External hard disk for my laptop

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Dia4lit

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Hi, I need a new hard drive for my laptop. My internal hard drive is at risk, and so is my other external hard drive, so I need another one.
I'm reading some reviews because this is the first time I buy a new hard drive, since the last one was a gift from my dad. It was a Mediacom of 250GB and I have it for, I don't know, something like 5 years. I never had any problem with it, but now I'm reading so many bad reviews on Amazon so I really don't know what to do.
What's the most reliable one? I was gonna buy a Western Digital hard drive, but now I'm really not sure. So many people is telling me they are not reliable. Same as Maxtor / Samsung.
Toshiba, maybe?
I'm looking for an hard drive of 1 TB, that's enough for me. I want it reliable, maybe with long warranty (3 years?), And, if possible, an online backup service.
So, any advice?
 
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For external drives, my best experiences have been with Western Digital Passport drives. They're reliable as long as they are treated right.

As a support tech, I have seen a lot of people claim drives were unreliable, only to find them handling the drives roughly while they were running. Any drive is going to be unreliable treated that way. When the drive is plugged in and powered up, make sure to keep it from getting moved much, or at all if possible. Don't move the drive until it has been powered down at least a few seconds, to allow the platters to stop spinning. In addition, make sure to put it on a stable surface before plugging it in. (Don't set the drive on your thigh or armrest and then plug it into a laptop.) That...
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For external drives, my best experiences have been with Western Digital Passport drives. They're reliable as long as they are treated right.

As a support tech, I have seen a lot of people claim drives were unreliable, only to find them handling the drives roughly while they were running. Any drive is going to be unreliable treated that way. When the drive is plugged in and powered up, make sure to keep it from getting moved much, or at all if possible. Don't move the drive until it has been powered down at least a few seconds, to allow the platters to stop spinning. In addition, make sure to put it on a stable surface before plugging it in. (Don't set the drive on your thigh or armrest and then plug it into a laptop.) That will allow the drive to be as reliable as possible.
 
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