Are All External Hard Drives Created Equal?
I have two WD external hard drives...dinosaur's by today's standards...they're large...like a big book...I notice that many of the newer ones are not much larger than a pack of cigarettes and run stri...
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I have three of the Western Digital "My Book" drives, one an old 2TB USB 2.0, while the other two are newer 3TB USB 3.0
I also have two of the smaller 320GB WD Passport Essential drives, which travel with me, again to back up images while on the road. Actually, the backup My Books also travel with me in case something happens to my desktop at home while we're RVing.
The Passports and the 2TB My Book have survived much abuse. The My Book went for an unplanned flight about two years ago and landed hard on the ground. It continues to work flawlessly. One of the Passports has a cracked case, but some electrical tape has kept it together.
With thousands of high resolution RAW files to store and backup, these drives suit my purpose well. I don't use WD's SmartWare backup software though, finding it to be a resource hog. Instead I use a quick, easy and free program called SyncBackFree.
I also have two of the smaller 320GB WD Passport Essential drives, which travel with me, again to back up images while on the road. Actually, the backup My Books also travel with me in case something happens to my desktop at home while we're RVing.
The Passports and the 2TB My Book have survived much abuse. The My Book went for an unplanned flight about two years ago and landed hard on the ground. It continues to work flawlessly. One of the Passports has a cracked case, but some electrical tape has kept it together.
With thousands of high resolution RAW files to store and backup, these drives suit my purpose well. I don't use WD's SmartWare backup software though, finding it to be a resource hog. Instead I use a quick, easy and free program called SyncBackFree.
