External Hard Drives - General Accessories

I've been looking at reviews for external hard drives for about an hour now and I can't decide what brand or specific one is the most reliable. I just want one that'll last for at least two years. Size - 500MB to 1TB.
So if someone has experience with these, please give me your opinions.
And if this isn't I'm the right place, I'm sorry.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

the best brands nowadays are WD and samsung.
buy a internal HDD and a cheap external case, you will save money.

Oh wow I didn't know you could do that, I'll look into it.
Thank you very much.
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

WD for sure

mbrotman said:
WD for sure
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+1. I have 3 of them
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I currently have a seagate 1TB ext. that I have owned for almost 3 years now and no issues. I also have a Thermaltake dual bay sata hdd apparatus that connects via usb or esata. Then I have a 2.5" sata silicone sleeve/adapter for laptop sized HDD's Works good too.

Porobu said:
the best brands nowadays are WD and samsung.
buy a internal HDD and a cheap external case, you will save money.
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That's what I always do.
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Seagate Freeagent Go 500gb, very cheap, I have it.
bdw.
NUNsLAUGHTER92 said:
Size - 500MB to 1TB.
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=S .. Are you sure?

I have a seagate 2TB, But not cheap, Wom,I'm so crazy

Hard drive pricess have gone up after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and alot of hard drives on the market right now are older models of the hard drives because they are straggling to resume making of current/updated drives. I always do what the people above have done, buy an internal drive with a cheap enclosure. Samsung is the best brand I have always used, the 103sj is the best performance to price ratio drive i've seen the past year. I also always partition my drives with more the one partition.

xasd said:
I have a seagate 2TB, But not cheap, Wom,I'm so crazy
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500gb for some 250SR and 66$.. cheap for me... o.o
.dont be crazyy ..
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Sure, buy a good internal WD and a 3"5 case, you will save money

go for WD green line 2TB with a power supply. it's a bit heavy but it's durable as hell and it's about 100€

I have a 500gb Toshiba external, its compact and has been very reliable.

An SSD is overkill for external storage. Just stick with a mechanical hard drive
I personally recommend Samsung drives first, then Seagate, then Western Digital. WDs have been the least reliable for me personally, although a lot swear by them.
And definitely get a case and drive separately if you know how to use a screwdriver. You'll save a few quid!

Samsung, Western Digital and Seagate are good HDD brands

mikebzh44 said:
Sure, buy a good internal WD and a 3"5 case, you will save money
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It's true, but when I was solving same question, I wasn't lucky. I've tried 2 or 3 cases and all of them were somehow buggy. So you have to search carefully for the people's opinions about selected model for not to loose your data.
Now I have WD Passport @ USB 3

WD or Seagate, the only samsung i had was a bit laggy and sometime it disconnect from the computer, without me doing anything. It was a 2,5" 256GB but i do not remember the fabric code.

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Insanely cheap USB OTG [from HK]

Not sure if this has been posted before; just a heads-up in any case
DealExtreme.com (HK-based) is offering a *PAIR* of USB-OTG Micro-USB (SGS2 compatible) adapters for $2.20 with free worldwide shipping! This is ~£1.50 for two, or 75p each. They're confirmed compatible by MrPilipo below; thanks
The reviews say that basically, they work fine on a multitude of devices. The only downside is, obviously, they're from HK with dirt-cheap shipping; it took mine two weeks to arrive. I've bought loads from DX.com before and they are very good, except for speed (hey, it's cheap) and except for returns - just a warning. But I doubt you'd want to return these
However, you can get discounts when you buy a large number of them - so if you bought 20 pairs to resell, they'd be £1 a pair - 50p per item, including shipping!
Link:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/micro-usb-on-the-go-host-otg-adapter-pair-50774
My SGS2 will arrive on Wednesday, so I can test the ones I have already. Build quality seems good just by throwing them at stuff.
Already bought those, arrived today. It works perfectly.
Great to hear, thanks What's the speed like? Could you watch 1080p from a USB stick, for example?
thank you <3
Speed is as good as on any other USB OTG adapter, which means that 1080p is fully playable.
Ordered a pair
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Speed is as good as on any other USB OTG adapter, which means that 1080p is fully playable.
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Perfect, thanks for the confirmation. Really looking forward to getting this phone now
Hmm, I'm gonna have to order one of these while I'm at it!
Thanks for the link!
In my demo video (youtube) you'll see some 1080p stuff playing from a memory stick, no problems! Thanks for heads up on good deal for others.
NZtechfreak said:
In my demo video (youtube) you'll see some 1080p stuff playing from a memory stick, no problems! Thanks for heads up on good deal for others.
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I was just unsure about these products in particular; in hindsight it seems like a bit of a silly thing to be worried about.
Aren't MicroUSB and USB the exact same, but with different sized metal bits? So the adapter's just feeding it through to a different sized plate, no black magic/ conversion/ end of DFS sale required.
EDIT: Though I realise a slightly more complex setup is required for it to be USB OTG.
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I was just unsure about these products in particular; in hindsight it seems like a bit of a silly thing to be worried about.
Aren't MicroUSB and USB the exact same, but with different sized metal bits? So the adapter's just feeding it through to a different sized plate, no black magic/ conversion/ end of DFS sale required.
EDIT: Though I realise a slightly more complex setup is required for it to be USB OTG.
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Other than having a device which will recognise that you are using USB OTG, it is pretty much wires running from one set of pins to the other. Believe that USB has 4 pins, whilst MicroUSB have 5, and all that needs to be done is to match up the relevant pins and make sure pin 4 on the Micro is also grounded.
thanks a lot for the link... just placed an order, chances are it'll arrive before the S2 arrives (in India) !!
N8 USB to go Support
i have a nokia N8 USB to go Support Cable will that work with SGS2
ganeshsha said:
i have a nokia N8 USB to go Support Cable will that work with SGS2
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From others, the N8 cable is shaped slightly different and won't fit in a standard micro usb port.
My SGS2 just arrived. These are tested working with a USB stick and USB mouse - amazing! Didn't work with my USB keyboard though... hmph
Not getting my SGS2 any time soon(learning and have no time for this yet )
but I just ordered it, finally something that works!
thank you!
Thanks!
I just ordered 2 and a very cheap card reader
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USB otg is prety pointless to be honest, i tried 5 different USB sticks, only one worked which had transfer of 1.5 - 2 MB/s and it's 2GB
all the high speed onces didnt work,
i was hoping that at least the 16GB one will work, but it didnt
has anyone tried if NTFS drive would work? mine didn't :S
NoOneCanHelpMe said:
USB otg is prety pointless to be honest, i tried 5 different USB sticks, only one worked which had transfer of 1.5 - 2 MB/s and it's 2GB
all the high speed onces didnt work,
i was hoping that at least the 16GB one will work, but it didnt
has anyone tried if NTFS drive would work? mine didn't :S
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Interesting, I'll try to remember to gather some more sticks to test soon. Everything I've tried has worked like a charm, and it happily copied some PS1 games from a memory stick to the internal flash (~700MB) in perhaps 1-2 minutes.
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Interesting, I'll try to remember to gather some more sticks to test soon. Everything I've tried has worked like a charm, and it happily copied some PS1 games from a memory stick to the internal flash (~700MB) in perhaps 1-2 minutes.
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please do make more some tests i would love to see some feedback
"You see a friend and want to transfer some files that either one of you has on a flash drive, but you dont have a laptop or pc around. you do not worry about it cos you have SGS2 with USB OTG feature that works with most USb flash drives."
I expect this kind of functionality, not just a feature that every time I use it to hope that it would work

Good external storage options?

As I'm sure many of you feel, 16GB isn't really enough for me. I was wondering if there are any cases with built-in USB storage which could be mounted on the Galaxy Nexus. I could get an adaptor and plug in a USB stick, but I want something I can easily take with me everywhere. Anyone know of anything like this?
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As I'm sure many of you feel, 16GB isn't really enough for me. I was wondering if there are any cases with built-in USB storage which could be mounted on the Galaxy Nexus. I could get an adaptor and plug in a USB stick, but I want something I can easily take with me everywhere. Anyone know of anything like this?
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Best thing would be is a USB OTG. But you would need root access.
It's just a cable, not much more to carry I guess.
And you'll want the USB stick mount app (free) to get access to that memory stick.
Honestly, nothing is is going to be easier, smaller or lighter to carry around than a USB stick and a short adapter. I use it. What else did you have in mind?
Actually, why not use dropbox? or something similar.
all your music stored on google music would save a few gigs.
important things or whatever in a dropbox.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587019
Your situation is easily fixed by cloud storage
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Cloud storage is good and all, but only practical if you have a data plan. Some people, like me, rock their GNex on voice and Wifi only, and do not have a data plan (too expensive, I'm a student). Therefore, cloud storage would only work for things that I would not need to have on hand all the time (or you would need Wifi all the time). However, that being said, I have so far never had to use more than half of the 16gb on my nexus.
Consider investing in a Seagate GoFlex Satellite. Works with all phones, holds 500GB, and won't eat up your phone battery as much as a USB drive.

[Q] Will these MHL cable work with galaxy nexus?

I want to know if these MHL cable will work with galaxy nexus, in the description it says it does, but i'm not sure.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mhl-mi...y-s-ii-more-black-red-2m-length-149523?item=6
I just need to know to post the order, i REALLY need an MHL cable!
thanks!
That is on the high side of price IMO.
I just recently got this one...
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=9291&seq=1&format=2
$5 cheaper and you should get it within a week vs. 1-2 months.
Works pretty good, a SLIGHT bit of clipping on my 1080p monitor, But I've only tried it one so far. I know each tv/monitor is different in some way.
Now on a side note, I wonder if this MHL adapter would work well..
http://www.amazon.com/Juiced-System...8?ie=UTF8&qid=1345728497&sr=8-28&keywords=mhl
For kinda a portable media player, just hook up an external drive or sd card?
Trigster said:
That is on the high side of price IMO.
I just recently got this one...
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=9291&seq=1&format=2
$5 cheaper and you should get it within a week vs. 1-2 months.
Works pretty good, a SLIGHT bit of clipping on my 1080p monitor, But I've only tried it one so far. I know each tv/monitor is different in some way.
Now on a side note, I wonder if this MHL adapter would work well..
http://www.amazon.com/Juiced-System...8?ie=UTF8&qid=1345728497&sr=8-28&keywords=mhl
For kinda a portable media player, just hook up an external drive or sd card?
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The problem is that I'm in Brazil, and the shipping in that link you posted, is about $40,00, and in dealextreme it's free.
I think it may work fine, but you will possible need to root your device and install stickmount apk to work the external drive and sd card
caioketo said:
The problem is that I'm in Brazil, and the shipping in that link you posted, is about $40,00, and in dealextreme it's free.
I think it may work fine, but you will possible need to root your device and install stickmount apk to work the external drive and sd card
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How about this one?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=8675&seq=1&format=2

Want expandable storage? No problem!

One of the things that held me back from the nexus 4 was the fact there was no way to expand the memory. Thankfully they doubled availability in this one.. I still here even reviewers complaining the 32 should have been 64. I just found this article http://t.co/2mqKLd5RAo scandisk has a wireless flash card. So you can pretty much have as much storage as you want to buy! I up getting the nexus with 32 GB but with wireless card I'd be happy even with the 16 GB. Super stoked I have options to not be capped with the unexpandable memory
You can't use data while connected to this, though.
Neat but seems pretty cumbersome to use, not to mention not being able to use data. I have a knockoff meenova microsd reader that works beautifully for additional storage. Plug it in, transfer files, unplug.
Amazon.com: SanDisk Connect 32GB Wireless Flash Drivehttp://amzn.to/16JKWee
I don't think I would have a use for this especially at $60. Cool idea though.
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Neat but seems pretty cumbersome to use, not to mention not being able to use data. I have a knockoff meenova microsd reader that works beautifully for additional storage. Plug it in, transfer files, unplug.
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Right now i have a goflex satellite 500gb that i can connect to wirelessly but also connects to my wifi. It's good for when i'm mobile but plan on staying in one location for a while like a plane or doctor's waiting room but yeah I agree those meenova like devices are much more convenient.
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One of the things that held me back from the nexus 4 was the fact there was no way to expand the memory. Thankfully they doubled availability in this one.. I still here even reviewers complaining the 32 should have been 64. I just found this article http://t.co/2mqKLd5RAo scandisk has a wireless flash card. So you can pretty much have as much storage as you want to buy! I up getting the nexus with 32 GB but with wireless card I'd be happy even with the 16 GB. Super stoked I have options to not be capped with the unexpandable memory
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I'd rather use something like this: http://www.2leef.com/store/product/bridge/

Meenova microSD card reader for Nexus 5

So I got one of the Meenova microSD card readers, and I am finding it works pretty well. I have a 16GB Nexus 5 so don't really have alot of room for media, and I have a very large offline collection of video and music files, and needed some way to use them with the phone without using up my app space. The Meenova fit the bill.
The unit comes with a USB interface that essentially turns your microSD into a USB flash drive. It also comes with a keychain latch so that you can keep the unit on your keychain, and simply pop it in when you need it. It is quite small and doesn't protrude to the point that the phone is difficult to handle. Much better than an OTG with a cable.
I am using Nexus Media Importer since I am not rooted, and am using a 32GB card in it. The website says that if you are rooted you can use StickMount and access SDXC 64GB cards. My 64GB card wouldn't work with Nexus Media Importer as is, as it only supports FAT32 and not exFAT. That's a software issue, though, not a hardware issue.
This little unit solves a big problem for me and gives me at least a reasonably sized media library on the go that I can't have due to the phone's limitations. I can now carry a dozen or so HD movies along with a pretty decent music library and not eat into the phone's storage at all. For the price you can't lose; it is possibly the best $12 I ever spent.
http://www.meenova.com/
already 2 threads about it here and here
Yup, I have one and it's pretty awesome. It works on my Moto X natively, but works just fine with stickmount on my N5. One of the best accessories I've ever bought.
Yeah there's already two threads about this. But just so you know you can format the 64 gb as FAT32 and according to other people that works.

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