Toshiba 2tb external harddisk

mntheerdesh · Jul 17, 2015

is toshiba 2tb external harddisk a good choice?

Phillip Corcoran · Jul 17, 2015

There is no definitive answer to that question since some people have had good experience with Toshiba externals, whilst others have found that they stopped working within a year (as indeed did mine) so I only buy WD externals now and I've no regrets about that.

I bought 3 WD externals (I like to keep multiple backups) over four years ago and they've been utterly reliable and still going strong.

So you're going to get conflicting advice from different people about whether a particular brand of drive is a good choice, but I wouldn't advise you or anybody to buy a Toshiba one based on the hassle I've had with one of them. Mind you, mine failed over around 5 years ago, maybe Toshiba make better ones now, But it's a big maybe.

The only brand I would recommend for externals is WD obviously.

Another brand of externals to avoid is Seagate - - similar story to Toshiba - - poor reliability and/or short life, I know because I've previously used Seagate externals too. I think I got around 8 months use out of my last Seagate before it rolled over and died on me.

mntheerdesh · Jul 18, 2015

Phillip Corcoran :

There is no definitive answer to that question since some people have had good experience with Toshiba externals, whilst others have found that they stopped working within a year (as indeed did mine) so I only buy WD externals now and I've no regrets about that.

I bought 3 WD externals (I like to keep multiple backups) over four years ago and they've been utterly reliable and still going strong.

So you're going to get conflicting advice from different people about whether a particular brand of drive is a good choice, but I wouldn't advise you or anybody to buy a Toshiba one based on the hassle I've had with one of them. Mind you, mine failed over around 5 years ago, maybe Toshiba make better ones now, But it's a big maybe.

The only brand I would recommend for externals is WD obviously.

Another brand of externals to avoid is Seagate - - similar story to Toshiba - - poor reliability and/or short life, I know because I've previously used Seagate externals too. I think I got around 8 months use out of my last Seagate before it rolled over and died on me.

thanks man. :benetton:

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