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At Christmas, I was lucky enough to find a really great deal on a 1TB hard drive desktop computer. Ran like a dream for a long time, very good for both work and Steam games. But recently, I have been working on my laptop and my daughter has the desktop now. She is making Youtube videos and storing them on the hard drive. I am concerned they will clutter up the drive. The computer doesn't run as fast as it did before, not sure if related to the storage issue. And, I guess it's not good to store all that stuff on the drive. I have looked at USB sticks and external USB drives and even considered paid cloud storage for videos. I don't want to lose this content (it's uploaded to Youtube now, but if they shut that down then I will lose the videos forever if not backed up). Just really concerned about losing something so precious to me, being those videos. Also, if getting them off the hard drive would be good for computer performance, then i'm all for that too. Please recommend a good external hard drive, by brand name if possible or a solution for archiving videos, documents, etc. It should be very portable and go with us if we move or vacation. Thanks.
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I've had 2 different external hard drives but I hated my first one. The second one I bought, which was a definite upgrade, is from Seagate. I have the Seagate Backup Plus which is a 5 TB external hard drive. I can store so much crap on there, I've never actually filled it lol
Here's the one I have: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagat...mp;skuId=5127069
On the BestBuy website they're selling it for $138.99 which is actually a pretty good deal for a 5 TB external hard drive. You can find some that are cheaper, but they won't be as good.
Some of the features I look for in an external hard drive:
Side Note - Try not to buy an external hard drive off of websites like Ebay because second hand electronics can break quickly after you buy them. Go into a store like BestBuy and buy it there because you can return it if it breaks within the warranty time Hey Beverly, I've had 2 different external hard drives but I hated my first one. The second one I bought, which was a definite upgrade, is from Seagate. I have the Seagate Backup Plus which is a 5 TB external hard drive. I can store so much crap on there, I've never actually filled it lol :D Here's the one I have: [url=http://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-backup-plus-desktop-5tb-external-usb-3.0%2F2.0-hard-drive-black/5127069.p?id=1219111162112&skuId=5127069]http://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-backup-plus-desktop-5tb-external-usb-3.0%2F2.0-hard-drive-black/5127069.p?id=1219111162112&skuId=5127069[/url] On the BestBuy website they're selling it for $138.99 which is actually a pretty good deal for a 5 TB external hard drive. You can find some that are cheaper, but they won't be as good. [size=140][b]Some of the features I look for in an external hard drive:[/b][/size] [list][*][u][b]Capacity:[/b][/u] I usually look at hard drives that have at least 5 TB of space for me to add whatever I want. It's difficult to fill 5 TB if you're using it for personal stuff. It could get filled over time if you're using it for business. I'm actually thinking about getting the 8 TB version of my current Seagate hard drive just for business stuff so I can keep everything separate.[/*][*][u][b]USBs:[/b][/u] If the external hard drive has a few options for USB ports, I'm all for it lol. I like the one I have because it's got USB 2.0 and 3.0 If you limit yourself to just one type, you'll be annoyed later on :D[/*][*][u][b]The Case:[/b][/u] Some External hard drives have a crappy plastic case, which is annoying. If I'm paying a good amount of money for a hard drive, I want it to be very durable. I try looking for cases that are metal so I don't have to worry about it cracking.[/*][/list] Side Note - Try not to buy an external hard drive off of websites like Ebay because second hand electronics can break quickly after you buy them. Go into a store like BestBuy and buy it there because you can return it if it breaks within the warranty time :D
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