External Harddrives - Whats good/dandy - Hardware & Software

Just wondering whats the best/fastest External HDD out at the moment for about $100.00 cheers boys

I have a LaCie external hard drive and it's been running strong for years. I've dropped it a few times and have treated it pretty roughly so they are pretty durable. They also use Seagate for the actual drive in the unit. [url]http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?id=10270[/url] Also, don't get a western digital. Everyone I know that has owned a WD external HDD has had the controller burn out which turns the thing into a brick.

Don't waste your money buying any hard drives right now, the prices are going nuts since the plants in Thailand flooded. Stuff that was on Newegg for $55 two weeks ago is $80 now.

[QUOTE=thisBrad;33051321]I have a LaCie external hard drive and it's been running strong for years. I've dropped it a few times and have treated it pretty roughly so they are pretty durable. They also use Seagate for the actual drive in the unit. [url]http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?id=10270[/url] Also, don't get a western digital. Everyone I know that has owned a WD external HDD has had the controller burn out which turns the thing into a brick.[/QUOTE] I've had the opposite experience. Segate drives that I've owned crapped out quickly yet I have yet to own a WD drive that broke. I've even accidentally dropped my 1TB MyBook HDD while it was on and it still runs great.

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;33070602]I've had the opposite experience. Segate drives that I've owned crapped out quickly yet I have yet to own a WD drive that broke. I've even accidentally dropped my 1TB MyBook HDD while it was on and it still runs great.[/QUOTE] I have bought WD for years and had one drive fail on me cause I was dumb. I bought two seagate drives, one died after 4 months and the other was rma and now it's still going.

I've had a wd 2tb one for a few months, already started the dreaded clicking noise. Sending it back once I get round to backing stuff up.

[QUOTE=thisBrad;33051321]I have a LaCie external hard drive and it's been running strong for years. I've dropped it a few times and have treated it pretty roughly so they are pretty durable. They also use Seagate for the actual drive in the unit. [url]http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?id=10270[/url] Also, don't get a western digital. Everyone I know that has owned a WD external HDD has had the controller burn out which turns the thing into a brick.[/QUOTE]No.

[QUOTE=QuikKill;33070921]I have bought WD for years and had one drive fail on me cause I was dumb. I bought two seagate drives, one died after 4 months and the other was rma and now it's still going.[/QUOTE]I think I have a 160 GB with (I believe) 17,000 hours on it, and still going strong, except the computer it was originally in doesn't like it any more and freezes at POST. Put it in my PC, no problem.

I have a 160Gb from 2006. Tons of hours, still running like a champ!