Good Afternoon!

My backup hard drive, an external Samsung, is operating intermittently - 
power is dying and kicking back in - both in and out of the case.  So it 
is time to look for an alternative

First question - what is the pecking order of Hard Drives?  I seem to 
get the impression that Hitachis are best followed by Western Digital, 
Seagate - I have no idea where Samsung's, Fujisto and Maxtor stand.  Or 
at the end of the day, are they all sorta kinda the same?

I use my Back up drive to back up the data from my Desktop, to transfer 
that same data to my laptop, and to backup my laptop.  Synchtoy 2 keeps 
it all synchronized nicely and only Microsoft's inability to maintain 
standard data sub-folders between Vista and Xp causes a problem.  I 
suppose Windows 7 will have a new set of 'standard' folders.  Except for 
my annual 4 month migration to southern climates the external drive sits 
on my desk.  When I travel I wrap in layers of towelling and carry it in 
a dedicated laptop bag

With the above lead in, my second question is what are your thoughts on 
which is the better alternative - an external desktop drive, a portable 
hard drive or one or more internal drives plugged into a hard drive 
porting device?

Thanks for any info you might provide that will help me make a better 
decision.

Preston

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