External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required

J

Please Suggest, Advice for buying an external Portable Hard disk?
Should I Buy:
1. 500GB or 1 TB because i have heard 1 TB have lot of problems?
2. Which brand?
3. 2.5'' or 3.5''?
4. external power source or USB?

I would be using it for storing mainly MOVIES and some softwares. I do not travel much. As my laptop have only 160 GB drive i want other storage option for movies.

Please reply soon...!!!
Thanks.

J

No replies..............!!!!

But i bought Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1 tb external power supply at Rs 4400.

Thank you all.....none.......!!!

congrats mate ;-)

Thats good external HDD.I have a 500GB version of it.

jatinec said:
Please Suggest, Advice for buying an external Portable Hard disk?
Should I Buy:
1. 500GB or 1 TB because i have heard 1 TB have lot of problems?
2. Which brand?
3. 2.5'' or 3.5''?
4. external power source or USB?

I would be using it for storing mainly MOVIES and some softwares. I do not travel much. As my laptop have only 160 GB drive i want other storage option for movies.

Please reply soon...!!!
Thanks.

(1) You have to tell us.
If someone is into collecting HD movies, both are inadequate.
(2) WD external have 3 years warranty and Seagate external had 5 years warranty- please do recheck before buying.
(3) Travel- 2.5" preferably/use at only one place, home or office- 3.5"
(4) Most 2.5" external/portable HDD do not need external power source.
Most 3.5" external HDD need.

X

jatinec said:
No replies..............!!!!

But i bought Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1 tb external power supply at Rs 4400.

Thank you all.....none.......!!!

My roommate has the same HD... He is been using it since a year and no problems have come so far.... The HD is full of movies and music with hardly any freespace left(probably some 2 to 3 GB)... Still no issues at all....

And Do remember to format your HD to NTFS format rather than FAT32 before u start stuffing ur data into it...

Go for seagate external HDD anyday because warranty coverage is of 5 years.
You don't need to format to ntfs because its already factory formatted as NTFS.

X

^^^
Errr new HDs are generally factory formatted as FAT32 so that even MAC users can use it without any issues...

No my seagate external hdd are formated with ntfs.And for internal hdd you have to format it either of them.

well. a good purchase.. (to the op)

i myself hv a 1TB (eSATA+USB 2.0 connectivity) Seagate BlackArmor External HDD, bought it 5 months back for Rs. 6800/-

xen_ said:
^^^
Errr new HDs are generally factory formatted as FAT32 so that even MAC users can use it without any issues...

amartya87 said:
No my seagate external hdd are formated with ntfs.And for internal hdd you have to format it either of them.

Amartya is right. My freeagent came in ntfs format.

Forgot to ask the most important question.
What is your budget?

But you had already bought one it seems.

RaptorX said:
Amartya is right. My freeagent came in ntfs format.

yeah, tats but obvious

(for the Ext. HDDs coming or supporting) NTFS file formats, else our fullHD movies (of 8GB+ sizes) wud jus NOT get transferred or our .....*ahem..* our GAME ISO's)... hehe...

seagate is better product then WD but in terms of function & service WD is very good , WD service turnaround time is 7-10 days , where as seagate service take 15-20 days, WD offer onsite warranty its good for working class .

hey ashu888, returning after a long time? where have you been?

ashok jain said:
service WD is very good , WD service turnaround time is 7-10 days , where as seagate service take 15-20 days, WD offer onsite warranty its good for working class .

I have heard that WD takes around 1 month or more to rma HDDs now.
This has been happening for the past few months.

Cool Buddy said:
hey ashu888, returning after a long time? where have you been?

hey hi dude...

well yes, i was not active here, was busy with work..

but now im active, so u will see me more often..

hope u too doin gr8....

yup great. Nice to have someone like you back as an active user.

J

Thanks to all for suggestions.....
My seagate 1 tb came with NTFS formated. And is very silent... dont hear any sound while using it..... I didn't install the software that came with it.... just plugged it and copied the data...

BTW I haven't partitioned it.... do i need to make partitions....???
Please reply.... I have copied around 100GB of data..... but now thinking of partitioning it.... what are pros and cons of Partitioning Ext HDD....?

Reply please...!!!

^^

well, i myself hv a SEAGATE BlackARmor 1TB External HDD, and i also hv NOT formatted it..using it since 6months now and DO NOT see anytroubles...so i guess.. u can use it w'out partitioning..