Hello. I am interested in an external hard drive primarily for storing disk images and thats about it pretty much. I hardly use the space on my main OS drive. Im looking for something reliable. Any idea? Thanks!
if it helps, my PC is windows 10 64bit with 3 or 4 USB 3.0 connections etc..
I have 3 Hard drive docks like this one Amazon.com: Thermaltake BlacX Duet eSATA USB Dual Hard Drives Docking Station ST0014U: Electronics
I use an internal hard drive in it. You can use any internal hard drive and swap them out very easily.
I use an external USB 3.0 1TB Toshiba. Ive used it for over the last year and its been rock solid.
thank you, essenbe. however i do not own those drives and do not need a docking station.
I use this tower/case, VANTEC NexStar HX4R NST-640S3R-BK Aluminum / Plastic 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 & eSATA Quad Bay RAID HDD Enclosure-Newegg.com With these drives, WD Blue 6TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD60EZRZ-Newegg.com
Been using this setup for a couple of years now. I change drives every 18 months to 2 years or so, staggering the replacement time. I then connect the tower via USB3 on the rear of the board. I get fast transfer rates, and haven't had a single issue once connected and setup.
The drives are hot swappable and it can accommodate up to 4 drives as your needs change. I don't know what the max drive size is, but I have 2 6TB drives in there now in JBOD as I use them for different things.
Last edited by Corelogik; 20 Mar 2017 at 21:45. Reason: Added additional information.
If you have a Wireless Router and don't want to tie the Notebook/Laptop down you could use a NAS/Network Attached Storage device plugged into the Router via an Ethernet cable. I use 2 WDC MyCloud 2TB drives, can access files on them from Windows, macOS Sierra and Linux Mint by just Mapping the Public Folder on them from within files Explorer.
ill prob spend $50 on amazon and get a WD HDD
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