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So one of my old hard drives is starting to fail. (Thanks to Linus for the new video on NCIX). It has an estimated 39 days of life left. (It's been powered on for the past 991 days according to Hard Disk Sentinel). I need a good external HDD that I can use. Hopefully 2-3tb. Maybe USB 3? I am not sure.

 

Any recommendations? I need to get a nice, cheap, but reliable drive before my baby fails ;(

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Why not get an NAS, then you can set up push button backup. They're very reliable too

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Break it. Put it back together.Then hope like hell it works. Failing that Use Gaffer Tape.... lots of it. If that doesn't work then either there isn't a problem or you haven't used enough gaffer tape,

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Any recommendations? I am currently looking at a WD my book

 

Price range? Buy a NAS, put two disks in and set up a RAID 1.

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Like $150 lol

Maybe $200

 

Including drives? Or just the NAS unit?

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Including drives? Or just the NAS unit?

For $150 for just the NAS: http://www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-NSA320-Network-Attached-Storage/dp/B004UBU3SY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384275408&sr=8-1&keywords=zyxel+nas

This is the most cheapo NAS I can find, but it is slow: http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DNS-320-ShareCenter-Network-Enclosure/dp/B004SUO450/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384275503&sr=8-1&keywords=DLink+NAS+320

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Wd blue

He wanted an external solution, and Blues comes in a maximum capacity of 1TB.

 

 

So one of my old hard drives is starting to fail. (Thanks to Linus for the new video on NCIX). It has an estimated 39 days of life left. (It's been powered on for the past 991 days according to Hard Disk Sentinel). I need a good external HDD that I can use. Hopefully 2-3tb. Maybe USB 3? I am not sure.

 

Any recommendations? I need to get a nice, cheap, but reliable drive before my baby fails ;(

 

Any external will work, but good desk options are the WD MyBook and Seagate Backup Plus.

 

If you want portable, (I believe) you're limited to 2TB with something like the WD Passport.

 

 

Any recommendations? I am currently looking at a WD my book

That should be fine.

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I don't need it to be portable. I found a 2tb WD RED on Amazon for under $100 I think

You said you want an external drive, correct?

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I would recommend the Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive STBV3000100. I've got one and it is a very solid, fast, and reliable drive for backups.

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