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4. Get one with at least a 3yr warranty from a major brand

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2013, 06:58 AM

May 2013

Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, Verbatim are some.

Don't worry if it doesn't say anything about Windows 8. Even a drive sold "for Mac" will work the same, provided you tell Windows to format the drive when you first connect it.

Here is one with a 7 year warranty:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822215086

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I need a suggestion for an external drive. [View all] Skidmore May 2013 OP

Here's a link that might help. Old and In the Way May 2013 #1

Doesn't work with Windows 8 how? hobbit709 May 2013 #2

yeh pretty much any usb 3.0 drive will do. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #3

Get one with at least a 3yr warranty from a major brand cprise May 2013 #4

I'd suggest avoiding the Seagate Barracuda line. deucemagnet May 2013 #5

I've seen about a dozen bricked external drives hobbit709 May 2013 #6

That's interesting, deucemagnet May 2013 #7

I use an adapter similar to this. hobbit709 May 2013 #8

Well, I connected the drive to a SATA connection to see what happens, deucemagnet May 2013 #9