Does anyone out there use a Western Digital external hard drive?
Apr 24, 2018 10:54:35 #
I have 2, each being 1 TB. I use one for photos, one for movies. Travel with both of them, but I am looking at going to SSD.
Apr 24, 2018 10:54:41 #
Greetings from Lopatcong, New Jersey. I'm a Yanks fan and come to spring training just about every year... usually stay on 19 in Clearwater. I've loved the area since my late wife and I began making the trek in '01. Greg Nichols
Apr 24, 2018 11:05:39 #
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 generally prefer Western Digital, and in 20Plus years of PC consulting, building and such, I prefer Western Digital, but will occasionally use Seagate.
That said, my last Seagate (2 TB) external just took a dump and 1.7 TB of data is lost, unless I send it to a recovery service ($$$$).
So, now it's WD for me, and black if I want to spend the extra money.
You should know this about Seagate. They have built their market share for years by purchasing failing HD Manufacturers. So Far I know they bought out Quantum, Maxtor, LaCie (for their shoddy drive enclosures), and upped the quality control. That practice has, on occasion, bit them in the ass on their own quality control.
Apr 24, 2018 11:29:00 #
Apr 24, 2018 11:31:43 #
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 have three 4TB WD external drives. I have not had any problems with any of them. I also use WD Black Caviar hard drives in all three of my PC's and have had no issues with any of them either. IMO, WD drives are the best, and HGST drives are reported to be good as well. Like anything else though, any drive can fail at some point. Its not a matter of "IF" a drive will fail, but a matter of "WHEN" it will fail.
Apr 24, 2018 11:54:21 #
Ron Dial
Loc: Cuenca, Ecuador
Western Digital or Seagate "Enterprise" drives are manufactured and rated at many thousands of hours longer than regular drives. They cost more also. Went with a HTSB drive a while back and was that ever a mistake. Western Digital and Seagate have online software that can, in many cases, repair a defective drive, or at least retrieve data from a bad drive. Think about the worst case scenario at the begining, and you will not be disappointed at the end. Spend what is appropriate and do not buy off market drives.
Apr 24, 2018 11:56:53 #
I use both WD and Seagate drives, but I only use the higher end units. I have a WD external Thunderbolt system with two 4TB RED drives in RAID 1. I have many other of the same drive types in several Synology NAS systems. Some have been in service over five years without issues. Remember, It's not IF your drive will fail, but when. If you plan that way everything should work out. Best of luck.
Apr 24, 2018 12:14:03 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
I use WD hard drives exclusively and I have for over 20-years. I currently have a 5Tb Passport for photo backup, a 4Tb Passport for Time Machine backup of my iMac and five (5) WD Red Drives in my Drobo RAID system.
Apr 24, 2018 12:25:28 #
awis01 wrote:
I use them. They are the only brand I own. I have 3. Never had a problem.
Apr 24, 2018 12:26:31 #
Apr 24, 2018 12:34:34 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
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 have 2 4tb Western Digital external drives, ons SSD and one HD, that I use as double backups for my photos. So far they work great.
Apr 24, 2018 13:22:36 #
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 just bought two of them. And had a 2 TB which held about 90,000 photos half of which were both JPEG and raw. I had good luck with the 2 TB and the 4s seem to be doing just fine only been using them for a couple weeks.
Apr 24, 2018 13:23:27 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Chief_Warrant wrote:
Greetings from Lopatcong, New Jersey. I'm a Yanks fan and come to spring training just about every year... usually stay on 19 in Clearwater. I've loved the area since my late wife and I began making the trek in '01. Greg Nichols
I think you posted this on the wrong thread.
Apr 24, 2018 13:53:07 #
bobforman
Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
I'm curious as to what back-up software all of you are using.
Apr 24, 2018 14:04:30 #
Ednsb
Loc: Santa Barbara
Backblaze.com. They put out a quarterly report on the thousands of drives they use for their backup service. This is Real data not just antidotal from a small sampling of users. It depends on the model but WD drives generally score well with Hitatchi having the best numbers.
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