Most reliable Brand/Model of External Hard Disk / Drive

[anya618]

malaki ba difference sa speed ng file transfer between a my book essential and a my book home?

[nogie]

Just bought a WD elements 1.5TB from PCX Market Market... Murang mura sa P6,150 cash, pwede din 6 months pero iba ang presyo P6640. 

[boingk]

Anyone using a 500GB Imation Venus? Does it fall under the category of cheap but reliable portable drives?

[av_phile1]

How long does it take to defragment a 1TB drive that's 80% filled?  Thanks. 

[Clondalkin]

How long does it take to defragment a 1TB drive that's 80% filled?  Thanks. 

My guesstimate...longer than a good night's sleep the 1st time around.

[anya618]

question mga sir, pare pareho lang ba ang adaptors (interchangeable) ng external hdds assuming same brand sila? (ex: my book, wd elements)

[himura001]

Depende, just check whether the adaptor of the enclosure is the same with the HD, like sata II connector to your sata II HD, as IDE connectors to IDE HD.

If you are going to use hard drives for media players, your best bet would be WD green drives as they have low temp and low wattage consumption. For USB external drives, faster drives like 7,200 RPM drives and 10K-15K would be ideal. We usually use high speed (high speed=high wattage=high temp) drives for video editing and multimedia productions because we have good air conditioning and ventilation in our studio or office. But for consumer reliability, slower more efficient drives are better (specially if your house is not air-conditioned).

[anya618]

so far tinesting ko ok naman same brand ung 2 external drives (wd elements and wd my book)