External Backup Drive Suggestions?

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I'm looking for an inexpensive external drive that I can use for automatic
backups and also to sync files from my desktop to laptop. Several drives
seem to be able to do this from their ads, but I have XP on my desktop and
Vista on my laptop. Does this complicate things? Anyone had any good or
bad experiences with Seagate, Western Digital, Iomega, Toshiba, etc.?
 
Bob said:
I'm looking for an inexpensive external drive that I can use for
automatic backups and also to sync files from my desktop to laptop. Several drives seem to be able
to do this from their ads, but I have
XP on my desktop and Vista on my laptop. Does this complicate things?
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Yes, it can do.
Anyone had any good or bad experiences with Seagate, Western Digital, Iomega, Toshiba, etc.?
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Its no coincidence that all of those only have 1 year warrantys.

I prefer to buy the housing separately from the drive so the
drive retains the full 3-5 year warranty on the drive itself.

And I use Samsung drives because they are nice and cool running and quiet too.

And I use a housing that cools the drive properly. Most dont.
 
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