Recommended External Backup Drive for Win 7?

[lowlights]

Could go FW (via one of my extra SIIG card ports) or USB 3.0 (via my ASUS mobo) or even USB 2.0 (via - well, you know).

I got a 1.5 TB Seagate from Costco, and after returning the SECOND one, I thought I better ask. This is just for backing up images and sessions.

I'm running Acronis True Image 2011.

[albee1952]

Pretty much any drive should be fine. I have a 2TB Seagate USB2 that holds all the Acronis images for my i7 950 rig(about 7 at this point). I also have a generic eSATA/USB case with a Seagate 2TB raw drive installed and that one has images from every computer I own(6 of them). This is not a rooting for Seagate, its just what was on sale at the time I was in need(and neither has failed yet) I will give both a plus AND a minus to USB drives in general. Acronis makes it tough to tell which drive is which, if all are connected via SATA/eSATA(and USB drives are much slower), but USB drives are always tagged as USB(in Acronis), so you don't do like I did, and clone a drive to another drive, but accidentally have the source and destination swapped

[lowlights]

After having two Seagate Backup Plus fail on me, I just wondered if I needed some crazy Avid-complaint backup drive. I'll give it one more go.

[albee1952]

You have no shortage of other options WD, Avastor, Lacie, Glyph and OWC should also be on your list(OWC is my fav for quality AND price balance).