Looking for good portable USB Hard disk 500GB

Hi all,

I'm in the process of looking for a good portable USB 2.5" HDD around the 500GB range.

I was interested in the:-

Seagate ST905003FAM2E1-RK
FreeAgent Go 2.5" 500GB USB2.0 8MB Cache(BLK)

I was interested until I read about some of these problems people were having:-

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/for [...] 49729.html

http://forums.seagate.com/stx/boar [...] read.id=73

As you can imagine, reading about these kind of stories has put me off getting one of these.

The other one I also am considering is the:-

Western Digital WDME5000TA
PASSPORT ESSENTIAL, USB2, 500GB, 5400RPM, 12ms (BLACK)

I have very little knowledge about what have been good/proven portable HDD's, so just wondering what kind experiences you guys have had with any of the above and perhaps which you would recommend?


Thanks in advance!

I recommend getting the 2.5" hard drive and case separately. Look at NCIX and read reviews.

You can buy the two pieces separately and build, say, a 320GB external 2.5" USB hard drive for $100 versus $160.

Again, really read the reviews especially for the cases.