Seagate vs Western digital? Im thinking of buying an external 500gb hard drive (portable) but im not sure which is better?
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I have long been a Seagate user, in part because I live in Brazil and both their distribution and support here are excellent, reputable and well-established for many years. My home desktop PC has two Seagate HDDs and I never had any problems with them or their other Seagate predecessors. However, Seagate has been having one serious problem after another in the last couple of years, with many "bricked" HDDs due to serious firmware flaws and other issues. Not only that, it has denied the existence of such problems until the amount of complaints and outcry was too staggering for it to ignore. While those problems happened mostly with their internal HDD models and I have never had any direct experience with their *external* HDDs, I read the user reviews before buying a new external drive, and the FreeAgent Go is having lots of problems, especially messing up Windows' handling of USB ports (or the chipset's, it's not clear) and having unrecoverable write errors in Windows, for which Seagate had not yet offered a solution when I last looked. No wonder that Seagate has had billions in losses in the last quarters, even taking into account the recession, and its stock has plummeted. It has lost a lot of credibility - and sales. Since Toshiba and Samsung external HDDs had even worse complaints (many angry users with "dead" HDDs just after a few months' use), and Iomega drives seemed to be good but were way too expensive and had no service or warranty in Brazil, I went for a WD My Passport Elite (and have just bought an Essential as well). At least so far, working great with no problems at all.
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As long as it delivers 12 volts and at least 1.5 amps you should be okay. This may or may not be the same unit Seagate provides but the output voltage, amps and of course the connector all need to be the same. In fact Western Digital uses the type of unit and you can buy one of their replacement units to be safe. These are all made in China by a variety of companies to the same spec.
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I don't know why someone would say that. I have found them to be the most reliable drives I have ever owned. In fact, I can honestly say that I have never had to replace a Western Digital RE drive because of a failure. We have replaced some that were small enough to be obsolete, but in my recollection have never replaced one for any other reason in 9 years of business. Of course, your mileage may vary. We do make sure to keep them cool.
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The 1.5TB model is much higher density, which could result in faster performance in some cases. I have been using the HGST 1.5 tb drive in a macbook ODD bay for a few months now and I am very happy with it. The only thing to consider for a PS4 is how important the hard drive speed is. If you care a lot about hard drive speed, then a Hybrid Drive like the Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive would be a better choice.
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I believe a Western Digital drive would work fine. I bought 2 of them for myself.
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That's a good question . . . . In my experience, the Segate drives are built a bit more durable than WD. I've had numerous issues them over the years. Not to say Seagate drives are bulletproof, but I prefer them.
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According to Newegg and other online stores, all sizes have a 3 year warranty (which makes sense since they're competing with WD Red which have a 3 year warranty). I'd call Seagate if you want to know for sure...
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It does not ship with any hard drive. There is documentation about drives that are supported on the net gear website. I put a 500GB western digital first time and it worked perfectly.
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It's been a long, long time since I've bought an Iomega diskette type drive. Compared to a USB Hard Drive (like Seagate Backup Plus) the older Iomega is much slower and less reliable. In my opinion it's way past its prime. I would take your friend's advice and get a USB hard drive. If your Win7 computer supports USB 3.0 I would definitely get a 3.0 USB Hard Drive. 3.0 is 10 times as fast as 2.0 and really flies. That's my opinion. Good luck with your decision. --- Sam
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Don't. Get a Western Digital instead. I screwed up and gave Seagate a chance. Oops.
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Sir,The drive described will make an excellent external backup drive if you purchase an external cover with a usb connection port and a usb cable for the drive. The two most common form factors for modern HDDs are 3.5-inch in desktop computers and 2.5-inch in laptops computers. The listed Western Digital Drive is designed as an internal drive for a desktop. Respectfully, Lee W. Wood
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These are the latest version that WD makes :) I would suggest that you call Western Digital's support line... They are both very helpful and completely knowledgeable about their products...
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Regardless - Go with WD or even Seagate. I have 5 portable drives (2 WD, 2 Seagate, 1 Toshiba) the Toshiba is the newest. I treat them all the same but the Toshiba is the only one crapping out on me in less than a year. Their laptops are KILLER though. It's possible that I just got a dud, but that's my current experience.
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Bare oem drives are quite different when it comes to warranty. Either buy the extra warranty offered or get the retail package. WD will not replace a bad OEM drive. TRUST ME, personal experience everyone.
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Generally, Western Digital, like Seagate and others, limits their warranty to physical replacement of the drive if found to be defective. The warranty does not cover data recovery. The 3 year warranty was a positive in my decision to buy.
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Well that depends on what you want to use it for.... Judging by the brands only I have used I like WD and Lacie. But again, choosing the right one will usually depend on your needs.
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I have a variety installed - mainly used for storage of movies/music and vmware. If you want reliability, stick with the reds. I went for cost - so have WD, Seagate and Hitachi. Have only had 1 WD give me an issue in 3 years (10 3 Tb drives) - so when the 3 Tb drive failed, I replaced it with a 4 Tb and let the hybrid raid expand..