Sep. 20th, 2010

kindkit: Picture of the TARDIS, captioned "This funny little box that carries me away . . ." (Doctor Who--TARDIS)
Does anybody have recommendations or anti-recommendations for external hard drives? I need a big one (at least 1T) but I'd also like it to be reasonably priced and reliable. I use a PC, if that makes a difference.

I fear my laptop is not long for this world--last night it overheated and shut itself off. Considering the thing's five years old, I guess I should be glad it lasted this long. But it's definitely time to get a better back up system (I've already backed up the most vital stuff, but I don't have the storage to back up everything) before the inevitable happens.


ETA: I am now the happy owner of a Seagate 1T drive. It was cheap, it was readily available at Best Buy (I didn't want to order online and risk having my laptop die before it arrived and I could back stuff up), and I figure the one-year warranty should protect against any immediate problems.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions!

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