need portable hdd

[sarathsnair]

i am going to buy a new portable hdd 2.5",
my requirements are 1 TB, USB 3.0. and my budget is below 4550 Rs.
suggest me a good model immediately.

[Ishu Gupta]

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[sarathsnair]

what about the segate go flex drives ?

[Ishu Gupta]

They are good. I'm using a 3.5" USB2 version.

[d6bmg]

Originally Posted by sarathsnair

what about the segate go flex drives ?

They are also good. Final call between WD my passport & Seagate flex will be done by yourself.

[sarathsnair]

is their is much difference between the usb2.0 and usb 3.0 interfaces in these drives ?

[Ishu Gupta]

Upto twice as much speed.

[delhiuser]

Originally Posted by sarathsnair

is their is much difference between the usb2.0 and usb 3.0 interfaces in these drives ?

Technically, transfer rate varies in USB 2.0 (480 MB/s max.) & USB 3.0 (5GB/s max.). Practically, I haven't used USB 3.0 yet.

[saswat23]

^^ provided you have USB3 ports

[d6bmg]

^^ Its a good point mentioned by you. I heard people coming back to shop from which they have purchased USB3.0 HDDs complaining that they are not getting fast data transfer speed and in those cases they don't even have USB3.0 ports in their mobos.

[insaneYLN]

A friend has asked me to purchase a 1TB for him from Flipkart.

I am confused between USB 2.0 or 3.0

Either this -
Flipkart.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 2.5 inch 1 TB: External Hard Drive

or this -
Flipkart.com: WD My Passport Essential SE 2.5 inch 1 TB: External Hard Drive

Cannot seem to make up my mind.

[Tenida]

Both of them are good HDD but WD one comes up with USB 3.0.And for future purpose its added advantage(Considering your friend don't have USB 3.0 port in his pc)The copy speed also twice-thrice as fast than USB 2.0.

[Ishu Gupta]

Originally Posted by Tenida

Both of them are good HDD but WD one comes up with USB 3.0.And for future purpose its added advantage(Considering your friend don't have USB 3.0 port in his pc)The copy speed also twice-thrice as fast than USB 2.0.

Agreed. But Seagate has a feature that allows you to plug any 2.5" generic HDD to your PC via this dock.

[insaneYLN]

@ Tenida
Friend, my pal does not have USB 3.0 ports on his computer.
Also, he is reluctant on the WD drive especially after knowing my portable drive developed a problem. He is very finicky about such issues.


@ Ishu Gupta
Friend, could you please explain your last post? I am sorry, i did not understand.

[Ishu Gupta]

Seagate Go Flex has a wire,
(USB)-----------------(SATA)

The USB side goes into your computer and the SATA side can be inserted into a generic Hard disk or the enclosed harddisk given by seagate.


This pic is not the USB version, but you can see the sata port.
That SATA port can be attached to the SATA port on


So you can use the general HDD like external ones. Might not be useful for everyone.

I think that the 2.5" version can only connect to 2.5" drives and SSDs. 3.5" inch version can connect to all drives.

[insaneYLN]

So, shall i opt for the Seagate drive?
Do any or both of these brands, WD & or Seagate, offer International Warranty?

[d6bmg]

AFAIK, Seagate offers 5 years of limited warranty.

[Tenida]

^^No.They both(Seagate & WD) provides 3 Years of warranty.

[insaneYLN]

I have placed an order for this, about 2 minutes back!

Flipkart.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 2.5 inch 1 TB: External Hard Drive

[Tenida]

Nice choice.Congo

[Ishu Gupta]

Originally Posted by Tenida

^^No.They both(Seagate & WD) provides 3 Years of warranty.

I got 5yrs.

[Tenida]

Seagate Freeagent both portable and desk version-5 years warranty
Seagate Goflex Desk-3 years warranty don't know portable version.

[Ishu Gupta]

I have the GoFlex.

Was it changed recently? Or maybe I am mistaken.

[Tenida]

Don't know bt i bought goflex desk 1tb last year it comes up with 3 years.warranty

Flipkart.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 2.5 inch 500 GB: External Hard Drive

In this link its written 3years warranty.

[insaneYLN]

I had called the Seagate technical support in the not so distant past to clarify warranty periods.
The customer service agent informed that Seagate had reduced the warranty period from 5 years to 3 years on products purchased after a certain month & year which for some reason, i cannot recollect.

Customers who have purchased Seagate products before the time period which i cannot remember, have & can avail the 5 year warranty.

Please call the Seagate toll free number - 1800 425 4535
& clarify for your sanity!

I may be wrong about the aforementioned claims.

[d6bmg]

Originally Posted by Tenida

Seagate Freeagent both portable and desk version-5 years warranty
Seagate Goflex Desk-3 years warranty don't know portable version.

I have Freeagent portable bought 1.5 years ago. It says it have 5 years of warranty.

Originally Posted by insaneYLN

The customer service agent informed that Seagate had reduced the warranty period from 5 years to 3 years on products purchased after a certain month & year which i for some reason, recollect.

It's sad, really sad move by Seagate.

[Tenida]

Here's the photo.Its clearly written 3 years warranty.

[Zangetsu]

@Ishu Gupta: the pic @ post#15 show a sata connector with a usb connector on other end...& below is the image of normal SATA 3.5" HDD...
where is the power port of the converter...so that it can be used with 3.5" HDD??

[Ishu Gupta]

Originally Posted by Zangetsu

@Ishu Gupta: the pic @ post#15 show a sata connector with a usb connector on other end...& below is the image of normal SATA 3.5" HDD...
where is the power port of the converter...so that it can be used with 3.5" HDD??

The long L shape is the power connector and the smaller L shape is the sata connector.

Spoiler:

You need the external power GoFlex or the USB3 one if you want to connect 3.5" HDDs.

[Zangetsu]

^^I didn't saw the power port in post#15 images of seagate go flex so was in doubt