Need help choosing a portable hard drive

herman2811

I'm after a 1TB portable hard drive (USB powered), and was hoping to get some advice on which to buy.

I've narrowed it down to these 3 choices (a WD, a Samsung, and an Intenso), which are all coincidentally on Amazon and roughly the same price:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intenso-6002560-1TB-2-5-Black/dp/B003Y3M4N6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1297617933&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-Portable-Drive/dp/B003CFAZZ0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1297617769&sr=8-4

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-S2-USB-Powered-Portable--Midnight/dp/B003UT2QTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297617769&sr=8-1

Can anyone please advise which I should go for? Of course, if there is another alternative somewhere else that is better value (or cheaper!), then I am very much open to suggestions.

Thanks in advance

PS - I'm leaning towards the Intenso as it's the cheapest! Am guessing they'll all be pretty much the same, but would like confirmation.

Toxteth_OGrady

Samsung is good

keggies

Had the Western Digital one brought for me as a present a year ago - plugs straight in & works like a dream for me - Just using it for back-up at the moment & it's gonna take a while to fill it

I would buy another one myself if I had too :j

spud17

I generally like Seagate internal drives, BUT, I've seen the same person have 2x2½" Seagate portables fail in about 3 months.

So any of the above.