> I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
>>>> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same
>>>> price, $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe
>>>> Seagate and Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says
>>>> "Maxtor technology" in one corner.)
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
>>>> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>>>
>>> $80-90 sounds like a very good price, but I just wanted to offer another
>>> alternative you should consider.
>>>
>>> An external drive is nothing but a regular internal IDE drive mounted in
>>> an external box with a USB connection. Besides choosing an external
>>> dive, you could also choose to buy an internal drive and an external
>>> box. You'd have to mount the drive in the box yourself, but it's
>>> extremely easy to do, and takes under five minutes even if you're all
>>> thumbs.
>>>
>>> You may not beat that $80-90 price (an external box is usually around
>>> $20US), but I think it's worth your while to see what you can buy like
>>> that and compare models, specs, prices, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> My sincerest thanks to each of you. After my original post I spent much
>> of the afternoon looking around for others' comments on various sites.
>> No one manufacturer made a product that everyone endorsed, but there seem
>> to be fewer objections and more recommendations for Western Digital than
>> the others. And yes, I learned that Seagate and Maxtor have become one
>> company. I had neglected IOmega, although the name was quite familiar to
>> me.
>>
>> Once again, thank you all.
>>
>> Ken Bland
>
> Are you going to tell us what you decided to buy?
>
> --
> JD..
Sure, if you're interested. Western Digital $89.99 at Best Buy. Haven't
opened the box yet.
Ken Bland
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"Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >
> "JD" <JD[ at ]example.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23Qbt3ucSJHA.1560[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Justin Thyme wrote:
>>> "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:ejGjIUVSJHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:gfsi6u$dbk$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
>>>>
>>>>> I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
>>>>> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same
>>>>> price, $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe
>>>>> Seagate and Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says
>>>>> "Maxtor technology" in one corner.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
>>>>> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>>>>
>>>> $80-90 sounds like a very good price, but I just wanted to offer
>>>> another alternative you should consider.
>>>>
>>>> An external drive is nothing but a regular internal IDE drive mounted
>>>> in an external box with a USB connection. Besides choosing an external
>>>> dive, you could also choose to buy an internal drive and an external
>>>> box. You'd have to mount the drive in the box yourself, but it's
>>>> extremely easy to do, and takes under five minutes even if you're all
>>>> thumbs.
>>>>
>>>> You may not beat that $80-90 price (an external box is usually around
>>>> $20US), but I think it's worth your while to see what you can buy like
>>>> that and compare models, specs, prices, etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> My sincerest thanks to each of you. After my original post I spent much
>>> of the afternoon looking around for others' comments on various sites.
>>> No one manufacturer made a product that everyone endorsed, but there
>>> seem to be fewer objections and more recommendations for Western Digital
>>> than the others. And yes, I learned that Seagate and Maxtor have become
>>> one company. I had neglected IOmega, although the name was quite
>>> familiar to me.
>>>
>>> Once again, thank you all.
>>>
>>> Ken Bland
>>
>> Are you going to tell us what you decided to buy?
>>
>> --
>> JD..
>
> Sure, if you're interested. Western Digital $89.99 at Best Buy. Haven't
> opened the box yet.
>
> Ken Bland
>
I didn't mean to be so abrupt, JD, you probably wanted to know more about
the drive?
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB, USB 2.0 includes AC
adapter. Assembled in Thailand with drive manufactured in Malaysia or
Thailand.
I think the price was about the same at Amazon.com and Tiger Direct. They
would've paid the shipping but I got the drive faster buying locally.
Ken Bland
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Justin Thyme wrote:
[Quoted Text] > "Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:gg23uc$e92$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
>> "JD" <JD[ at ]example.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23Qbt3ucSJHA.1560[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Justin Thyme wrote:
>>>> "Ken Blake" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>>> news:ejGjIUVSJHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> "Justin Thyme" <Ken_Bland[ at ]Mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:gfsi6u$dbk$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and there are three office
>>>>>> supply/computer stores here offering 500GB units for about the same
>>>>>> price, $80-90, made by Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate. (Maybe
>>>>>> Seagate and Maxtor are the same company now; the Seagate box says
>>>>>> "Maxtor technology" in one corner.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would anyone with experience care to recommend one of these over the
>>>>>> other? (I know that two of them claim a 5-year warranty.)
>>>>> $80-90 sounds like a very good price, but I just wanted to offer
>>>>> another alternative you should consider.
>>>>>
>>>>> An external drive is nothing but a regular internal IDE drive mounted
>>>>> in an external box with a USB connection. Besides choosing an external
>>>>> dive, you could also choose to buy an internal drive and an external
>>>>> box. You'd have to mount the drive in the box yourself, but it's
>>>>> extremely easy to do, and takes under five minutes even if you're all
>>>>> thumbs.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may not beat that $80-90 price (an external box is usually around
>>>>> $20US), but I think it's worth your while to see what you can buy like
>>>>> that and compare models, specs, prices, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> My sincerest thanks to each of you. After my original post I spent much
>>>> of the afternoon looking around for others' comments on various sites.
>>>> No one manufacturer made a product that everyone endorsed, but there
>>>> seem to be fewer objections and more recommendations for Western Digital
>>>> than the others. And yes, I learned that Seagate and Maxtor have become
>>>> one company. I had neglected IOmega, although the name was quite
>>>> familiar to me.
>>>>
>>>> Once again, thank you all.
>>>>
>>>> Ken Bland
>>> Are you going to tell us what you decided to buy?
>>>
>>> --
>>> JD..
>> Sure, if you're interested. Western Digital $89.99 at Best Buy. Haven't
>> opened the box yet.
>>
>> Ken Bland
>>
>
> I didn't mean to be so abrupt, JD, you probably wanted to know more about
> the drive?
>
> Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB, USB 2.0 includes AC
> adapter. Assembled in Thailand with drive manufactured in Malaysia or
> Thailand.
>
> I think the price was about the same at Amazon.com and Tiger Direct. They
> would've paid the shipping but I got the drive faster buying locally.
>
> Ken Bland
>
>
I was just curious as to what you decided.
I use WD drives in my computer and then I have two USB enclosures that
contain WD drives.
Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. ;)
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[Quoted Text] > On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:11:35 -0600, JD <JD[ at ]example.invalid> wrote:
>
>>> Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB, USB 2.0 includes
>>> AC adapter. Assembled in Thailand with drive manufactured in
>>> Malaysia or Thailand.
> It may also be firewire capable. I think firewire is faster but I``ve
> heard arguments otherwise.
I think, due to other bottlenecks, the difference wouldn't be very
noticeable. I tried the firewire once during a storm of posts about the
speeds, for an ext drive and didn't see any difference over USB, but it
was a 5400 rpm, not the faster 7200 rpm's you get now, although I doubt
it would have made a difference. For my older, smaller ACOM & my
current WD externals, the times for equivalant operations seems to be
about the same as an internal drive. But there are so many variables
it's hard to be sure you're testing apples & apples; like, the USB is a
500 Gig & the largest in my machine is a 360 Gig.
> I had my Mybook 300GB connected firewire port until it started
> grinding. Got to call them and return. Has many files on it lost
> forever. Regards
> buddy b
Ouch. Good arguement there for the immediate and then periodic copy of
important data to DVDs. There should always be at least two backups of
important data. In theory one should even be offsite but that's not too
practical for many people.
Cheers,
Twayne
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