please help me to buy a portable hard disk drive

[srthsasi]

hi

i am going to buy a portable HDD. can u guys help me in finding a good HDD for me.

I'm looking for a 500 Gb portable HDD having usb & eSATA interface.

i want to buy a drive which is good in performance and reliability. which drive is stable, having less failure & can be trusted.

i searched many HDD reviews but it won.t help me bcoz i don't know much about that.

plz help me to buy a good drive.

 

[Wolfeman]

I'd go with this Western Digital My DVR Expander WDG1S5000 500GB eSATA Black External Hard Drive. I've used WD external hard drives a lot and I've never had any problems. At $130 its a good price too.

 

[thomspeter]

ya... it's very comfortable for you...Right choice...

 

[davesophie]

And it is probably gonna be cheaper in 2 days

 

[chickenheart]

It is >2.2 pounds. Though the lighter ones do no have eSATA.
I am also trying to figure out which one to buy.
Can anyone help me?
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11085
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165153
Though Lacie rugged XL has eSATA with 1 TB, but still weighs >2 Ibs

 

[ewierzbo]

I'm also looking for a RELIABLE portable drive, prefer smaller form factor than eBook. I have 2 WD Passports. One never worked and the other lasted only a couple of months and crapped out on me while I was trying to back up the pictures from my digital camera on vacation. Fortunately I had several thumb drives that provided extra backup or I would have lost the first week's worth.
Thanks!

 

[neilometer]

If you're only looking at 500Gb or less, consider getting a 2.5" drive and an external enclosure with eSata. I have a 320Gb Hitachi drive in an Eagle Tech Consus enclosure and couldn't be happier. Besides the small footprint, you don't have to worry about lugging a bulky AC adapter around because it uses a dual USB cable for power and eSata for data. Nice.