http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx Forum - General Discussion - What is a good external HD to purchase? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Tue, 17 May 2016 05:54:04 GMT Tue, 17 May 2016 05:54:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx Tue, 17 May 2016 05:54:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx Tue, 17 May 2016 02:57:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx Tue, 17 May 2016 01:11:15 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx https://www.shop.bt.com/products/seagate-2tb-expansion-usb-3-0-desktop-3-5--external-hard-drive-steb2000200-B8NF.html

When looking for an external drive, avoid anything that says 'portable' because with them you're paying for the physical size, not capacity or speed. Lots of manufacturers simply rebadge someone else's HDD and stick it inside an enclosure, so check the specs! NAS drives are a good idea if you have lots of family members also trying to access the storage, but if it's only going to be yourself using it then they are probably unnecessary. Hope that helps ]]> Mon, 16 May 2016 15:59:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx You might want to pick a few key things from this list to base your purchase on:
-large capacity to price
-long warranty
-good reviews (even read the bad ones to see what happens if something goes wrong)

Personally I've been using a Samsung M3 1tb drive that I plan to replace for something bigger soon which is apparently actually manufactured by Seagate.

Also, to lower the chance of damage, you'll want to treat it fairly carefully to avoid accidental drops or anything that could damage the disk.


Edit:
If you have about £200 spare, you might want to invest in a NAS like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-ShareCenter-Network-Storage-Enclosure/dp/B008HNRD4I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463379552&sr=8-1&keywords=nas
and put a couple of 1/2TB drives inside (Best go with WD Red for this)


If you want to, you're also able to set it up so that it puts the same information on both drives so if one fails, your data is not lost.
edited by MrDrWho13 on 16/05/2016]]> Mon, 16 May 2016 07:11:55 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5696-what-is-a-good-external-hd-to-purchase.aspx
I am getting so much information on programs to load, that I am going to fill up my computer. Plus, a place to store all the video files would be a plus. I do not have any techie friends to ask, so since I know you all use maximum space, too, I figured why not ask here.

I have used both Seagate and Western before and they both have crashed. I have not been using one one in about 5 years. Suggestions?

Thanks.]]> Mon, 16 May 2016 02:07:05 GMT