good external hard drives (e.g. WD Elements)?

[Tim]

On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 16:21 +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
> I'd stay clear of any external drive that smells of having been made
> for Windows users (say, those that have a button for starting backup).
> Just get a good HD, same as you'd want as an internal drive, and a
> simple enclosure.

It does appear to be one of those, I guess I'm hoping to see someone say
they've used one and it has or hasn't presented any problems.

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