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The reliability of external hard drives seems spotty at best so a good warranty seems a necessity. I bought a Seagate external hard drive.(500G) So far so good. $80
Seems plenty big enough for my music server purpose. Has worked flawlessly. 5 year warranty.
 
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How is a warranty going to help you recover your files?

Seagate is not a reliable hard drive brand, quite the opposite in fact with many of their models. As far as pricing, you can get a 1.5 TB external seagate for 110.
 
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Most of the old guard in hard drives have gone downhill... Seagate used to be a lot better. Certain models have absurd failure rates from them now...

Western Digital is probably your safest bet these days.
 
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jwinslow;1460007; said:
Most of the old guard in hard drives have gone downhill... Seagate used to be a lot better. Certain models have absurd failure rates from them now...

Western Digital is probably your safest bet these days.
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How big is the sample size you're drawing this conclusion from?

"The old guard" is all that is left, which is essentially four manufacturers: Seagate, Western Digital, Fujitsu, and Hitachi.
 
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Dryden;1460017; said:
How big is the sample size you're drawing this conclusion from?
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The internets.

Do you disagree that Seagate HDs have earned a bad rap in recent years? Specifically the 7200.11's that dominate the sales online?
 
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My research seems to indicate that all manufactores have some bad designs. So my theory is back up what you must and get the best warranty you can.
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jwinslow;1460021; said:
Do you disagree that Seagate HDs have earned a bad rap in recent years? Specifically the 7200.11's that dominate the sales online?
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Yes, I disagree. I've installed, quite literally, thousands of hard drives in computers over the past 15 years. I do not believe any one drive or manufacturer of drive is more prone to failure today than they were back in the early-to-mid 90s based on name-brand alone. I think there are some specific models of some drives that are absolute rubbish by design (usually due to ridiculous spindle speeds causing excessive heat and premature failure), but this is a symptom of catering to the cutting edge that every HD manufacturer has dealt with (Fujitsu's Quantum Fireball line, Seagate's early 15K Cheetahs and some of the 7200rpm drives sold under the Maxtor name, WD's second batch of 10K SATA Raptors, etc ...). I do not see any particular brand/manufacturer of drive failing more frequently than another in my office, and those that do fail are usually well out of their warranty by several years.

As far as warranties go, those vary from model to model based on the target consumer. Top tier SCSI, SAS and SATA drives will often carry a five year warranty, while warranties for drives targetted as light duty/home use will usually be three. The warranty period is often scaled off the drives' rated MTBF.

E.g., WD's 'Green' and 'Blue' drives (the 5400rpm low-power budget and the 7200rpm standard model formerly known as the Caviar SE) have a 3-year warranty, while the 'Black' drives (high end targetted to PC enthusiasts and business class workstations, formerly the Caviar) has a 5-year warranty.
 
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