More times than not, a failed external drive has failed because of USB piece and not the drive itself. I’ve busted many a “failed” USB drive out of its external USB chassis and it would work fine directly connected with SATA.
But more to your point, I’ve had decent luck with the more recent Seagate Backup+ Desk units (black chassis with a blue “bottom” side). I’ve got several that I’ve had in use for at least a couple of years, and, knock on wood, they’re still kicking. BYMMV From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Boniol Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 3:12 PM To: NLUG <[email protected]> Subject: [nlug] Hard Drives Considering buying an external hard drive, primary use would be DVR (from Mythbuntu). Any preferences between Western Digital and Segate? I've seen about as many reviews saying "this drive failed after x months, lost my data, had to spend hours on the phone, and I had to pay shipping to get it replaced under warranty" on both. I've been considering a new computer as the existing is many years old now, and had some issues turning it on occasionally when it gets turned off. (So power supply likely starting to go.) Paul -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.efa-project.org> E.F.A. Project, and is believed to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam. <http://jsefagate.jobsoft.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=98DB81620C9.A42C3&token=f27bc8849358ebbe63cd390dcc15dce4> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
