external hard drive

[kindkit]

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!

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Anti-rec - Western Digital. I have an avi player which is great, but their hard drives are incredibly prone to crashing.

Semi-rec - LaCie. Reliable, easy to use, expensive. Definitely worth it if you can get one on sale.

Rec - Phillips. Reliable, easy to use, the one I have was fairly cheap.