Doubt regarding external HDD reliability

sandrex

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May 22, 2014
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Hello,

I have been thinking to buy an HDD (Seagate Expansion STBV2000100 ) for backup and I have heard that many external drives have an integrated USB controller which has a high failured rate and it cannot be replaced as it is "welded". Therefore, I was advised to buy an internal drive and put it in a case. Is that true? Is this HDD safe? If negative, I'll get the WD Caviar Green WD20EZRX or Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001.

Thanks,