External Backup Drive Suggestions?

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 <bobinsfo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?

Yes, it can do.

> Anyone had any good or bad experiences with Seagate, Western Digital, Iomega, Toshiba, etc.?

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.