Hitachi and western digital are the two highest rated for reliability. I have a few my passport 2.5" drives and they have been solid so far after a few years of use.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Attila Boros <attila.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a 4 year old Hitachi LifeStudio, still working fine with no > issues. AFAIK they were bought out by Western Digital. > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: >> I'm currently housing my digital images on a couple of external hard drives. >> They are filling up and its getting to be time to upgrade. Are there any >> particular brands to look for or avoid? >> >> I am thinking of getting a couple of 4TB drives, to replace a couple of 3TB >> drives currently in use. I'm currently using two pair of drives with a 3TB >> and 2TB in each pair. Moving from a 3+2 setup to a 4+3 setup will net an >> additional 2TB of storage, which should last for a couple years or so. >> >> I Googled on this and Hitachi came up as making reliable drives. A quick >> search on Amazon did not reveal any Hitachi drives in enclosures, but I >> assume I could buy an enclosure that would support them. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Mark >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
