Best Portable External Hard Drives Reviews

Basically I chose WD HDD ’cause of its great quality and its pretty competitive price. Indeed, I bought a 210 GB external HD three year ago, and after rough use, it’s still working perfectly, i.e my experience with WD has been excellent. This is a really important feature to me.

I had a look at the software included, It’s pretty simple to use and easy to manage your files; but being honest, I’ll format it ’cause I’m used to managing my files with an open-source sync tool. This is not a key to me.

Physically, the size and weight are acceptable, just don’t forget that is 1TB !!! , maybe the only problem is the surface, you know it gets fingerprints and can scratch easily. It would be a good idea to get a case

Finally, keep in mind that the cable included isn’t the typical USB-miniUSB(see photos), so don’t loose it or you’ll need to get it from WD directly and I could easily guess it wont be cheap.

don’t hesitate, this is the best option currently.

The drive is pretty much what you expect, a portable 1TB USB 3.0 drive. Fast speeds when hooked up through USB 3.0 and decent speeds on USB 2.0. If your laptop doesn’t have USB 3.0, you can get an ExpressCard USB 3.0 adapter.

Western digital has included some software on the drive which I did not try out. They no longer have a separate partition which appears as a CD drive, which was extremely annoying on their older drives.

The cable is USB 3.0. It is short, but it does the trick. The connector on the drive is the USB 3.0 micro B connector, which consists of a USB 2.0 micro B connector plus an extra, smaller port right next to it for the USB 3.0 wires. You can plug a normal USB 2.0 micro B cables you may already have if you’re connecting it to a USB 2.0 port.

The biggest downside to the drive is the glossy finish. I have only had the drive 5 days and the edges are already scuffed. It is also a big fingerprint magnet. A matte finish would have looked fine and avoided these problems.

This Western Digital works awesome. I can’t believe how small it is! I choose not to use to software, and the directions do not walk you through how to use it anyways, which is kind of frustrating. But I back things up when I feel like it, so that is not the issue. For excessive portable storage nothing beats it. Runs quiet, tons of space, fast transmission, can work just like a flash drive if you want it to. Great for clearing up room on your hard drive and still having it with you at all times.

It works great. I use it like a flashdrive. The included software is not necessary to use it on other computers, though the encryption software is kinda handy. I never bothered with the backup software because Windows’ software is just fine. Beware though: at least with the black color, many scratches begin to become visible after a couple weeks. It’s just the color and the texture of it. So it may not look pretty, but does a nice job of storing. Also, this hard drive holds about 931 Gb, NOT 1 full Tb. I was very disappointed that the scale was that off, but I guess it works