racinfarmer Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Alright nerd herd, what is a good brand of external hard drive these days for say $150. Prefer solid state, maybe? Best Buy would be a plus too, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) i have a seagate that i like, but stay away from the "my passport" POS. i've had two crash completely Edited March 13, 2018 by Snoslinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Looking at Seagate and Toshiba if I just go to Best Buy or Lenovo if I go Amazon. Haven't heard of the WD brand that has that "My Passport" one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis and Butt-Head Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Kingston , should be able to get 512 GB size at your price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 What's it used for? Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Want to back up my porn collection. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I would probably just get a Western Digital Passport. It's a 2.5" drive that just plugs into USB. No need to provide power, just the USB. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-my-passport-4tb-external-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-black/5605533.p?skuId=5605533 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Don't think I've heard of Western Digital until a week or so ago when I started looking a little bit. I have this old Maxtor thing that is making a funky noise when running, so it is time to get a new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 1 hour ago, racinfarmer said: Don't think I've heard of Western Digital until a week or so ago when I started looking a little bit. I have this old Maxtor thing that is making a funky noise when running, so it is time to get a new one! Must be living under a rock. They are the Ford of the hard drive world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 18 hours ago, teamgreen02 said: Must be living under a rock. They are the Ford of the hard drive world. I prefer it that way a lot of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 19 hours ago, racinfarmer said: Don't think I've heard of Western Digital until a week or so ago when I started looking a little bit. I have this old Maxtor thing that is making a funky noise when running, so it is time to get a new one! Western Digital > Seagate or Maxtor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, SSFB said: Western Digital > Seagate or Maxtor You ever recover a failed drive Sheepshitforbrains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Momorider said: You ever recover a failed drive Sheepshitforbrains? Yeah, a few times, not recently though. I almost never do any sort of PC repair work anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just now, SSFB said: Yeah, a few times, not recently though. I almost never do any sort of PC repair work anymore. How do you do it I have a 2TB drive that's just quit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Momorider said: How do you do it I have a 2TB drive that's just quit Is it the primary drive in the PC or is it a secondary drive? There was a program I used back in the day but it's been so long I don't even remember the name of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, SSFB said: Is it the primary drive in the PC or is it a secondary drive? There was a program I used back in the day but it's been so long I don't even remember the name of it. Was in a NAS I guess I need to hook it to a computer and try recovery software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Momorider said: Was in a NAS I guess I need to hook it to a computer and try recovery software Yeah, that's where I would start. Hope you get your gay porn collection back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, SSFB said: Yeah, that's where I would start. Hope you get your gay porn collection back. it's more the thousands of digital photos and thousands of lossless music files 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 31 minutes ago, Momorider said: it's more the thousands of digital photos and thousands of lossless music files Yeah, would suck to lose that stuff. If nothing else there are places that can do it for a couple thousand bucks, maybe less. Pretty high success rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Momorider said: How do you do it I have a 2TB drive that's just quit Spinrite. I brought one drive back to life that took a week and a half for something like a 20 GB drive. It hung on some bad sectors for the vast majority of that time. https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, teamgreen02 said: Spinrite. I brought one drive back to life that took a week and a half for something like a 20 GB drive. It hung on some bad sectors for the vast majority of that time. https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm That's the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Or for free, try ddrescue. https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, SSFB said: That's the program. The online experts love to hate it but I find it works more often than not. It does need to be updated for drives larger than 2 TB but that is still probably the minority of drives even today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Momorider said: it's more the thousands of digital photos and thousands of lossless music files Digital photos of dick masks, what a fucking freak you are 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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