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Need suggestion for External HDD

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silicon_fusion Original post #1
Sep 19, 2012 at 5:13 PM
Hi Everyone,

I'm planning to buy new external HDD 1 TB .Any suggestion on this.
Wat abut this Western Digital 1TB Element Portable Hard Disk Drive 1 tb wd usb 2.0 + usb 3.0 | eBay

I want to know wat is the difference b/w Western Digital portable and Element model.And which one is better.

Use: Mainly for external storage purpose, some time may use with TV
d6bmg
d6bmg #2
Sep 19, 2012 at 10:13 PM
Before buying please call the seller and ask whether he will provide VAT paid bill or not.
If he does that, then only it is a very good offer.
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Sep 19, 2012 at 10:26 PM
But wat is d need of VAT paid bill?
Can we got d warranty if we donot have any bill?
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a-n00b #5
Sep 19, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Buy a Seagate Freeagent Goflex :razz: I got a 1.5 TB drive for 6.5k.
Skud
Skud #6
Sep 19, 2012 at 11:23 PM
From where?
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Sep 26, 2012 at 11:52 PM
Thanks all for ur useful info.
Bought WD Element 1 TB HDD from Cromaretail in 4K.
Can anyone tell me d sft for checking any bad sector and also for measuring hdd performance.
sharang.d
Sep 26, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Thanks all for ur useful info.
Bought WD Element 1 TB HDD from Cromaretail in 4K.
Can anyone tell me d sft for checking any bad sector and also for measuring hdd performance.

Woah! Amazing price!
Is this offer still on? Link please!

Try HddTune
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hitesh #10
Sep 27, 2012 at 12:44 AM
Bought a seagate ext 2tb 3.0 for 6.6k locally in june. :-D
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Sep 28, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Woah! Amazing price!
Is this offer still on? Link please!

Try HddTune

Actually 1 of my frd is in croma as a manager post,so whenever any deal comes he will let's know first.This deal stands for only 3 hrs and currently not available this.