I want to take a small portable hard drive to use with my laptop for an upcoming trip. I'm looking at least 250GB, but most importantly, RELIABILITY!!
So, which is the most reliable of them all.... WD Passport, SimpleTech, Seagate, Maxtor.....?
SYS Cream of the Crop  More info | May 04, 2008 09:11 | #1 I want to take a small portable hard drive to use with my laptop for an upcoming trip. I'm looking at least 250GB, but most importantly, RELIABILITY!!
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GaryLindquist Senior Member  592 posts Joined Dec 2007 Location: Bangor, Maine, USA More info | May 04, 2008 09:12 | #2 Seagate Gary
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T.Hogan Senior Member  309 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2006 Location: North Alabama More info | May 04, 2008 09:12 | #3 I would trust Seagate more than the others, IMO
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AV6Scott Member  167 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Texas More info | May 04, 2008 10:37 | #4 I've never had a WD drive fail on me. Internal or external. I would stay with either WD or Seagate. 20D gripped; Canon nifty-fifty; Sigma 70-300; Sigma 10-20; 430EX flash; Quantum 1+
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May 04, 2008 10:53 | #5 My dilemma is that, while I'm leaning towards Seagate, they only make the portable HD up to 250gb and it is not on sale right now. WD Passport Essential 320gb, however, is on sale this weekend for $129.99. But then I've heard more complaints with WD than Seagate.... When it comes to such electronics, I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette....
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | May 04, 2008 11:20 | #6 Every hard drive, portable or not, will eventually fail. I've had very good luck with Western Digital drives of all sizes over the years. Skip Douglas
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MSIGuy Senior Member  369 posts Joined Mar 2008 More info | May 04, 2008 16:37 | #7 It's really hard to say what brand is going to be more reliable. IMO it's just best to stick with name brands, Western Digital, Maxtor, Seagate. They're all within the same range of reliability. Some cameras, some lenses, plenty of gaffer's tape and beer.
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Citizensmith Cream of the Crop  More info | May 04, 2008 17:59 | #8 WD or Seagate. I've got a 120Gb Seagate 2.5" and then a few 3.5" Seagate and WD drives of various sizes. Never had a problem with any. My POTN Gallery, Complete gear list,
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | May 04, 2008 19:32 | #9 Seagate or . . . well, or Seagate. I've got a couple of terabytes of Seagate storage. Jon
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darksparkz Member  214 posts Joined Jan 2008 Location: Chicago, IL More info | May 04, 2008 20:14 | #10 Can't go wrong with either ones actually, both WD and Seagate make their own HDDs and have been around for a while making those HDDs. I prefer WD myself in terms of reliability and average write speeds and such, but Seagates tend to run a tad cooler and quieter.
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nutsnbolts Goldmember  2,279 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA More info | May 04, 2008 22:38 | #11 Seagate all the way! I haven't had much luck with WD's but Seagate did buy out WD or was it the other way around. Nevertheless, when you make your purchase, make sure it's the Seagate and not the WD. There are people who had great luck with WD but I'm seagate! Canon EOS 40D | EOS Rebel XTI/400D | G9
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edrader "I am not the final word"  More info | i'll only buy seagate. http://instagram.com/edraderphotography/
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Jon Cream of the Crop 69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | May 05, 2008 08:58 | #13 nutsnbolts wrote in post #5461668  Seagate all the way! I haven't had much luck with WD's but Seagate did buy out WD or was it the other way around. Nevertheless, when you make your purchase, make sure it's the Seagate and not the WD. There are people who had great luck with WD but I'm seagate! No, IIRC Seagate bought Maxtor. Jon
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Grentz Goldmember  2,874 posts Joined Apr 2007 Location: Midwest, USA More info | May 05, 2008 09:25 | #14 I prefer seagate, but will go for western digital without too much second thought as well. Jon wrote in post #5463586 No, IIRC Seagate bought Maxtor. Correct, Seagate purchased Maxtor and maxtor is now seagates budget line. Search.TechIslands.com
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blonde Buck Naked Floozies  8,405 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Boston, MA More info | May 05, 2008 11:24 | #15 i use the WD Free Agent and don't have an issue. in my home computer, i use a mix of WD and Seagate and all have been very reliable.
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