Top 5: Best External Hard Drive 2024

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Looking for the best external hard drive for your next project? Look no further! In this video, we're sharing our top 5 picks for the best external hard drives for 2024.

Whether you're a student or a professional, these hard drives are the perfect choice for your next project. We've tested them all and can guarantee that you'll be satisfied with your purchase! So don't wait – check out our top 5 picks for the best external hard drive for 2024 today!

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[o]

I really like how you categorized each hard drive based on your needs (for example, cheapness, size, etc).

[y.p.]

What would you recommend for family videos from VCR, mobiles and digital cameras?

[jeejby_]

is the back up plus different from back up plus slim and one touch model?

[EarlBalentine]

I have a Tablo DVR system where I access the external HD from a remote location when I'm out of town to watch my recordings. The recordings are upload from my Firecuda Gaming HD. Occasionally I get buffering when I'm watching a movie and I think the problem maybe my HD is too slow to upload the movies. Maybe I need a much fast HD to upload the movies. Which Hard Drive do you recommend.? It can be 500gb or 1TB hard drive.

[TheFinancialAdvantage]

Thanks for a great comprehensive video, definitely are going to cop one of those hard drives.

[ShanerTheGrey]

Yo cool video man I really like it. Nice to hear a human voice and not ai hahahaha. I’m going to get that Seagate Backup plus. On a mission to download every single ROM that exists lol.

[terrapinflyer]

I've always spoken really good things about Seagate external drives, but my opinion has changed recently. I have had 3 Seagate external hdd's. I would personally recommend going with the older model of the BackupPlus drive (with the silver logo, NOT the dark logo on the enclosure). I have an old silver logo 4TB HDD that's seen moderate usage (large file transfers, watching large MKV videos from the drive, and gaming from it now and then) over the span of 7 years or so. Checks good in CrystalDiskInfo, no issues.

I also have a newer 4TB HDD with the dark logo which has begun failing after 2 years of light usage. File storage only. C05 and C06 caution alarms in CrystalDiskInfo.

I also have a very old 750GB HDD I bought some 10+ yrs ago now. Ran CrystalDisk on it recently and found it has a C05 caution. I consider it to have been a good drive, with it lasting such a long time with no issues until now... Which, I haven't had any with it even with the C05 caution, but I consider it to be failing with the caution alarm.

The newer 4TB I do have issues with. There are now corrupted files which will not transfer and the copying files window just hangs until I get an error.

With all that said, any mechanical hdd purchase can be hit or miss seemingly at random. What I would recommend is getting a 3.5" HDD and a separate enclosure. I feel they might be much more reliable that 2.5" external/portable HDDs, as manufacturers could just be plopping HDDs from the bin that didn't pass inspection with flying colors, but were still deemed market-worthy.

Also, research, scan, and fully test your drives before beginning any backup operations. And have multiple copies, as it's a major headache when one fails and your data becomes non-recoverable.

[hopejavid]

If u have to choose between WD 8TB My Book Desktop HDD and ADATA 5TB HD710 Pro
Which one would be ur choice based on product quality (speed isn't my priority here)
Which one would last longer and less likely to have problems with ( u know I'm one of those people who appreciates good Warranty Services but wish to never need it)

[NBAFan]

I have a question, i need more storage for games to download. If i get an external hard drive and get it all set up with the extra storage and stuff, if i keep it plugged in (not touching it or anything) and download games on steam with it plugged in will it affect gameplay or loading times or anything at all? (for PC/laptop). Thanks.

[johanordenes]

I think Lacie hard disks are a pretty good option in case you want to save documents as backup, for work the best options are always SSD’s

[Prodigy]

Will the Western Digital work well with my laptop? I'm also a content creator.

[fredreed]

Will all portable external hard drives work with mini pcs as well?

[afnanfaris]

anyone has experience with samsung 4-5 TB? i need 5 tb hdd after my WD 5 tb only worked for like 3-5 months. i read about seagate, too scary to buy just like WD.

[tomlebeau]

Only time I’ve heard of a hard drive failing has been a sea gate.

[auntielu]

Amazon cyber Monday is early this year 11/20/23. Be ready!

[Johnnymayfield]

I have that seagate and hard drive and it sleep too much it takes 5mins to come

[gizmo_therapy]

from my experience Seagate is the worst brand😖

[keithyakouboff]

What about long-term reliability? WD has bought out G-Drive, and their lifespans now suck. So, I am no longer buying G-Drives, and WD in general is now suspect to me.

In 2020, I bought three 4TB external drives, two with a more traditional USB interface, and one with a TB3 or 4 / USB-C interface (frankly I'm not which at the moment). So far, two of them have died. One was replaced, being within warranty, and the other I have to eat because it's out of warranty.

I have three much older G-Drives, which I believe I purchased in... 2014? Two 4TB, one 2TB. In 2019, I dropped them onto a floor by accidentally pulling their power cord. One of them lost a FW800 port because of this fall.

Well, guess what? They're STILL usable. One is acting as my DVR disk, which gets used almost every day (though I back up my recordings). However, out of the three newer ones I bought in 2020, two are now dead, and not because I pulled them to the floor. I have one that has not yet died or needed replacing, and that's my 12TB TMB drive. I am seeking a cloud service because I have to suspect that its days are going to be numbered now, too.

No more G-Drive for me. Used to be reliable -- but WD took over, and since they've lost their edge.

[jlsc]

I've had 3 seagate external drives and they have ALL died within a year of setup. WORST overall.

[Soned]

seagate does not last, once dropped its gone.compare.to wd elements dropped.it few.times.still working no noise 😊