I need to buy a 2TB external USB drive for weekly backups.
Problem is, I go to Amazon and there are hundreds of the things, and I've no idea how to choose.
So I figure I've never had any problems with Seagate/Freecom/Samsung/WD before, I'll look at those. It seems like every single model has a thousand reviews of which 80% are 4/5 stars, worked perfectly.
Fine, I think.
But the other 20% of reviews all seem to be 1 star titled 'DONT BUY THIS DRIVE!' saying 'I've never had trouble with Seagate/Freecom/Samsung/WD before but within 1 month/week/day/hour/minute/second of turning it on it stopped responding/wouldn't get recognised by windows/caught fire/exploded/reported me to the benefits people and had an affair with my boyfriend'.
So any tips on how to choose a drive, and avoid being one of these 20%?
At least my boyfriend's already run off so that's not going to happen
