how long does it take you to backup?

[Skeithex]

doesn't help that everything is mass produced these days, so you never know what you're getting sadly.

[froggyboy604]

There are also a lot of low quality fake products which look like the real products which may also be low quality like some laptops and smartphones which have a reputation of starting fires and exploding.

[Skeithex]

then there is people like Sony who is buying a bunch of seagate HDDs, slapping their logo over the device and selling it at a higher cost.

[froggyboy604]

I think buying re-branded hard drives can be somewhat risky. A regular hard drive from a company like Seagate has a warranty of 1 year or more, but some re-branded hard drive may have lower warranty length.

[Skeithex]

usually at that point they have no warranty.

[froggyboy604]

I remember in the past that hard drives has longer warranties of 5 years. It is disappointing that the hard drive warranty period has become shorter or no warranty.

[Skeithex]

I'm talking off brands, the official brands don't have usable warranty, because it will only repair it if something goes wrong from a manufacture standpoint.