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Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Oldjim
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Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

I have now reached the point where my hard drives are getting a bit full and so need to get another one
A 1TB size would be adequate which leaves the question - internal or external
There isn't much cost difference and as the access speed wouldn't really be a factor although USB2 (motherboard limit) would be a pain
Thoughts please on why I should consider an external one
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please

How about one of these 2TB network drives.... a 1TB version is available for £4 less.
I have a 3TB version working fine.
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please

Nearly twice as expensive - 1TB internal or external is about £55
Just realised - it would need connecting to my router - more cable to another room as there isn't a power supply available (I already have a 4 way splitter on the only plug near the router)
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Sorry...Amazon's 'Prime' pricing threw me.
Ok, add one of these..
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Have decided to add a 1TB internal drive for more flexibility and shift stuff around from my two existing 500GB drives as it will give much more room for fiddling as the requirements change
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Wink http://www.cclonline.com/product/27454/ST31000528AS/Hard-Drives/1TB-Seagate-Barracuda-7200-12-3-5-Ha...
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Oldjim,
I am looking for something similar myself, can you let me know the make and size you eventually settle for.
Please PM me if you don't want to respond via the forum.
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Quote from: rongtw
Wink http://www.cclonline.com/product/27454/ST31000528AS/Hard-Drives/1TB-Seagate-Barracuda-7200-12-3-5-Ha...
This one I would really question
Seagate7200.12 is SATA3 and looking elsewhere this particular model is old stock they are trying to get rid of http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/sata500gbto1tb/seagate/st31000528a...
to answer the other question I will probably go one of these two
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-seagate-st31000524as-barracuda-720012-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cac... 36 month warranty as it isn't OEM
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-western-digital-wd10ezrx-caviar-green-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-intel... 2 years nominal warranty but usually more after checking the serial number
Note - I get free delivery from Scan
EDIT - checking reviews I will be ordering the Seagate this evening so that is gets delivered on Thursday when I will be in
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Oldjim - double check the warranty on the drive manufacturers site when you have bought the drive.
Also do a print out of the retaillers web page with the warranty visible on the printout.
I had issues with a rather large online retailler who advertised my drive as having a 3 year manufacturers warranty. When I got it and installed it I double checked the serial number and found it to be a 2 year warranty.
Going back to the retaillers site they had dropped all mention of the warranty. When I questioned this with them they told me I'd made a mistake and they had never offered the drive with 3 years warranty. This argument continued over a week or so until I offered to take my printout of their web page clearly showing the three year warranty to Trading Standards and let them take it from there.
Within half an hour I was asked for proof of this (obviously to check I wasn't bluffing) and an hour after sending a copy of what I had received a response that they would personally cover the extra year without an issue ......
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

I will indeed - that is my standard practice
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Thanks for that may well order one myself
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Seagate's OEM warranty page says 3 years, but the way it's written suggests individual end users aren't really "OEM Customers".
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

The problem I have is that other Seagate drives on Scan only have 12 months warranty and this http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/warranty-and-replacements/limited-consumer-warranty/ states
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How Long Does the Coverage Last? Our warranty periods are 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or 5 years from the documented date of purchase, depending on the type of product and where it was purchased.
Clear as mud isn't it
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Re: Backup Hard Drive - advice please - Resolved Going Internal for more flexibility

Update - Seagate drive arrived today
Warranty 23 months
Checking with Scan - it is an error and the website should say 12 months
RMA initiated and the Western Digital drive ordered - should all be sorted on Monday