Looking for a new 2Tb hard drive

[Chase Lendry]

Hey guys i only have 50 GB on my hard drive and want to make the jump and add a 2 TB hard drive to my computer. i am looking on amazon because i have other things to order from there.
whats your thoughts on this - http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST2000DM001/dp/B005T3GRN2/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1409791999&sr=1-3&keywords=computer+internal+hard+drives ? also once i get this new hard drive should i A: just move large files over there and call it a day or B move everything over and make my 1Tb my video one. Lastly how would i do option b? thanks guys and gals!

 

[jasonite]

I honestly never recommend Seagate, they make budget-level hardware. I don't think they're that good. Right now 1 tb is the sweet spot for value, but if you need 2 tb I will always point folks in this direction: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Desktop-WD2003FZEX/dp/B00FJRS628/

More money but I trust WD a lot more than Seagate.

J

 

[digitaldoc]

Objectively, WD is more reliable than Seagate.

http://lifehacker.com/the-most-and-least-reliable-hard-drive-brands-1505797966

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Chase Lendry,

What is your current drive? As far as I understand your question is which of the two drives to be your primary one and which to be used as a secondary storage for your videos.

I would say that your primary drive, should have more RPM than the secondary one. In case you decide to go with WD, as the guys already suggested, I would say that WD Green will be a nice option for storing your large files over there. It is designed to be used as a secondary storage and has power efficient characteristics.

The WD Black that was already mentioned, offers both capacity and fast performance. It is considered to be a premium product as it has 5 years of warranty. I would say that this hard drive is more suitable to be a primary one and have the OS and heavier programs and games installed on it.
Regarding your question of how you can move everything from the old HDD to the new one, I would say that you can do so with a HDD cloning software.

Here are some useful links:
WD Green: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=780
WD Black: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=760
Acronis True Image WD Edition: http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD

 

[Chase Lendry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149382 is what i have it is a bit slow taking stuff from my gopro/camera onto the computer. What would you do?

 

[D_Know_WD]

I would say that the slow transfer is caused by the camera not by the HDD. Your current HDD is a good one for a primary drive.
So, it is up to you. First option for you is to take WD Green, just plug it in and use it as a secondary storage. Your second one is to get WD Black, clone your current HDD on it and swap them.

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD

 

[Chase Lendry]

Last question what is the difference the Toshiba has a 32 mb while the WD has a 64?

 

[jasonite]

For secondary storage I point people in the direction of WD Blue, green is incredibly slow.

The 32 and 64 is probably referring to the cache size. That's a chunk of the drive that is used to store frequently used files for fast access. More is usually better.

J

 

[D_Know_WD]

The WD Blue line does not offer capacities higher than 1 TB though. Otherwise, I would totally agree with jasonite, the more cache the better.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Chase Lendry]

Any cloning software recommendations?

 

[D_Know_WD]

You can check Acronis True Image WD Edition: http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Chase Lendry]

Ok so i got my 2tb black (WD) in and did the software and all was great except when i went to my bios i could not change the boot drive... Any idea what to do.
Also it says that the black is my primary partition now?

 

[D_Know_WD]

So you see both drives in the BIOS right? As the cloning process was successful, you can try detaching your old drive so the WD Black be the only HDD in your PC. After that you can attach the other drive again and make it a slave one.

Let me know if that worked,
D_Know_WD

 

[Chase Lendry]

I did it! thanks!

 

[D_Know_WD]

I'm glad I was able to help.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD