I've had really bad luck with Western Digital, to the point where I will not willingly buy one of their drives again.
I have had drives fail literally a few weeks after the warranty expired, and there was no way to recover anything. Steer clear of them if at all possible. -Alex Smith, Server+, Network+, MCP, MTA " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 1:56 PM, Mark J. Bailey <m...@jobsoft.com> wrote: > More times than not, a failed external drive has failed because of USB > piece and not the drive itself. I’ve busted many a “failed” USB drive out > of its external USB chassis and it would work fine directly connected with > SATA. > > > > But more to your point, I’ve had decent luck with the more recent Seagate > Backup+ Desk units (black chassis with a blue “bottom” side). I’ve got > several that I’ve had in use for at least a couple of years, and, knock on > wood, they’re still kicking. BYMMV > > > > *From:* nlug-talk@googlegroups.com <nlug-talk@googlegroups.com> *On > Behalf Of *Paul Boniol > *Sent:* Thursday, July 19, 2018 3:12 PM > *To:* NLUG <nlug-talk@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* [nlug] Hard Drives > > > > Considering buying an external hard drive, primary use would be DVR (from > Mythbuntu). Any preferences between Western Digital and Segate? I've seen > about as many reviews saying "this drive failed after x months, lost my > data, had to spend hours on the phone, and I had to pay shipping to get it > replaced under warranty" on both. > > > > I've been considering a new computer as the existing is many years old > now, and had some issues turning it on occasionally when it gets turned > off. (So power supply likely starting to go.) > > > > Paul > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > *E.F.A. Project* <http://www.efa-project.org>, and is believed to be > clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > <http://jsefagate.jobsoft.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=98DB81620C9.A42C3&token=f27bc8849358ebbe63cd390dcc15dce4> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
