My external hard drive storage recommendations

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If you are looking for more hard drive space, buy an external case and the hard drive separately. Many times when a hard drive fails, it’s just the case that fails. You want to be able to easily take the hard drive out of the case and slide the hard drive into another case to troubleshoot.

For the external case, I recommend Vantec NexStar CX NST-300S2-BK. It’s got USB 2.0 and Firewire. It’s quiet. The power light is not obnoxious. And a good hard drive is a Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Green WD20EARS.

Boom. You are done. You can go ahead and buy these setup now and be happy. Want more details, check in tomorrow to read the further options when buying external hard drives.

Spudart’s guide to hard drives:

1. My external hard drive storage recommendations

2. Best external hard drive options for Mac users

3. My experiences with hard drives