Question 4TB External HDD Recommendations

[Steven Mal]

I'm looking for a 4TB External HDD. What brands or models are currently recommended? What subpar brands or models should I avoid and ignore? Seagate and Western Digital seem to be the BIG brands but what's the difference? Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

For what use?

On a single drive basis, there is zero difference between Seagate /WD/Toshiba...

 

[mdd1963]

Find a 2 TB model on sale, ...and get two of them!

 

[Steven Mal]

For what use?

On a single drive basis, there is zero difference between Seagate /WD/Toshiba...

I'll be moving data from old internal laptop HDD to the external HDD. My current laptop has only 1TB HDD so I'll have to move everything from my old laptop (motherboard failure) to the external HDD for the time being.