Thread: Tech Portable HDD Guidance
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Old 12-20-2017, 07:01 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns View Post
Thanks. They seem to both be hit or miss. I?ll look for more space so I can backup and use as an external HDD. I found one when I moved but have no idea what size or speed it is. Hopefully I?ll find it again when unpacking the last boxes.
This is starting to sound like you're "archiving" (moving files to another disk) rather than "backing up" (keeping two or more copies of the same file)

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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark View Post
Why waste money on another hard disk? Buy an SSD drive instead. They won't suffer from a head crash if you drop it, they're 50 times faster, lighter, and use alot less power.
SSDs are overkill for bulk storage. They're not indestructible, either - out of the 11 SSDs I have purchased in the past ~8 years, 6 have failed. A couple lasted less than a year.
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