WD 10 TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0, Black

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You might be tempted to use cloud storage but, while it is a great way to backup vital files, it’s not always practical when you have a lot of data or large media files that you need to safeguard.

I reformatted to NTFS for my needs, and I used the WD tool to set the sleep timer to 90 minutes to better suit my media-playing/storing needs. The new variant doubles capacity to 16TB, but it isn’t quite as portable as the 8TB model due to its larger form factor and power requirements. Combining a tough aluminium enclosure with a thick, non-removable rubber bumper, it feels like a piece of military hardware and can handle rain, dust, and weight up to 1,000lb. It has handy features like an unattended auto lock, and the drive can auto-lock as soon as the USB connection is lost - e.But it is easy for authorized users to unlock and access using its built-in keypad, and it has a slew of security features and certifications to assure you it'll keep bad guys out. We'll send breaking news and in-depth reviews of CPUs, GPUs, AI, maker hardware and more straight to your inbox. These larger models are more expensive but also much more capacious—think 24TB or more (in that case, populated by two 12TB drive mechanisms). USB ports are ubiquitous, and many external drives now come with cables with both rectangular USB Type-A connectors and oval-shaped USB Type-C ones to enable adapter-free connections to PCs that have only one type.

The other review sites that do this type of test (Anandtech, TechPowerUp, Guru3D, TweakTown) supply sufficient detail to be able to use their test results. It has a robust aluminum case build, a stylish design, it has a high-speed transfer rate, and an impressive 5-year limited warranty. It works with 4 10 TB drives and 4 8 TB drives installed and everything is snap-in and auto recognized. How an external drive connects to your PC or Mac is second only to the type of storage mechanism it uses in determining how fast you'll be able to access data. The ADATA HD710M Pro also has grips and channels around the edges of the drive to keep the detachable USB cable tethered to the drive at all times, even when not plugged into the USB connector.To help you pick the right external storage device for your needs, we test and review dozens of drives as they become available and publish our list of specific recommendations for the best portable SSDs and hard drives below. If reliability or speed is of utmost importance, we'd recommend getting a portable SSD drive instead. Not only does it have a tough build quality, but it’s also shockproof with its aluminum body and silicone sleeve.

For one thing, it looks impressive, sticking closely to the industrial aesthetic of the gaming focused WD Black line. Hard drives may get you more capacity for your dollar by far, but first you need to consider a major difference in external storage these days: the hard drive versus the SSD. If you only have a Windows computer, you could (carefully) reformat it to NTFS, but you would probably be better off getting a hard drive already formatted in NTFS or exFAT.Those drives are generally more compact and don't require a cable, but they're usually not as fast or roomy as external SSDs -- although the best flash drives are getting faster and roomier. that you've swapped out of a gaming laptop, ultrabookor upgraded away from in your gaming PC, we've recently looked at NVMe enclosures from MyDigitalSSD and Pluggable.