Does anyone out there use a Western Digital external hard drive?
Apr 23, 2018 09:47:41 #
I am considering purchasing a Western Digital 4TB external portable hard drive to hold all of my photographs. If you have input on this subject, let me know...Julian
Apr 23, 2018 09:49:29 #
Apr 23, 2018 09:54:31 #
I have one cabled to my router and is available to 4 computers on the network (NAS - Network Attached Storage).
It appears as a "g" drive and works great.
It appears as a "g" drive and works great.
Apr 23, 2018 10:04:03 #
I use 2 Western Digital "My Passport" portable hard drives purchased from Costco online ($140 Canadian). One Red and one Blue and take one of them on the road often. Since I am into macro photography and focus stacking I take a huge amount of images that need to be taken off the Camera SD cards often while traveling. With the other hard drive in a safe place at home I feel "safe". Once back at home I use the free Bulk Rename Utility to properly name the digital files before copying them to the second Hard Drive.
Apr 23, 2018 10:04:17 #
I have two, never a problem. been using 1 for over 3 years and the other for around 1 year.
Apr 23, 2018 10:06:09 #
julian.gang wrote:
I am considering purchasing a Western Digital 4TB external portable hard drive to hold all of my photographs. If you have input on this subject, let me know...Julian
I use Western Digital as well as Seagate and have not had a problem with either. I may be over cautious, but i also back up my photos on an additional drive that is not constantly connected to my computer as well as copying them to DVDs. I would rather have too much backup than to lose my photos.
Apr 23, 2018 10:17:23 #
Apr 23, 2018 10:27:30 #
I have two 2Tb WD My Passport Ultra and like them.
One for desktop backup and one for traveling with the laptop for backup.
One for desktop backup and one for traveling with the laptop for backup.
Apr 23, 2018 11:20:48 #
orrie smith wrote:
I use Western Digital as well as Seagate and have not had a problem with either. I may be over cautious, but i also back up my photos on an additional drive that is not constantly connected to my computer as well as copying them to DVDs. I would rather have too much backup than to lose my photos.
Along those lines, in addition to having a 4TB WD, I also use Backblaze so I can have off-site backup.
Apr 23, 2018 15:13:41 #
BIGRO
Loc: NYC
I have both a passport ultra and a book, passport 2gb, book 4, no issues or problems. Western Digital even offers free cloud space. Can't go wrong imo
Apr 23, 2018 15:38:40 #
The only problem I see with an HDD as a portable device is its inherent fragility. I much prefer an SSD over an HDD for portable storage. But the price differential is still very high: 2TB SSD will cost $800 and 4TH HDD will be $300 or less. Drop the HDD, and it may be game over; not so with an SSD.
Apr 23, 2018 17:55:33 #
Pay attention to which WD class drive is inside the enclosure. Unfortunately, WD (and others) do not readily provide that information (and WD makes many different classes/qualities of drives). The answer is to buy the drive you want (such as a WD red or enterprise class drive) and a fan cooled enclosure to put it in. Takes about 5-10 minutes to install the drive in the enclosure, and you’ll know what you have. Avoid cheap, large externals. The truth is that you just can’t produce, distribute and sell (at a profit) a quality 2-4TB drive, enclosure, interface and power supply for $89. Of course, that assumes that your data/photos, which you have probably spent thousands of dollars in equipment to create, is valuable to you.
Apr 23, 2018 18:13:41 #
Thanks for the reply, do you think the 4TB size is good for someone in my situation?...Julian
Apr 23, 2018 18:14:14 #
therwol
Loc: USA
TriX wrote:
Pay attention to which WD class drive is inside th... (show quote)
I've never had any problems with the cheap ones, but everything I have is on three of them. It also pays to keep them stored in different locations in case of fire. I've even heard of people taking one back and forth to a safe deposit box after adding files.
Apr 23, 2018 18:26:00 #
TriX wrote:
Pay attention to which WD class drive is inside th... (show quote)
This is the only advice that makes any sense.
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