Question:

[Shroomster]

I'm going to buy an external hard disk drive....

which of these two, is the better option?


WD 1tb Elements color=Black (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136321)

-OR-

Fantom Drives 1tb GreenDrive color=Silver (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822204079)


I looked at the reviews and

I want a drive that I will be able to move my 150+ gigs (right now) and dump it to the drive in one move. then do that everytime i 'refill' the internals.


My concern is that I never hear of people 'storing' an external drive. I want to take all of our important documents and make a digital copy of them put them on the drive as well and then store it... I want to know how well they hold up after not being used for 'years at a time'

or is that not feasible?

[SilverBack]

IMO as long as you keep it in a safe place away from risk of shock it should be fine

[id3379]

They both have solid reviews, WD has always been good to me, never had a bad hd from them, i would say either or is a safe bet, just preference at this point.

[*MAD DOG*]

WD has the rep for being reliable, I've never heard of a stuffed hdd with them.

[Bob_VT]

Based strictly on use and what I have seen over the years........ +1 WD

[Tamago]

my boss has two calvary 1TB drives that he says work great

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822101108

[IllusionX]

WD has been doing great. But all manufacturers have up and downs.

Some have said nothing is safer than a HD stored in a safe place for long term storage. But just beware that all HD do error out on certain bits once in a while. When that happens, the data is lost. So, there isn't a truly SAFE place to store all your data; there are just some ways of doing it safer than the other way.

[Shroomster]

UPDATE:
fucking animal has invaded the walls in the house....

looks like the hard drive will be put on hold to deal with this....

[Rain]

I'd go with WD

[1NZYaris1]

UPDATE:
fucking animal has invaded the walls in the house....

looks like the hard drive will be put on hold to deal with this....

in that case i would go with a Shot Gun :laugh:

[tk-421]

My WD external drive crashed a while ago. Funny thing is, it was DOA when I bought it and this one was the replacement unit. :rolleyes:

Now I'm going for Samsung drives. And improving my backup habits.

[Altitude]

UPDATE:
fucking animal has invaded the walls in the house....

looks like the hard drive will be put on hold to deal with this....

Dude, it's the shrooms. Ride it out.

[Shroomster]

lmao....

[Giobatera]

I'll definitely recommend the WD over the Phantom. It's slimmer and overall is a great brand for external hard drives. Something you can rely on it.