External Hard Drives What manufacturer should I purchase from?

>>56632576
Pic related

hgst

seagate and WD a shit

>>56632611
but hgst is wd

What about Toshiba? Are they any good?

>>56633632

Yes, my random ass Toshiba Canvio.Basics 1TB has lived through some shit and a half-wild cat I own.

>>56632677
owned by them, doesnt mean wd says clear out your manufacturing plant and use our inventory insteaad

>>56633697
Their R&D departments are autonomous and everything between them seems to be autonomous aswell, R&D, manufacturing, warranty regulations and chances of getting a good experience when getting a DOA

I have a Seagate External H/drive. It is about 4 years old. Still works great. Some of the Seagate drives are junk though.

I have had Maxtor, Seagate and WD hard drives that have failed.

Seagate.

2.5 inch v 3.5 inch drives? 2.5 drives are comfier (size and no power adaptor required). What are the disadvantages?

I buy all WD. I haven't had any problems with them, and the many Seagates I've had fall straight out of the skies. 3.5" is cheaper.

>>56632576
None. External hdds are garbage and worthless. If you need a place to store your files either get a NAS or build your own storage server with RAID controller.

>>56635895
lol

>>56635895
>having your backup connected to the Internet
Get the fuck out.
No seriously,
get the fuck out and hang yourself.

>>56632576
HDD enclosure. Pick one. Then it's only a matter of what brand HDD you want to stuff in them.
http://www.newegg.com/Hard-Drive-Enclosures/SubCategory/ID-92

And then, plastic drive cases. So you can stuff HDDs you've filled up into them so they can survive the test of time without a problem and stay clear from moisture:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/plastic-hard-drive-case

Label everything and you're good.