[rids]

I know these topics come up quite a bit, but wanted to see what most external drive users feel has been proven to be the most stable.

My problem is that I've forgotten a number of times to eject my external hd and it has bit the dust. It's actually my 2nd OWC drive that has done this (but I bought both of these used). Luckily it's nothing major, mainly samples that I still have on dvds.

I actually need to get 2 drives for audio (2nd for backup). I was reading that Western Digital and Seagate seem to be the most proven drives out there. Don't want to try OWC again and actually I should sell the one I have (that's working) and replace it too. I know I need to learn to eject my drives, but when making music, it doesn't always cross my mind when I shut everything off.

Was also wondering if a Firewire or USB drive would be better. I only have one firewire port on my Macbook and have my Metric Halo interface hooked to it. So if I got a firewire hard drive then I would have to buy a firewire splitter or 4 port hub. Wondering if these will lead to power struggle issues between the drive and my Metric Halo.

Any opinions on what someone as careless as me should shoot for?