HD [modified]

[dmitri_sps]

'Couse it should be HDD

[NormDroid]

You ain't wrong.

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[Harvey Saayman]

Subject Reads:

HD

This should be HDD(Hard Disk Drive). HD is High Definition

messages wrote:

Western digital 1-Does it good brand?

IMHO No, buy a Seagate

messages wrote:

2-Can I use of it on the Vista 64bit or no?

Yup

messages wrote:

whats the different between external portable and external desktop hard disk(2.5"/3.5")

The difference(in the context of your question) is that the 2.5" doesn't need an external power supply to power the HDD, it draws the power from the USB port.

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[Henry Minute]

Western Digital is a reputable brand. However, you should also consider Samsung drives, as they have recently been receiving good reviews.

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[Lost User]

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

External storage should in no way be tied to any current specific OS.

I've heard stories about external harddrives becoming unusable after being hooked up to Vista machines, they would remain usable only with Vista (so basically, they'd be useless) Sadly I've never been able to prove or disprove those stories..

[Lost User]

FDISK should get round any problems there.

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[Dan Neely]

Maxtor has drives with hardware encryption that only work with recent versions of windows.

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[Dan Neely]

Harvey Saayman wrote:

IMHO No, buy a Seagate

The most recent generation of seagates are crippled by buggy firmware problems. The patch released a few months ago didn't fix the issue. I wouldn't put anything you care about on one until they fix the problem.

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[Roger Wright]

I've got a Western Digital 1 TB drive running now, and haven't had any problems so far. I know everyone has a favorite brand, and some have had bad luck with WD, but I've been using nothing else since the Caviar series was introduced many years ago and have only experienced one failure. That unit was promptly replaced without any hassle, so I give them good marks for customer service as well as reliability. I've had to deal with Seagate, IBM, and Maxtor drives when I was repairing PCs for a living, and all have been shown by that experience to be less reliable than WD. In my history, Maxtors have been the worst, Seagate a close second, and IBM fairly decent though it's a very small sample group. Others will tell you different, of course, based on their personal experiences. My guess is that the major brands are probably comparable in quality, and if you stick with a brand that has been in the business for a long, long time you'll likely be doing the right thing.

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[Flynn Arrowstarr Regular Schmoe]

Haven't had any problems with the dozen or so externals I've had hooked to Vista at any point in time. Two (one 2.5" and on 3.5") went from my Vista machines to my Playstation 3 with no problems. :) Flynn