Why does everyone on Reddit say Seagate external hard drives fail so often and is there a better brand I should look at for backing up my thesis.
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Why does everyone on Reddit say Seagate external hard drives fail so often and is there a better brand I should look at for backing up my thesis.
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- Are There Manufacturer Differences in Hard-Drive Reliability? · arxiv.org
- Peer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the least — Analysis of 1.66 million drive-years finds Seagate and Toshiba HDDs fail at roughly twice the rate of WD and HGST · tomshardware.com
- Backblaze Drive Stats for 2025 · backblaze.com
- Backblaze, Inc. - Backblaze Publishes 2025 Drive Stats Report: 13 Years of Data Show a Growing, Healthier Drive Fleet · ir.backblaze.com
- View WD Elements · newegg.com
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