[Novalug] External USB drive recommendations

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 15:27:39 EST 2011


Likewise. If you don't like Seagate, I've had good luck with Verbatim.
They warranty their drives for longer than Seagate! :)

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 14:49, Jon LaBadie <novalugml@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 11:39:58AM -0800, Roy Wilson wrote:
>>
>>   I'm in need of a terabyte or larger USB drive - after years of debacles with
>> Seagate products, I'm looking for recommendations.
>>
>>   It's for "warm" storage, mostly video.  It'll sit for long periods (likely
>> months) between reads/writes, but when it is being used it will be used fairly
>> heavily.
>
> Funny how experiences can vary; I would have recommended Seagate.
>
> Jon
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