Am I just very unlucky with external hard drives or are they fundamentally less reliable than internal ones? I have had a lot of internal hard drives over the years, like ten or so and only one has actually failed (a Samsung, my 3 other sammys are perfect, WD, Intel all fine). My old Maxtor that must be nearly ten years old still worked last time I tried it.
My last three external hard drives have all died suddenly for no good reason I can discern. My Western Digital one died within months, as did its replacement, then last week my Seagate FreeAgent Pro that had been working fine for two years (although I only use it very rarely for backups, say once every three or four months max) died when I was backing up and Seagate still havent replied about if its still in warranty.
I rarely use these drives (for backups only once every few months) why are they all so unreliable? Does any manufacturer have a reputation for external hard drives that last? Im thinking of just getting an internal drive, backing up to it, and taking it out of the case, what do other people do?
Cheers.
My last three external hard drives have all died suddenly for no good reason I can discern. My Western Digital one died within months, as did its replacement, then last week my Seagate FreeAgent Pro that had been working fine for two years (although I only use it very rarely for backups, say once every three or four months max) died when I was backing up and Seagate still havent replied about if its still in warranty.
I rarely use these drives (for backups only once every few months) why are they all so unreliable? Does any manufacturer have a reputation for external hard drives that last? Im thinking of just getting an internal drive, backing up to it, and taking it out of the case, what do other people do?
Cheers.
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