2TB Portable hard disc recomenddations

[yamahatdm900]

As the title says im after a USB 3 2TB portable hard disc, any advice on which make to go for rather get one that's going to last
Many Thanks
Graham

 

[Mikesphotaes]

Nobody knows what will last, Graham

I have had my Seagate for a good few years now but I know folk who's are knackered after a year.

 

[admirable]

I have a 2TB WD passport ultra, £60 from Argos

 

[yamahatdm900]

Nobody knows what will last, Graham

I have had my Seagate for a good few years now but I know folk who's are knackered after a year.

That's a good point Mike, looking at the the prices they seem to go from £60-£150 so a bit of difference there.

I have a 2TB WD passport ultra, £60 from Argos

Thanks Jim will have to have a look.

 

[AJQS]

I've a Western Digital Passport going strong here, and should have another arriving today. Not a lot in it with Seagate drives I don't think, but I got a good deal on the passport.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

When I next get a hard drive, I will be studying the data supplied here:-

https://www.backblaze.com/hard-drive-test-data.html

 

[freecom2]

All hard drives have a risk of failing. Buy one with a reasonable warranty, ensure all vital data is backed up, and buy one which is reasonable value for money for the capacity.

Drives from the most "reliable" brands can fail, and drives from the least "reliable" (if you insist on looking at stats) can last 20+ years.

 

[Jonnybrad2001]

When I next get a hard drive, I will be studying the data supplied here:-

https://www.backblaze.com/hard-drive-test-data.html

Note making of a good 3.5" drive doesn't mean they're a good 2.5" drive maker at the same time. Has oft been times in the past the best 3.5" drive buy is definitely not the best 2.5" drive buy. Also note HGST & Western Digital are the same company now, so the badge is no longer a sign of what you're going to get inside the casing.

And as a case in point, last month a customer called me up at 6pm for a hard drive failure, he'd only just picked up his MacBook with the brand new HGST 1TB at 3pm that afternoon.

As always the advice is "keep backups!" and that does't mean having a drive called "backup" with everything saved on it, but multiple copies, preferably in multiple locations too.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Note making of a good 3.5" drive doesn't mean they're a good 2.5" drive maker at the same time. Has oft been times in the past the best 3.5" drive buy is definitely not the best 2.5" drive buy. Also note HGST & Western Digital are the same company now, so the badge is no longer a sign of what you're going to get inside the casing.

And as a case in point, last month a customer called me up at 6pm for a hard drive failure, he'd only just picked up his MacBook with the brand new HGST 1TB at 3pm that afternoon.

As always the advice is "keep backups!" and that does't mean having a drive called "backup" with everything saved on it, but multiple copies, preferably in multiple locations too.

Does the data not differentiate between 3.5 and 2.5 drives?

 

[Deleted member 49549]

and +1 to backups, in multiple locations with different media. And automated!

 

[yamahatdm900]

Thanks everyone for the replies, I do keep 2 separate back ups. This is going to be for a portable collection of my photos for the laptop.

 

[Jonnybrad2001]

Does the data not differentiate between 3.5 and 2.5 drives?

Pretty sure the Backblaze dataset is exclusively 3.5" drives due to the nature of their work.

 

[redsnappa]

I often get laptops, hard drives etc from friends or friends or more likely from friends of my wife's friends requiring repair.
I am usually astounded at how badly the laptop or external hard disk have been treated in their very short life..
The average bod will not have created the recover disk most laptops ask you to create when new, there will be no attempt at backup even thought they are telling me the photo saved are extremely valuable. Any external hard drive is used solely to store films they have illegally downloaded from torrent sites. Usually the laptop or external hard drive will have signs of being dropped repeatedly. The kids are usually blamed when I question the owner about the poor physical conditions of their computer gear.

Hard drive reliability has increased massively of the past decade, I now rarely see hard drive that as developed a faulty without physical shock being a contributory factor. For some strange reason the average person think their hard drive and laptops are totally shock proof.

Which ever external hard drive you buy, handle with care, do not move when in operation (even if you are addicted to the gyro effect). Do not power off during read write operations, do not drop. Take care and it may last longer than you may of thought.