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14-08-2010, 12:09 PM
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External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Please Suggest, Advice for buying an external Portable Hard disk?
Should I Buy:
1. 500GB or 1 TB because i have heard 1 TB have lot of problems?
2. Which brand?
3. 2.5'' or 3.5''?
4. external power source or USB?
I would be using it for storing mainly MOVIES and some softwares. I do not travel much. As my laptop have only 160 GB drive i want other storage option for movies.
Please reply soon...!!!
Thanks.
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19-08-2010, 03:37 PM
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Right Off the Assembly Line
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
No replies..............!!!!
But i bought Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1 tb external power supply at Rs 4400.
Thank you all.....none.......!!!
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19-08-2010, 04:30 PM
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Apprentice
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
congrats mate 
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19-08-2010, 05:19 PM
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Hmmmmm
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Thats good external HDD.I have a 500GB version of it.
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19-08-2010, 05:20 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Quote:
Originally Posted by jatinec
Please Suggest, Advice for buying an external Portable Hard disk?
Should I Buy:
1. 500GB or 1 TB because i have heard 1 TB have lot of problems?
2. Which brand?
3. 2.5'' or 3.5''?
4. external power source or USB?
I would be using it for storing mainly MOVIES and some softwares. I do not travel much. As my laptop have only 160 GB drive i want other storage option for movies.
Please reply soon...!!!
Thanks.
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(1) You have to tell us.
If someone is into collecting HD movies, both are inadequate.
(2) WD external have 3 years warranty and Seagate external had 5 years warranty- please do recheck before buying.
(3) Travel- 2.5" preferably/use at only one place, home or office- 3.5"
(4) Most 2.5" external/portable HDD do not need external power source.
Most 3.5" external HDD need.
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20-08-2010, 11:44 AM
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Right Off the Assembly Line
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Quote:
Originally Posted by jatinec
No replies..............!!!!
But i bought Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1 tb external power supply at Rs 4400.
Thank you all.....none.......!!!
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My roommate has the same HD... He is been using it since a year and no problems have come so far.... The HD is full of movies and music with hardly any freespace left(probably some 2 to 3 GB)... Still no issues at all....
And Do remember to format your HD to NTFS format rather than FAT32 before u start stuffing ur data into it... 
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20-08-2010, 03:14 PM
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Hmmmmm
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Go for seagate external HDD anyday because warranty coverage is of 5 years.
You don't need to format to ntfs because its already factory formatted as NTFS.
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20-08-2010, 09:26 PM
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
^^^
Errr new HDs are generally factory formatted as FAT32 so that even MAC users can use it without any issues...
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21-08-2010, 12:07 AM
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Hmmmmm
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
No my seagate external hdd are formated with ntfs.And for internal hdd you have to format it either of them.
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21-08-2010, 12:23 AM
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Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
well. a good purchase.. (to the op)
i myself hv a 1TB (eSATA+USB 2.0 connectivity) Seagate BlackArmor External HDD, bought it 5 months back for Rs. 6800/-
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21-08-2010, 02:02 PM
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Apprentice
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
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Originally Posted by xen_
^^^
Errr new HDs are generally factory formatted as FAT32 so that even MAC users can use it without any issues...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amartya87
No my seagate external hdd are formated with ntfs.And for internal hdd you have to format it either of them.
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Amartya is right. My freeagent came in ntfs format.
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23-08-2010, 09:57 AM
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In The Zone
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Forgot to ask the most important question.
What is your budget?
But you had already bought one it seems. 
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23-08-2010, 10:30 AM
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Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
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Originally Posted by RaptorX
Amartya is right. My freeagent came in ntfs format.
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yeah, tats but obvious (for the Ext. HDDs coming or supporting) NTFS file formats, else our fullHD movies (of 8GB+ sizes) wud jus NOT get transferred or our .....*ahem..* our GAME ISO's)... hehe...
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23-08-2010, 11:59 PM
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QUAD USER
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
seagate is better product then WD but in terms of function & service WD is very good , WD service turnaround time is 7-10 days , where as seagate service take 15-20 days, WD offer onsite warranty its good for working class .
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24-08-2010, 06:15 AM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
hey ashu888, returning after a long time? where have you been?
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24-08-2010, 05:30 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Quote:
Originally Posted by ashok jain
service WD is very good , WD service turnaround time is 7-10 days , where as seagate service take 15-20 days, WD offer onsite warranty its good for working class .
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I have heard that WD takes around 1 month or more to rma HDDs now.
This has been happening for the past few months.
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25-08-2010, 01:23 PM
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Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Buddy
hey ashu888, returning after a long time? where have you been?
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hey hi dude...
well yes, i was not active here, was busy with work.. but now im active, so u will see me more often..
hope u too doin gr8....
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25-08-2010, 09:57 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
yup great. Nice to have someone like you back as an active user.
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30-08-2010, 10:36 AM
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Right Off the Assembly Line
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
Thanks to all for suggestions.....
My seagate 1 tb came with NTFS formated. And is very silent... dont hear any sound while using it..... I didn't install the software that came with it.... just plugged it and copied the data...
BTW I haven't partitioned it.... do i need to make partitions....???
Please reply.... I have copied around 100GB of data..... but now thinking of partitioning it.... what are pros and cons of Partitioning Ext HDD....?
Reply please...!!!
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30-08-2010, 12:24 PM
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Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
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Re: External, Portable Hard disk Suggestion Required
^^
well, i myself hv a SEAGATE BlackARmor 1TB External HDD, and i also hv NOT formatted it..using it since 6months now and DO NOT see anytroubles...so i guess.. u can use it w'out partitioning..
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