External harddrive

[EnTITy]

Whats the best external hard with 1tb. one that would last long.

[dragoon20005]

you want a rugged HDD or a regular HDD?

 

WD Ultra for me

[EnTITy]

3 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

you want a rugged HDD or a regular HDD?

 

WD Ultra for me

whats the difference between rugged and regular

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi @EnTITy!

 

It depends a lot on your personal preference. Also, are you looking for a portable or desktop external drive?

For a portable external drive I can recommend WD Elements and WD My Passport Ultra. They both are very good and reliable drives, and the only difference between them is that the second one is hardware encrypted and password protected while the first one is not. As for the maximum capacity, WD Elements comes with maximum available storage space of 2TB while WD My Passport is up to 3TB. 

WD Elements - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=ZIGUPI
WD My Passport Ultra - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=k8Wjto

 

On the other hand, in case you're after a desktop external drives you can take a look at WD My Book which is also hardware encrypted and password protected and comes with backup program SmartWare Pro 3.0 that you can use for automatic backup. 

WD My Book - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=9JiyHQ

 

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

 

Cheers!

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, EnTITy said:

whats the difference between rugged and regular

rugged HDD have shock proof and can also be water proof

 

this is good if you bring it outdoor occasionally and if you drop the HDD by accident it will be intact

[EnTITy]

1 minute ago, Mighty_Miro_WD said:

Hi @EnTITy!

 

It depends a lot on your personal preference. Also, are you looking for a portable or desktop external drive?

For a portable external drive I can recommend WD Elements and WD My Passport Ultra. They both are very good and reliable drives, and the only difference between them is that the second one is hardware encrypted and password protected while the first one is not. As for the maximum capacity, WD Elements comes with maximum available storage space of 2TB while WD My Passport is up to 3TB. 

WD Elements - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=ZIGUPI
WD My Passport Ultra - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=k8Wjto

 

On the other hand, in case you're after a desktop external drives you can take a look at WD My Book which is also hardware encrypted and password protected and comes with backup program SmartWare Pro 3.0 that you can use for automatic backup. 

WD My Book - http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=9JiyHQ

 

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

 

Cheers!

yeah im just looking for a hard drive to keep my movies etc in since my razer blade only has 256gb. and since its just movies i dont think hardware encryption shoudnt be needed right?

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

2 minutes ago, EnTITy said:

yeah im just looking for a hard drive to keep my movies etc in since my razer blade only has 256gb. and since its just movies i dont think hardware encryption shoudnt be needed right?

 

Well, since that's the purpose then you won't be needing an encryption. 

[EnTITy]

Just now, Mighty_Miro_WD said:

 

Well, since that's the purpose then you won't be needing an encryption. 

thanks mate ill just pick up which one is cheaper encryption or not .

[EnTITy]

5 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

rugged HDD have shock proof and can also be water proof

 

this is good if you bring it outdoor occasionally and if you drop the HDD by accident it will be intact

thanks mate i probalby dont need the rugged so ill just go with reguler. i guess lot of people like WD.

[dragoon20005]

Just now, EnTITy said:

thanks mate i probalby dont need the rugged so ill just go with reguler. i guess lot of people like WD.

yea i have a number of WD drives with me, internal and external