What to look for when buying a portable HDD?

ssneg2012-06-11 18:34:53

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ssneg, 2012-06-11 18:34:53

Good afternoon,
I want to buy a portable HDD 500GB 2.5'' USB3.0. What else to look at? What brands to stay away from?
I don’t need any nonsense like “software for automatic backups”, of course.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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Colobock, 2012-06-11
@ssneg

Get the blue one, you can't go wrong.

edogs, 2012-06-11
@edogs

western digital - calm and reliable (no need to chase exotics, VD is strong in the niche of external devices / screws).
Look at the propeller model to make sure there is an anti-shock (dada, sometimes models without anti-shock are inserted).
It is better to take a box with a "bumper" or rubberized (does not hurt).
Look at the current consumed, otherwise you won’t plug it into usb2.0 (if it’s important).

Dmitry Lavrentiev, 2012-06-11
@TreyLav

You can buy a separate box , a separate disk.

Saboteur, 2012-06-12
@saboteur_kiev

As I understand it, the question is not to buy a USB screw, but to buy a portable one. If I'm wrong, please clarify the question.
And for portable ones, it's worth looking at the warranty.

ggagnidze, 2012-06-11
@ggagnidze

I would go to market.ya.ru and sort it by popularity and rating.

Chii, 2012-06-11
@Chii

Make friends with the service people at the service center of any large store and ask which ones return the least.

Monnoroch, 2012-06-11
@Monnoroch

I would advise looking at the connector and the stiffness of the wire connection. I experienced a problem myself - the mini-USB loosens very quickly and constant hooks with the connection begin.

Vlad Zhivotnev, 2012-06-11
@inkvizitor68sl

Transcend StoreJet steers and pedals.

niko83, 2012-06-11
@niko83

Statistics on external hard drives, what parameters are there and how they separately affect the price askbeforebuy.ru/models/detalisestat/57/

AlekseyPolyakov, 2012-06-11
@AlekseyPolyakov

pay attention to the presence of an additional power source or usb wire with two connectors (this is an alternative to an additional power source). often encountered in practice that the external hard drive does not have enough power, which can be obtained through 1 usb connector, thus losing ease of use. with add. calmer food.

a_b, 2012-06-12
@a_b

Here are some good ones www.lacie.com/intl/products/range.htm?id=10036

Eddy_Em, 2012-06-12
@Eddy_Em

Maybe we should wait about six months until the factories are rebuilt?

Nikolai Turnaviotov, 2012-06-12
@foxmuldercp

Sorry, why take 500 if there are already more.
Or are you talking about 2.5" screws and boxes?