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

[lincard.livejournal.com]

Actually a brand that I am fairly loyal to is Samsung... Their Spinpoint drives are quiet, cool running and quite reliable - I've never heard anyone with anything bad to say about them. No doubt they have their failures as well, but when you don't hear a lot about them, you tend to think that they're doing their job well.

Personally, I tend to shy away from both Seagate and Maxtor. Mixed results with WD but their raptor/velociraptor drives are pretty good (if small, hot and noisy) :-)