Need a 1TB External eSATA Drive Recommendation

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Can anyone recommend a 1TB external eSATA hard drive? It will be used as a back up drive in a Win XP Pro (32 bit) system. Thanks

 

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I have the same OS as you. I have eSATA Fantom Drive 1 TB. I love it..quiet too. GF1000EU I believe is the model number. It is not their Green drives. The Green drives didn't spin as fast at the time. I got it for 99.00 on sale.

 

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That's just the external drive I am considering. Thanks

 

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Because my system is old, I bought a 1 port eSATA card, and eSATA cable too. I have to say I am quite impressed with how fast the transfer was compared to my IDE drives connected with USB2.0. It's a dramatic difference.