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| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 887305 | 2010-05-23 01:54:00 | Decided to get an external hard drive. Trying to decide between WD Elements 500GB & Seagate Expansion 500GB. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 887306 | 2010-05-23 02:16:00 | Western Digital = 5 year warranty Seagate = 3 year warranty I believe this is the de facto warranty period for the external HDD? |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 887307 | 2010-05-23 03:54:00 | Some WD = 5 Years, others 3 years. | pctek (84) | ||
| 887308 | 2010-05-23 04:46:00 | I was thinking more about usability. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 887309 | 2010-05-23 05:08:00 | Either or. | pctek (84) | ||
| 887310 | 2010-05-29 20:48:00 | I finished up buying this one. www.wdc.com Seems to work ok so far. I was supprised to find about 45GB already in use pressumably by it's own system files. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 887311 | 2010-05-29 21:12:00 | 500 GB = 465.66 GiB, though that is a "net loss" of 35 units. Unless WD has put in some backup software into the HD? |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 887312 | 2010-05-29 22:20:00 | Oh, I guess thats ok then. Still plenty of room for all I've got anyway. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
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