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    would recommend buy seagate freeAgent Goflex desk?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by warakawa, Aug 22, 2010.

  1. warakawa

    warakawa Notebook Evangelist

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    I am currently on the market for an external hard drive since my old have become unreliable (files are becoming corrupted). I want to buy a an external hard drive that will let me change the actually 3.5" hard drive so that in case I run out of space I can just buy another 3.5".

    what do you guy think of seagate freeAgent GoFlex desk?. Cnet has given it pretty good review. Are there better options out there.

    thanks.
     
    warakawa, Aug 22, 2010
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  2. Breaking Brian

    Breaking Brian Notebook Evangelist

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  3. Cin'

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    It has pretty decent User reviews at amazon.

    LINK

    $99 Free ship & no tax :)

    Cin...
     
    Cin', Aug 22, 2010
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  4. warakawa

    warakawa Notebook Evangelist

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    amazon does not ship to Australia
     
    warakawa, Aug 22, 2010
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  5. Cin'

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    Well that is to bad then ~ didn't peruse your location. It was just a thought.
    Show's user reviews nonetheless if you wanted to check.

    Cin...
     
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  6. warakawa

    warakawa Notebook Evangelist

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    should I just get a SATA dock and 1T 3.5"?
     
    warakawa, Aug 22, 2010
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    After 2 seagate 500gb failing and losing data trashed the other 3 not trusting any data on them.
    Seagate producing a line of drives that all fail in the firmware bug even after they had been updated ...
    Went back to WD green for storage and blue/black for inside.

    Using 2x 2Tb and 5x 1.5Tb 3.5'' -s in external docks, and got 2x 2TB WD mybook elites I like the eink labeling :p

    Every data I got is saved on 2 or the most important on 3 hdd-s. Backups keep in a fire/waterproof safe.

    Got vantec and thermaltake, a docks dual shot vantec died.
     
    sama98b, Aug 22, 2010
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  8. kent1146

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    Unless you already own an extra 3.5" hard drive, there is no benefit to building your own external USB drive kit. Just buy a pre-made kit.

    Just make sure whatever you buy has good reviews, and a good warranty. Anecdotal stories from individuals about reliability are useless... "Oh, don't buy Seagate / Maxtor / Hitachi / Western Digital... they are crap, because this one time I had a drive that failed..." You will hear those stories about any product, brand, and model of anything that is ever sold. Things break. It is a fact of life. What is important is the warranty and support you get when the product breaks.
     
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  9. warakawa

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    are there external enclosure that can fit two or more sata hard drives?
     
    warakawa, Aug 22, 2010
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    there are a few NAS units that support direct USB interface but for me I use a NAS unit with 4 drives and just wait the extra time to move files.
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 22, 2010
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    Yes, there are. Personally, I have a lot of great experience with Vantec USB enclosures, so I have exclusively bought them over the past few years. You can find a list of the Vantec Nexstar (2-drive) enclosures here:
    Welcome to Vantec ? Leading Brand of Storage, Thermal, and Mobile Accessories! -

    The difference between the models are the multi-drive support options (JBOD, RAID-0, and/or RAID-1), and the connection options (USB, Firewire, and/or eSATA). I personally own the NST-400MX-SR, for its eSATA support and RAID-1 mirroring support.
     
    kent1146, Aug 22, 2010
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