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Jun 26, 2009 | 08:36 PM

#21

Chefboiali

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Originally Posted by BetterBob

Western Digital has always been my media. Never had a problem.

But i think the warranty has changed on the devices. You may want to double check that.

I'm just looking for an external case. Nothing fancy, but nothing junk. I'm already happy with my WD 3.5" mybook.

I'd just like to use this 120 to cart apps. etc.

Jun 26, 2009 | 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Chefboiali

Yo...... I took the 2.5" 120gig 4500rpm SATA drive out of my Mac Mini and replaced it with a 320gig 7200rpm

I wanna use the 120 as an external. There are TONS of cheap ass cases around. I'm seeing from $5.99 shipped on ebay o:, to $25 on overstock.
The brands I've never heard of. Can someone steer me towards a good one? If you guys have one laying around, I'll paypal you.

Cases are tough. I would recommend looking on Newegg at the different reviews.
I have had experience with 2 different notebook external cases. One was 20 bucks and fried and the other was 3 bucks and works well. Look at different reviews and see what people say.

Jun 27, 2009 | 04:39 AM

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k3ifers

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i hate looking for cases online.

Jan 15, 2010 | 11:10 AM

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Joe

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Welp 6 months later my external WD My Passport Essential crapped out.

Partition drive is corrupted and it seems there's nothing I can do to fix it. I only have about 40 gigs on it but some of the movies/pictures I have nowhere else.

If I format it I will lose everything. If I use my warranty and send it in, I lose everything.

Jan 15, 2010 | 06:59 PM

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Black2KGSR

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that happened to my last external HDD. I "found" a data recovery program and recovered 98% of my stuff.

Jan 15, 2010 | 08:00 PM

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BetterBob

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Yep, one of my WD 250G's took a shit can on me.

What's the new reliable drive?

Last edited by BetterBob; Jan 15, 2010 at 08:01 PM.

Jan 15, 2010 | 10:35 PM

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shabacash

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i use the 500GB Transend HDD

it is drop tested and is pretty durable.

Jan 16, 2010 | 01:52 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe

Welp 6 months later my external WD My Passport Essential crapped out.

Run a diskcheck on it. Most will block out corrupt sectors so you can atleast get some of your data off it.

Jan 16, 2010 | 05:10 AM

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k3ifers

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i bought a seagate free agent external, 1tb, that was like $79 at best buy. used a $35 gc on it too, i was happy. it is currently working with my wii.

Jan 16, 2010 | 06:42 AM

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fathergoat

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did you spill Mr. Pibb on it?

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