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Title: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: mintzkie009 on March 02, 2014, 06:02:27 PM

Is it Seagate? Western Digital? Hitachi? Toshiba? Samsung? and etc...

Show your opinions here...

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: skin on March 03, 2014, 05:31:32 PM

Hitachi.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/175089-who-makes-the-most-reliable-hard-drives

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: gandydancer123 on March 03, 2014, 05:55:32 PM

sobrang mismo yung SEAGATE..wtf?! 2 or 3 times yata bumigay external HD ko na seagate..

BUFFALO yung japan..

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: coy_2cute on March 03, 2014, 08:00:49 PM

Maxtor! Kahit hindi ka na mag "safely remove usb device"  :-P

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: qroon on March 03, 2014, 08:26:06 PM

I have 2 external Seagate disks (1TB and 2TB). Pareho namang ok ang performance. Well, for back-up purposes lang talaga sa akin.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on March 04, 2014, 11:55:12 AM

Basing on experience...

Seagate is good as Paperweight. Very unreliable.

WD is very reliable, however, may new technology sila with the connectors which makes it difficult for you to change enclosures when needed. so hassle.

Hitachi, though konti palang nakakagamit sa friends ko, so far very reliable naman daw. Pwede na daw lumaban sa WD sabi nung friend ko.

Buffalo is nice, pero pricey. my brother has his buffalo Portable for 4 years na. still runs smoothly.

Samsung naman, 4 of my friends had their samsung HD crash on them. within a year. so... No.

Trancend, my brother bought 3 of these. 2 of them are not working in a span of 2 years, the third unit is still running after 4 years of abuse. siguro lemons lang nakuha niyang iba. pero still.


Bottomline, Hitachi or WD.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: jemuelgjosue on March 05, 2014, 01:56:46 PM

sad to say nag switch ako from seagate to WD
twice na corrupt ang external hd kong seagate
so far no problems with WD :)

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: gandydancer123 on March 05, 2014, 05:09:48 PM

Ironic, yung factory ng Seagate sa WUXI,China may  madaming pinoy expats na engineers nagwowork doon ...hahaha

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: karl666 on March 05, 2014, 05:11:37 PM

Meron akong toshiba. So far wala pa akong naexperience na pagloloko nito. Hahaha. 3 years na sakin to.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: gnarly on March 05, 2014, 11:27:57 PM

question, wd ang external hard drives ang ginagamit sa opisina. may ilang units na dito na almost bnew nagloloko na agad.kung magka-copy ka ng kahit mga 2gb lang about 10 hours at minsan 1 day pa bago matapos. anyone encountered this?

at magkano kaya ang after market na power adaptor sa mga ganitong hds?

tia!  :)

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: spadettie on March 16, 2014, 03:35:52 PM

toshiba yung akin, 1year mahigit palang, ilang beses nako nagbubura at nagaad ng porn files so far ok parin hehehe

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: kelen on March 16, 2014, 04:04:01 PM

sakto tong thread na to naghahanap ako ng hard drive. yung WD na 1tb nasa magkano?

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: Jul on March 16, 2014, 04:59:11 PM

1. seagate
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Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: GreenFire on March 16, 2014, 08:47:57 PM

My WD is still alive (I always kept it in its orig box,lalo sa mga biyahe). I like the 2.0/3.0 USB connector, very handy. 2 years na siya sa akin.
Basta tuwing copying of files, close lang 'yung other programs. Huwag hugutin ung external HDD or ishut down 'yung computer habang on the process pa lang siya. Tiyaga lang, para iwas sa corruption ng files.  :)
Good luck!

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: Xelly on March 16, 2014, 11:06:11 PM

SHAMELESS PLUG!!

Baka interested kayo mga bro?

TOSHIBA Canvio 3.0 1tb (bnew box sealed) for 3.5k
WD 320gb (used for 2yrs but in very good condition) for 2.5k

RFS: Kailangan ko magbawas ng isa para may funds pangbayad sa credit card.  :eek:

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: xelalien on April 05, 2014, 06:51:42 AM

hitachi ftw :)

pero, SSD is the future.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: skrumian on April 05, 2014, 03:32:12 PM

Buffalo, 3 years still great

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Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: harugrugrug on April 10, 2014, 10:42:49 PM

WD! Kasi bigay lang sakin ng gf ko,hehe,
Tsaka kasi shortcut Siya for winery dogs,hehe.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: shoegaze geezer on April 11, 2014, 12:03:39 AM

wd my passport

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: CeL1916 on June 23, 2015, 01:47:51 AM

WD sucks!
Yung WD element(yung di na kailangan ng power adaptor) ko parang sumuko na sakin, di pa naman siya katagalan sakin, pero out of warranty na. Anyways nadedetct pa siya as WD elements 1402 ng win7  pero di na naoopen sa explorer. Tried all possible solutions sa internet na may connection sa problem(except opening it) pero wala eh. My pc seems to hang on some  actions (browsing, win explorer etc.) kaya di ko siya macheck sa disk management.

Baka may suggestions kayo?

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: kirov on June 23, 2015, 10:41:31 PM

Sinubukan mo na mag chkdsk /f ?

Yung 3 kong WD my passport 3 years na ok pa naman.  Bakit nabagsak mo ba? 

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: CeL1916 on June 23, 2015, 10:53:38 PM

Quote from: kirov on June 23, 2015, 10:41:31 PM

Sinubukan mo na mag chkdsk /f ?

Yung 3 kong WD my passport 3 years na ok pa naman.  Bakit nabagsak mo ba?

Di nga nabagsak yun,huling ginamit ko yun sa tv nanood ng movie tapos tinabi ng maayos sa drawer.
Ano siya bro nag cause ng hang eh, kahit googlechrome naghang pag nakakabit siya. Nagkaron ng konting pagasa, nadetct siya kanina nabuksan andun pa yung mga files pero nung ibabackup ko na ayun hang na ulit.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: j.nikko3123 on June 24, 2015, 05:15:35 AM

-for 3 years I have 2 Buffalo HDD at my disposal and both of em are still working good(read/write speed is better compared to Seagate), the Buffalo may look your off bat brand with poor branding but performance and reliability is great.

-At home though my NAS is filled with WD drives(as they are cheap but longer lasting than seagates)

-The only seagate product I have is the 1TB wireless plus drive when I travel(The wireless function is useless now as I already ditched out my ipad when I travel,only used this for occasional streaming)

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: kirov on June 24, 2015, 08:05:58 AM

@CeL

Nagtry ka na ng ibang cable or plug sa ibang desktop? Pag nag hang pa din malapit na bumigay yan. Usually kasi power issue yan pag nag hang, hindi maka communicate yung pc sa external kaya nag hang. Pag gumana sa ibang pc mag chkdsk /f ka sa DOS then backup na. Badtrip lang talaga bro pag labas na sa warranty.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: coy_2cute on June 24, 2015, 09:27:56 AM

Stay away from WB and Seagate!  :-o

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on June 24, 2015, 10:36:38 AM

update:

using my toshiba for 2 and a half years now. so far no problems! :D

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: qroon on June 24, 2015, 10:08:43 PM

Update too. My Seagate external drives are still working. Though like I said previously, I only use them for backups.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: CeL1916 on June 25, 2015, 01:03:34 AM

Quote from: kirov on June 24, 2015, 08:05:58 AM

@CeL

Nagtry ka na ng ibang cable or plug sa ibang desktop? Pag nag hang pa din malapit na bumigay yan. Usually kasi power issue yan pag nag hang, hindi maka communicate yung pc sa external kaya nag hang. Pag gumana sa ibang pc mag chkdsk /f ka sa DOS then backup na. Badtrip lang talaga bro pag labas na sa warranty.

Sinubukan ko sa laptop, ganun din,sa tv undetected narin, tingin ko wala nato, sayang kahit macopy ko lang sana files bago ko itapon hahaha.

Anyways thanks for the help man.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: cacophony on June 25, 2015, 03:32:20 AM

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Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: gandydancer123 on June 25, 2015, 02:45:36 PM

all my seagates failed on me..

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: mozart123 on June 29, 2015, 12:48:07 PM

yung wd external hd ko na binili ko ng 2008 bumigay na ng 2012 ayaw na basahin sa computer.

Title: Re: Which is better and reliable External Hard Disk Drives brands?
Post by: _dax_ on December 08, 2015, 07:21:11 PM

Silicon Power ext. drive. Dropped 15x... all accidental drops from waist/standard desk height. Still running fine,