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Jan 12, 2024 14:59:05 #

home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana

I have old passport and other old style mechanical drives and want new SDD

thanks

Jan 12, 2024 15:08:26 #

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Samsung 2T. Works great and very small

Jan 12, 2024 17:15:09 #

alx Loc: NJ

mizzee wrote:

Samsung 2T. Works great and very small

Jan 12, 2024 17:16:50 #

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Samsung 4TB T9 Portable SSD

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1787602-REG/samsung_mu_pg4t0b_am_4tb_t9_portable_ssd.html/reviews

Jan 12, 2024 18:13:27 #

ricardo00

Yep the Samsung is the only/best choice!! Much faster, more stable than others and small. Even the price is reasonable.

Jan 13, 2024 06:36:55 #

ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA

I generally feel Samsung is a good brand, but I had a Samsung T7 external SSD fail on me. I’ve been using Crucial X8 for the last six months. So far so good.

Jan 13, 2024 06:57:41 #

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

I like Crucial external drives

Jan 13, 2024 10:10:56 #

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

I have a Crucial. Have had it a couple years. No problems.

Jan 13, 2024 10:20:04 #

daledo Loc: Billings, MT

Have a couple scan disk 2tb and they have worked well for me. Have had one for about 2 years and one for about 1 year. Price was right. They fit nicely in a small carry case.

Jan 13, 2024 12:11:59 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Samsung T9 - 2x the speed of the T7 (which is less expensive)

Jan 13, 2024 12:17:53 #

df61743 Loc: Corpus Christi, TX

home brewer wrote:

I have old passport and other old style mechanical drives and want new SDD

thanks

I recently bought a Oyen Digital 8TB U32 Shadow from B&H and have been quite pleased with it.

They come in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB.

Dick

Jan 13, 2024 13:56:53 #

Burkley Loc: Park City

Samsung

Jan 13, 2024 14:26:09 #

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

home brewer wrote:

I have old passport and other old style mechanical drives and want new SDD

thanks

Samsung and Western Digital have worked well for me.

bwa

Jan 13, 2024 14:49:49 #

ricardo00

ClarkJohnson wrote:

I generally feel Samsung is a good brand, but I had a Samsung T7 external SSD fail on me. I’ve been using Crucial X8 for the last six months. So far so good.

Sorry to hear about your Samsung T7 external SSD failing. Hopefully, you didn't lose any important pics? I hadn't heard of Crucial till now so looked it up. Looks like it is part of Micron Tech? So a big tech firm too, like Samsung. Looks like the read and write speeds are comparable to the Samsung T9 but the Crucial is cheaper? Though not sure about sustained write speeds? Or even whether my computer (a MacBook Pro) can get the extra speed of these SSDs.

Jan 13, 2024 15:05:17 #

Toby

Now I am confused! I recently spoke with a young computer science student about back up drives. His opinion was that hard drives were better because they were cheaper, lasted longer and the data could usually be recovered, although expensive. SSD'd he said, do not last as long and when they fail the data is not recoverable. I would like to hear comments from those of you who have had ACUTAL EXPERIENCE with both. Thank you

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