Any external HD brand to avoid?

Just checking.
Anyone have a bad experience in the last couple years with any of these?
Seagate
Maxtor
Toshiba
WD
Off brands??

 

Maxtor (Quantum) - Ugh.

I prefer WD, then Seagate or Fujitsu. My opinion.

 

I like Seagate. Get the one with the longest warranty.

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5yrs on Seagate

 

I have had one Seagate drive die in the last few years. Lots of Maxtors and a few WD's died. 5 years is a solid warranty on a hard drive.

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Well, I just won the bid on eBay on a Seagate 250GB external.

 

Western Digital - Rocks. Customer service, tech support, quality, it is all good. When they replaced a dead hard drive even before I sent them the old one I was sold.

Not that others are not as good, but that is my experience. So, I say WD.