Samsung T5 Review
Pricey, but worth it.
Though normally known for making hard drives that go inside a computer, we're pretty impressed with Samsung's offering into the externals market. Check out why in this full Samsung T5 review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-03-09 01:47:41
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The Best External Hard Drives Updated March 21, 2019 The Western Digital 4 TB Elements drive has consistently been a few dollars less expensive than the My Book. Both desktop hard drives perform so. SSD external hard drives are expensive and uncommon, so it's generally a safer bet to choose an HDD external hard drive in most cases. Storage: The more storage you want on your external hard drive, the more you'll have to spend. External hard drive storage capacity can range from 1TB to over 8TB, with 4-6TB being more common choices.
Western Digital My Book Review
Big and bulky, these drives are for home use only.
Western Digital's My Book range are powerful external HDs that take up more space than its competitors, but offer a lot more storage for a decent price. For the details, read our Western Digital My Book review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:35:06
Buy on AmazonWestern Digital My Book ReviewG-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD Review
A fast, portable and very expensive external HD.
The G-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD is a very powerful, high-end device that gets the job done fast. It might be too pricey for most wallets, though, as you can rewad in our full G-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:40:38
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Very powerful, but very pricey, too.
The SanDisk Extreme Portable is a easy to carry and very powerful, but also its price is extreme. Though it's a good product, there are far cheaper alternatives out there of similar quality, as you can read in our full SanDisk Extreme Portable review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:36:29
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Western Digital Elements Review
A slow but steady external HD.
Western Digital Elements is a great option if you want lots of storage on the cheap, and can live with some pretty mediocre speeds. However, if you have money to spend, there are better options out there, as you can read in our full Western Digital Elements review.
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Buy on AmazonWestern Digital Elements ReviewSeagate Portable Review
High capacity, low price. Slow, though.
Seagate makes some pretty slid external HDs, and the Portable is no exception. It offers plenty of storage at a very low price, but its slow transfer speeds may have you looking elsewhere. Check out our full Seagate Portable review for all the details.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:37:51
Buy on Amazon Seagate Portable ReviewSeagate Backup Plus Portable Review
A solid, low-cost alternative.
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable is a pricier alternative to the regular Seagate portable as it comes with some extra software and other goodies. However, some of that extra cost goes to looks alone, as you can read in our full review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:39:32
Buy on Amazon Seagate Backup Plus Portable ReviewADATA SD600 Review
Cheap, but a bit flimsy and a bit slow.
ADATA usually makes HDs that go into computers, but the company has also made a foray into the external HD market with the SD600. As you can read in our full ADATA SD600 review, though, it's a mixed result at best.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:41:28
Buy on AmazonADATA SD600 ReviewToshiba Canvio Basics Review
Slow and steady wins some races.
Animal crossing full game. The Toshiba Canvio Basics line is one of workhorses. They're a bit slow and can't be used for mass transfers, but they stick around forever and are pretty cheap, too. Check out our full Toshiba Canvio Basics review for the details.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:33:24
Buy on Amazon Toshiba Canvio Basics ReviewLaCie Rugged Mini Review
A tough drive that's also pretty slow and pricey.
If you want a hard drive that can take a beating, the LaCie Rugged might seem a good buy. If you want a good external HD that works well, avoid this product. Read the why in our full LaCie Rugged review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:34:34
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Announced at CES 2019 earlier this year, Seagate showed off their updated line of Backup Plus external hard disk drives. Here's a first-look review at these inexpensive travel-sized storage options.
This refreshed series of Seagate Backup Plus external hard disk drives features a new brushed aluminum finish on the topside that comes in black, blue, red, and silver. The Backup Plus Portable measures in at about 4.5 x 3.25 x 1 inches and weighs 8.7 ounces. The Backup Plus Slim is about 4.5 x 3 x 0.5 inches and weighs 4.4 ounces. Both sport an LED activity light and USB 3.0 connectivity with the included cable.
Seagate sent to me the 4 TB Backup Plus Portable in black and the 1 TB Backup Plus Slim in black. The Portable also comes in a 5 TB capacity and the Slim also has a 2 TB model. Previously, I've owned an older generation Backup Plus Portable which is about the size of the now Slim. It's lasted me years and on many airline trips and has read, wrote, and stored thousands and thousands of raw files to it. That satisfactory performance is what interested me in checking out these new models.
Unlike the older generation, these new drives come formatted as exFAT which enables them to be used on both Mac and PCs out of the box. Short story: last year I switched from Mac to PC — something I never dreamed I'd do — and it was no fun at all having to offload my external drives, reformat them from the Mac OS Extended format to exFAT, and reload them with my files. It took an incredibly long time. I wish I had my backup drives set to exFAT from the beginning, even though I never thought it would be necessary.
https://mood-torrent.mystrikingly.com/blog/osx-mojave-support. Speed testing the Backup Plus drives on my Dell XPS 15 showed no important difference between clean formats of exFAT and NTFS. Both drives got me around 125 MB/s write and read speeds both in the Blackmagic Design Disk Speed Test program and real world. Five files totaling 3.23 GB took 28 seconds to write to disk.
As an optional install, the Seagate Backup Plus drives come with Toolkit software that can manage automatic folder syncing, backups, recovery, and reformatting. The very simple interface was easy enough to follow along with and set up a custom folder to mirror. Toolkit also makes it easy to mirror more standard operating system folders like Photos, Videos, and Documents by just checking some boxes. Some readers will likely just format the drive clean and avoid any software installs, and that's perfectly doable as well if you choose.
Both of these new Seagate external drives come bundled with nice incentives. You get two months free on the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan (Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge) and one year of a free Mylio Create subscription (a multi-device photo synchronization service). If you're already an Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan customer, the redeem code just credits your account so that the next couple months are paid for. The way I see it, I was already going to pay up that $20 to Adobe anyway, so that's like another $20 off the purchase price of these drives.
Backup Hard Drive Reviews 2019
The Best External Hard Drives Updated March 21, 2019 The Western Digital 4 TB Elements drive has consistently been a few dollars less expensive than the My Book. Both desktop hard drives perform so. SSD external hard drives are expensive and uncommon, so it's generally a safer bet to choose an HDD external hard drive in most cases. Storage: The more storage you want on your external hard drive, the more you'll have to spend. External hard drive storage capacity can range from 1TB to over 8TB, with 4-6TB being more common choices.
Western Digital My Book Review
Big and bulky, these drives are for home use only.
Western Digital's My Book range are powerful external HDs that take up more space than its competitors, but offer a lot more storage for a decent price. For the details, read our Western Digital My Book review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:35:06
Buy on AmazonWestern Digital My Book ReviewG-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD Review
A fast, portable and very expensive external HD.
The G-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD is a very powerful, high-end device that gets the job done fast. It might be too pricey for most wallets, though, as you can rewad in our full G-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:40:38
Buy on AmazonG-Technology G-Drive Mobile SSD ReviewSanDisk Extreme Portable Review
Very powerful, but very pricey, too.
The SanDisk Extreme Portable is a easy to carry and very powerful, but also its price is extreme. Though it's a good product, there are far cheaper alternatives out there of similar quality, as you can read in our full SanDisk Extreme Portable review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:36:29
Buy on AmazonSanDisk Extreme Portable Review
Western Digital Elements Review
A slow but steady external HD.
Western Digital Elements is a great option if you want lots of storage on the cheap, and can live with some pretty mediocre speeds. However, if you have money to spend, there are better options out there, as you can read in our full Western Digital Elements review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:34:05 Ok google install fortnite.
Buy on AmazonWestern Digital Elements ReviewSeagate Portable Review
High capacity, low price. Slow, though.
Seagate makes some pretty slid external HDs, and the Portable is no exception. It offers plenty of storage at a very low price, but its slow transfer speeds may have you looking elsewhere. Check out our full Seagate Portable review for all the details.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:37:51
Buy on Amazon Seagate Portable ReviewSeagate Backup Plus Portable Review
A solid, low-cost alternative.
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable is a pricier alternative to the regular Seagate portable as it comes with some extra software and other goodies. However, some of that extra cost goes to looks alone, as you can read in our full review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:39:32
Buy on Amazon Seagate Backup Plus Portable ReviewADATA SD600 Review
Cheap, but a bit flimsy and a bit slow.
ADATA usually makes HDs that go into computers, but the company has also made a foray into the external HD market with the SD600. As you can read in our full ADATA SD600 review, though, it's a mixed result at best.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:41:28
Buy on AmazonADATA SD600 ReviewToshiba Canvio Basics Review
Slow and steady wins some races.
Animal crossing full game. The Toshiba Canvio Basics line is one of workhorses. They're a bit slow and can't be used for mass transfers, but they stick around forever and are pretty cheap, too. Check out our full Toshiba Canvio Basics review for the details.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:33:24
Buy on Amazon Toshiba Canvio Basics ReviewLaCie Rugged Mini Review
A tough drive that's also pretty slow and pricey.
If you want a hard drive that can take a beating, the LaCie Rugged might seem a good buy. If you want a good external HD that works well, avoid this product. Read the why in our full LaCie Rugged review.
By — 31 Jul'192021-02-16 03:34:34
Buy on Amazon LaCie Rugged Mini Review
Announced at CES 2019 earlier this year, Seagate showed off their updated line of Backup Plus external hard disk drives. Here's a first-look review at these inexpensive travel-sized storage options.
This refreshed series of Seagate Backup Plus external hard disk drives features a new brushed aluminum finish on the topside that comes in black, blue, red, and silver. The Backup Plus Portable measures in at about 4.5 x 3.25 x 1 inches and weighs 8.7 ounces. The Backup Plus Slim is about 4.5 x 3 x 0.5 inches and weighs 4.4 ounces. Both sport an LED activity light and USB 3.0 connectivity with the included cable.
Seagate sent to me the 4 TB Backup Plus Portable in black and the 1 TB Backup Plus Slim in black. The Portable also comes in a 5 TB capacity and the Slim also has a 2 TB model. Previously, I've owned an older generation Backup Plus Portable which is about the size of the now Slim. It's lasted me years and on many airline trips and has read, wrote, and stored thousands and thousands of raw files to it. That satisfactory performance is what interested me in checking out these new models.
Unlike the older generation, these new drives come formatted as exFAT which enables them to be used on both Mac and PCs out of the box. Short story: last year I switched from Mac to PC — something I never dreamed I'd do — and it was no fun at all having to offload my external drives, reformat them from the Mac OS Extended format to exFAT, and reload them with my files. It took an incredibly long time. I wish I had my backup drives set to exFAT from the beginning, even though I never thought it would be necessary.
https://mood-torrent.mystrikingly.com/blog/osx-mojave-support. Speed testing the Backup Plus drives on my Dell XPS 15 showed no important difference between clean formats of exFAT and NTFS. Both drives got me around 125 MB/s write and read speeds both in the Blackmagic Design Disk Speed Test program and real world. Five files totaling 3.23 GB took 28 seconds to write to disk.
As an optional install, the Seagate Backup Plus drives come with Toolkit software that can manage automatic folder syncing, backups, recovery, and reformatting. The very simple interface was easy enough to follow along with and set up a custom folder to mirror. Toolkit also makes it easy to mirror more standard operating system folders like Photos, Videos, and Documents by just checking some boxes. Some readers will likely just format the drive clean and avoid any software installs, and that's perfectly doable as well if you choose.
Both of these new Seagate external drives come bundled with nice incentives. You get two months free on the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan (Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge) and one year of a free Mylio Create subscription (a multi-device photo synchronization service). If you're already an Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan customer, the redeem code just credits your account so that the next couple months are paid for. The way I see it, I was already going to pay up that $20 to Adobe anyway, so that's like another $20 off the purchase price of these drives.
Backup Hard Drive Reviews 2019
What I Liked
Best Ssd Internal Drives 2019
- As advertised in the name, these slim and portable drives can fit easily in to just about any bag pocket to bring them wherever you need.
- The price can work for photographers with stricter budgets for their hobby.
- The freebies, namely that two months of Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan, offset even more cost of these low-priced drives.
- Pre-formatted for both Windows and Mac can save some headache in the future.
What I Didn't Like
Fastest External Ssd Drive 2019
- These are newer products but retains the old naming. It makes it more difficult to know if you're buying the updated version or not. Be sure to look for the brushed metal finish in product photos, an indication that it works with Windows and Mac without reformatting, and it comes with a free two-month subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan and one year of Mylio Create.
- The larger Seagate Backup Plus Portable is pretty weighty for its physical size.
- Holding the drives in my hand, neither gives the impression of durability. However, like I said, I've heavily used a previous model and it is still going strong.
External Hard Drive Reviews 2019
The new higher capacity Seagate Backup Plus Portable comes in 4 TB and 5 TB configurations and is priced around $100 and $130 respectively. The new Seagate Backup Plus Slim comes in 1 TB and 2 TB options for $60 and $80 respectively.
