Nerd Help Needed Plz Thx

[palsgraf_polka]

I need to reformat my entire hard drive. It's become slow and sluggish and I just want to start from scratch.

I need to back up both of my internal hard drives, so I am going to buy a 1 TB external hard drive. Fry's has a Seagate USB drive for only $104.99.

But don't Seagate drives suck? I can't remember, and unfortunately the person I used to turn to for all matters geekery is no longer in my life [sigh].

So, I would appreciate some advice. TIA!

Comments

[sandman008.livejournal.com]

It's easy to get confused. The best choice right now varies from year to year.

It used to be that Seagate sucked, but they've gotten better. I've heard that Western Digital aren't so hot, but there's another responder who is having good luck with them. So … your mileage may vary.

[jdack.livejournal.com]

I was a Maxtor devotee for many years, and I worked at an ISP that was setting up a multiple terrabyte NNTP box with dozens of raided Western Digital drives that kept failing. I stayed away from WD for a while because of this.

Then my Maxtor's started crapping out right and left. And I got a job where the head admin swore by WD. Haven't seen one die since.

Meanwhile I support half a dozen boxes running Seagate Barracuda's that were going just fine until some jackass dropped 'em.

Really is a mixed bag. Until everything goes Solid State, it'll continue to be methinks.