External Hard Disk : Seagate or WD

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My 1TB gone bad (within 5 months) and I lost all my data

To avoid data loss again....I am planning to buy external HDD for backup purpose only...

Please suggest:

1) Buy Western Digital My Book Essential 1 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBACW0010HBK at Best Price in India - Also find Specifications, Photos, Features & Reviews

Price after applying coupon: Rs.2869 (from letsbuy)

2) Buy Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 3.5 USB Desk Kit 1TB at Best Price in India - Also find Specifications, Photos, Features & Reviews

Price after applying coupon : Rs. 2805 (from letsbuy)

They are both good.
WD comes with USB3 out of the box.
Seagate would need a new dock for USB3. But Seagate can be used with generic internal HDDs too.

Ishu Gupta said:
Seagate can be used with generic internal HDDs too.

We can use any internal HDD as external by connecting it to dock ??

Yeah .

Both are good but WD comes with USB 3.0 factory installed.You will get higher data transfer speed in USB 3.0.So my choice will be Western Digital.

Which one is more reliable ??...I really don't want to loose data again

bajaj151 said:
Which one is more reliable ??...I really don't want to loose data again

Both equally reliable.

Which method is better for backup :

1) on DVD
2) External HDD
3) Internal HDD

You have usb 3.0 in MB get western digital. As far the data reliability is concerned. Unless you handle it properly it wont let you down. I had seen thing where external HDD should be handle with care.

bajaj151 said:
Which method is better for backup :

1) on DVD
2) External HDD
3) Internal HDD

My choice will be option 2 any-day

Will order WD 3.0 tomorrow .....Thanks all for the suggestion