Thread: Which Externel Hard Drive to buy

I want to buy an externel hard drive.I went through eBay & found few deals.
How is this "Maxtor Basics" Brand? Is it good.I have just heard of Seagate SATA hard drives.What will be a good price for 500 GB/750 GB/1 TB externel hard drive? I found a deal for Maxtor Basics 1TB External Hard Drive for Rs 6750.00? Is this a good deal.Kindly pour in your valuable suggestions.

Aren't external HDD's USB based? So how does SATA come into picture?

I have a Seagate FreeAgent Go 120GB purchased over 2 years ago. It is doing fine. It is a pocket disk. When I purchased it, it was $129.99. For a little higher price ($149.99), Seagate's 350 GB disk was also available but it was a bookshelf disk.

I recommend buying: 1. Seagate 2. Western Digital 3. Maxtor

Actually there is very little to choose in between the brands - all are almost equal.

Originally Posted by just4kix

Aren't external HDD's USB based? So how does SATA come into picture?

You are right. I meant the brand name. I have just heard of Seagate. Now only im hearing the brand Maxtor.

All 3 are well known brand names in US. I have heard of them since 2000.

Maxtor is popular in India too ... I too have known it for a long time ......... Most popular [in terms of well known thru out India is of course Seagate ]

Though like J4K said all 3 brands are as good as each other .......Unless you r into cutting Edge research u should nt be too concerned about them .....

Maxtor has been purchased by Seagate. You can check for it on Seagate.com also. For Rs.6750 the 1Tb hard disk is very good deal. go for it. Maxtor is giving 3 Years waranty also which is backed by seagate India.

I am using Western Digital 500GB My Book Edition. Which i got for $140, but now its $99.

Though Seagate is good a lot of ppl have been having probs with HDD 500 GB and above..

so to be on the safe side i would suggest Western Digital

Western Digital any given day,,,,,,,

it has onsite WARRANTY :P

Try the Transcend Storejet 2.5, in India 320 GB version will cost you around 3.8K.

so rameshjee its been some time u started this thrd, hav u got the HDD?

The Maxtor 1 TB external HDD for Rs. 6750 is a good deal. On eBay, there is a shipping charge of Rs. 150/- outside dealer's city.

I recommend it highly.

Originally Posted by sb21pro

so rameshjee its been some time u started this thrd, hav u got the HDD?

Im running out of money (year end)...Need to win some more contest before I have enough money to buy it....

your Maxtor 1 TB external HDD for Rs. 6750 is a nice deal......but according to me i like the seagate one......also check the RPM speed of the HDD it is of 5200 or 7200.....

I'd go for wd over seagate anyday...the caviar and raptor series are magnificent

The main thing about externals is their reliability.
Seagate seems to have reduced their warranty period.

From another source
"For products purchased on or after January 3, 2009, the limited warranty period for consumer electronics, notebook and personal storage bare drives sold to Seagate Authorized Distributors will be changed from 5 to 3 years. Seagate believes that the new warranty period and terms better reflect current industry standards."

This one looks good

LaCie 301371 Rugged All-Terrain 500GB FireWire 800/ FireWire 400/USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Search at amazon)
A little expensive but great if you can afford it.

if u r really interested, 1tb hd (maxtor) is available for 6200(all taxes included)!!

not at all!
external 1TB maxtor Hd.

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

not at all!
external 1TB maxtor Hd.

than u have to post the link of the deal here coz that deal is better than the deal which he found.............

its not from e-bay.i dont trust ebay anyways.its from the market.

not only e-bay have the deals there are many more sites on net too......but which city u r talking about..........???

basically i do not trust sites.i like to check it mysellf.
i am from delhi.

so u tried them in nehru place.....nd if it comes to cheapest prices in nehru place than the winner is computer empire.....m i rite.....???.....

Originally Posted by Harshytkage

I'd go for wd over seagate anyday...the caviar and raptor series are magnificent

Originally Posted by amitkool21

your Maxtor 1 TB external HDD for Rs. 6750 is a nice deal......but according to me i like the seagate one......also check the RPM speed of the HDD it is of 5200 or 7200.....

Originally Posted by powerdoc

The main thing about externals is their reliability.
Seagate seems to have reduced their warranty period.

From another source
"For products purchased on or after January 3, 2009, the limited warranty period for consumer electronics, notebook and personal storage bare drives sold to Seagate Authorized Distributors will be changed from 5 to 3 years. Seagate believes that the new warranty period and terms better reflect current industry standards."

This one looks good

LaCie 301371 Rugged All-Terrain 500GB FireWire 800/ FireWire 400/USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Search at amazon)
A little expensive but great if you can afford it.

For your information, Maxtor is a brand owned by Seagate.

Originally Posted by ag_prasun

its not from e-bay.i dont trust ebay anyways.its from the market.

e-Bay is one of the most trustworthy online sites. You money is completely protected. It works like this:

- You place order and make payment via Credit Card on ICICI online
- eBay informs seller that payment is collected and istructs for shipping
- Seller ships
- You have 7 days to confirm that goods were in good working condition or report an issue
- If you report that everything is fine, payment is released to seller
- If not, you are expected to return the goods back to the seller and you need to inform return details to eBay. Your money is credited back.
- If for seven days, you do not make any comment, it is assumed that your goods were received in proper condition and eBay releases payment to seller
- each successful shipping by seller increases his reputation count. Thus you can order from reputed sellers only.

eBay is our customer at my organization and I know how this works. I have ordered quite a few things from eBay without issues. The only drawbacks are:

- you do not get to see the goods for yourself
- sometimes the shipping charges are high
- in Maharashtra, Octroi is payable
- just in case, there is a mishap in delivery, it could cause some anxiety.

I would go for Western Digital.

Newegg.com is good for electronics.

Regarding shipping,

To avoid shipping charges, you can use Amazon.
If you have a relative in the US & your order is above $25, they give free shipping to any US destination.

I just ordeed a 16 gb transcend pen drive using a $30 gift voucher that I had.

We are discussing Indian scenario here. If you order from international sites, the buyer will have to pay for customs duty.