Which Portable HDD to chose

[FuriOuS]

I want to buy 2.5" Portable 320 gb HDD
n am confused between Seagate & WD
Help me out guys

 

[Tachyon1986]

I want to buy 2.5" Portable 320 gb HDD
n am confused between Seagate & WD
Help me out guys

Well, I had a WD 320 GB HDD; but after 7 months of usage...some of the sectors got corrupted (I was getting a CRC error when trying to copy data).

I think this is probably because my idiot friend unplugged the USB cable when he realized that a file was taking too long to copy to the drive.

 

[vickybat]

Check WD passport essential or Seagate freeagent go. Both are good.

 

[Ponmayilal]

Go for Seagate GoFlex Ultraportable external HDDs. I have one 500GB drive that came with a USB2 adapter/cable. I also have one 1.5TB GoFlex ultraportable drive that came with a USB3 cable/adapter. The cable/adapter is interchangeable so that you can use the drives with USB2 or USB3 ports. The three screenshots that give the transfer speeds is below.

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The fourth one which is "As a USB2 device into USB2 port", the transfer speed is the same as in the third screenshot. ( can't upload this since maximum allowed is three )

You can see all and the conclusions in my post at Transend USB 3.0 PCI Card - Page 2 - Windows 7 Forums

 

[Zangetsu]

I want to buy 2.5" Portable 320 gb HDD
n am confused between Seagate & WD
Help me out guys

Dont buy Seagate HDD instead buy WD or Hitachi bcoz their RMA Service so
pathetic almost take 1month to replace & give a HDD with label as
"Seagate Certified Repair" so that u cant sell it to anyone....

whereas WD gives a new HDD in RMA

 

[vickybat]

^^ Though i don't know about seagate rma, wd's service is terrific. They replaced my brother's wdtv hd with a new one with just one phonecall to its service centre. They gave an absolute new product completely sealed. Same should be with harddisks.

 

[Zangetsu]

^^ Though i don't know about seagate rma, wd's service is terrific. They replaced my brother's wdtv hd with a new one with just one phonecall to its service centre. They gave an absolute new product completely sealed. Same should be with harddisks.

dats what i told the OP. to get WD or Hitachi & not the F**K Seagate

 

[PraKs]

^^ Though i don't know about seagate rma, wd's service is terrific. They replaced my brother's wdtv hd with a new one with just one phonecall to its service centre. They gave an absolute new product completely sealed. Same should be with harddisks.

Bro, Are u talking about WDTV Product ?

It should be easy as HDD has major RMA setback.

 

[Piyush]

WD all the way
awesome after sale service

 

[VarDOS]

Me using WD My Passport from last 3 years, not a single problem till now. But now the shine has just no more and whole HDD is full of scratches it looks ugly.

-Sent from my iPod

 

[vickybat]

^^ The wd elements series does not have a glossy finish. I guess newer passports are not glossy anymore. So they are less prone to scratches now.

 

[PraKs]

Can anyone tell me which is better in WD 500 GB ?

Passport or Elements ? whats diff ?

I dont see passports anymore.

 

[vickybat]

^^ Get whatever is available. Newer passports are emerging with usb 3.0 connectivity though.

 

[saswat23]

Go for WD. Check for USB3 drives. They will deliver you teriffic speeds.

 

[masterkd]

IMO passports are better and go for usb 3.0

 

[Tachyon1986]

I don't want to start a new thread , so I'll post my question here too.

I need to buy a 1TB external HDD. Since most of you seem to recommend WD , can you please suggest me a model? I need a HDD that requires external power (I'm on a tight budget).

 

[PraKs]

I am still wondering is passport series is good enough why launch Elements ?

All diff I found is Elements is matt finish & Passport is shiny,

If we dont have laptop with USB 3.0 support whats use of taking USB 3 HDD ?

 

[masterkd]

elements does have only 320 GB or 500 GB models and it does not support usb 3.0
EDIT: Elements SE have 500GB-1TB models however!!

@Tachyon1986,
my book essential WDBACW0010HBK usb 3.0
wd elements WDBAAU0010HBK ubs 2.0
*not sure about availability

 

[PraKs]

elements does have only 320 GB or 500 GB models and it does not support usb 3.0

@Tachyon1986,
my book essential WDBACW0010HBK usb 3.0
wd elements WDBAAU0010HBK ubs 2.0
*not sure about availability

500GB Western Digital Elements USB Hard Disk Drive WD - 2700 Rs
eBay India: 500GB Western Digital Elements USB Hard Disk Drive WD (item 200562314237 end time 07-Mar-2011 15:33:36 IST)

passport is old series & elements is new one.

Do you mean to say old series of passport has USB 3.0 & new series elements have only 2.0 ?

 

[masterkd]

^Check it yourself
portable
desktop
both elements portable and desktop have usb 2.0 only
the ebay link you provided that also says elements have usb 2.0