What portable hard drive brand do you recommend?

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I've been researching a few brands.. toshiba,seagate,WD and they see to have both good and bad reviews. I'm looking for one that doesn't need an external power supply and at least 1 tb with a USB 3.0 connection. What do you folks use?
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  • PristonPriston Member Posts: 999 ■■■■□□□□□□
    WD My Passport is what I use. I have no problems with it.
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  • stryder144stryder144 Member Posts: 1,684 ■■■■■■■■□□
    With the recent issues with Toshiba HDD failures, I'd stay away from Toshiba. WD is good.
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I have a Seagate that doesn't require a power supply and noticed that on really big file transfers it will run into issues and fail, my two other ones with power supplies work fine on big file transfers. I have another one that I use with my laptop for Time Machine only and that works fine.

    I think I am going to stick with the drives with external power for regular backups at home and save the non external power ones for stuff I use occasionally.
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  • Snow.brosSnow.bros Member Posts: 832 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Well i use a Seagate HDD, but IMO when it comes to HDD it doesn't matter what brand it is but the HDD space.
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  • jvrlopezjvrlopez Member Posts: 913 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Avoid Toshiba drives at all costs.

    The 2 1.5 TB drives I bought both failed on the first day and week, respectively.

    They also have issues being recognized as drives from time to time (a few times each week). I also get prompts to format them at times when I plug them in. Other times they don't show up as useable but only as raw drives.

    Use WD or LaCie drives.
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  • TechGuru80TechGuru80 Member Posts: 1,539 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Love WD, Seagate is decent...by far the best two brands.
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  • emerald_octaneemerald_octane Member Posts: 613
    G-Tech G-Drive or G-Slim if you have the spend, but I primarily work with Macs. Good connections, good chipsets etc and they last a while.
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  • CoolAsAFanCoolAsAFan Member Posts: 239
    +1 for Seagate
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  • the_Grinchthe_Grinch Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I've had a Western Digital 1 TB drive since 05 and it is still going strong.
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  • Cpl.KlingerCpl.Klinger Member Posts: 159
    Everything in my desktop (except the SSD, which is Patriot) is either Seagate or WD. I prefer the Seagate's if buying new, but both work fine.
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  • aquillaaquilla Member Posts: 148 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I got a 2TB WD My Passport (USB3) drive wrapped up in this casing:-

    WD Nomad Rugged Case for My Passport Hard Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

    Had it for about a year and been very good so far.
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