Recommend an external HD for me please
 

There are so many out there.

What do you recommend?

WD 2TB Mirror Edition with esata connector

Do you want firewire, USB, or eSata?

Whatever you pick, get a WD.
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WD for sure man. I got a MyBoook 500GB last year and it is still going very strong. Despite everything I read about external drives crashing all the time for no reason. Works great for me..

knock on wood..

It's for my laptop and basically just to backup (everything)... so USB I suppose.

WD and Maxtor are the better quality brands aren't they?

you will want esata, especially for backing up
way faster than usb 2 or firewire
if your laptop doese not have an esata port, get one of those esata cards also

Also...Why external?

I currently use both of these devices and simply plug in whatever HD I want. Easily hot swapable. I use them for video editing and archiving.

Thermaltake Drive Dock

I know you said external but if you have an open 5.25 drive bay then this is a great option.

Masscool SATA Rack

For something like that, I would stick with a smaller WD passport drive.

I use a Passport Elite.

I also use a Smartdisk FireLite.

I use WD 500g Books and never had a problem

the 2tb mirror edition can be set up raid0 (2TB) or raid1 (1TB) ,

Thanks Aaron. Passport Elite is likely my best option. Cool looking little device too.

I'll admit I'm unfamiliar with esata. Is it used with the express card slot?

yes, unless you have a newer laptop, some come with esata,

ok... thanks. I need to get up to speed on this stuff. :)

Thanks for your suggestion too. I think it might be a bit of overkill though.

yeah, I also vote for WD

Yep, and they are pretty small so easy to carry around, ship, or put in a small safe/safety deposit box.

http://ampcontent.com/pics/ExternalDrives.jpg

I have two awesome western digital book I think they are called.

I use 2 x 250GB WD and 1 x 320GB WD. Best hard drives i've ever used before.
Put like AaronM said, their easy to carry around.

I have 4 WD's and they are great. All 500 gigs a about 2 years old. Now the TB ones are out, so you may want to go that way. but be smart. Back up to another dive as well.

seagate has 5 year warranty on their drives.

always use a seagate or a western digital