Simviation Forum - External Hard Drive Choices

Jul 15^th, 2010 at 4:44pm

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As it is my birthday, I dropped a hint about wanting an external hard drive, roughly 1 to 1.5TB.

I thought the Western Digital My Book Essential (1TB) was really nice as it had password protection, but the reviews on it were really bad.

The other WD one is the WD Elements (1.5TB). Thought this might be the one, but I've done some more reviewing and this one seems to have a life of its own:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/Other-Externals/WD-Elements-with-permanent-access-no...

I've also looked at some Seagate models, both 1 and 1.5TB. I've heard different opinions about Seagate ranging from it's top of the line and that it's going South.

As far as my experience goes with hard drives, I've always used Western Digital.

Comments/Preferences would be greatly appreciated. There's no big hurry in getting one right now.

Chris

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Reply #1 - Jul 16^th, 2010 at 4:14am

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I've always used Western Digital, but I've only heard good things about Seagate, and Samsung. Not sure what you should get.

you can find specials on hardware here:
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/cat/computing

happy birthday too.

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Reply #2 - Jul 16^th, 2010 at 2:12pm

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I've emailed my IT Guru brother-in-law to see what he thinks.

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Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 7:55am

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I've had a Seagate FreeAgent USB 500GB for a while now with no problems at all. Obviously, it is slower access than inboard, but not enough to be concerned for most usage. I used it to transfer all my files from the old box to this one. I am satisfied with it. I think I got it from Crucial but I don't remember how much I paid.

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Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 1:44pm

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Been looking for something similar, but the USB connection is too slow I think.

What if there´s a SATA plug on the PC, can you then plug a harddisk in via a Dockingstation an get the same performance as a HDD connected to the MOBO?

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Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 12:12pm

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patchz wrote on Jul 25^th, 2010 at 7:55am:

I've had a Seagate FreeAgent USB 500GB for a while now with no problems at all. Obviously, it is slower access than inboard, but not enough to be concerned for most usage. I used it to transfer all my files from the old box to this one. I am satisfied with it. I think I got it from Crucial but I don't remember how much I paid.

Thanks, Larry.
I seem to have put off wanting to get one after all the reviews I've read.

My brother-in-law uses a WD Passport for his external drive and he likes it.

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Reply #6 - Aug 6^th, 2010 at 12:57pm

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Almost gave up on finding one, but I finally decided on getting the WD Elements 320GB external hard drive.

No software, smartware, crapware. It's formatted at NTFS. All you have to do is plug in the USB cord.

As of now I have regained 19GB of space on the internal hard drive. Also thought it might be a good idea to make a copy of Ground Environment Pro II. I have 160 ground texture sets built and I don't want to rebuild them again as it takes 15-19 minutes to build just one set.

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Reply #7 - Aug 11^th, 2010 at 10:49pm

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aussiewannabe wrote on Aug 6^th, 2010 at 12:57pm:

Almost gave up on finding one, but I finally decided on getting the WD Elements 320GB external hard drive..........

It ain't the blue one that sorta mimics the look of a little 'notepad' is it?

I finally saved my pennies and went with an HP 1TB unit.

The WD 320GB I did have would not always start with power-up, or would freeze about half the time after it was a few months old.

Got tired of that real quick! Now I run FSX from the HP external and have the most awesomely performing sim ever!

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