#PORTABLE HARD DISK DRIVE PORTABLE#

Portable Hard Drive or SSD? Drives that have spinning storage platters inside are very affordable, with 1TB models often selling for under $50 (ВЈ40).

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Who couldn't use just a little more portable storage? We're tracking all the sales on our best SSD and hard drive deals page. The holiday shopping season is a great time to pick up an external storage drive as they are usually on sale and make great gifts or impulse purchases. If you're curious about the kinds of speed and features that will be available with cutting-edge and future external drives, check out Everything We Know About USB 4.0.

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Consider how rugged your drive needs to be, how much space you need, and consider what connections will be available in places where you'll want to plug in your drive.В A super-fast drive at home won't be useful if you can't plug it in at work or school.

But with dozens of external drives available, how do you know which is the right external drive to buy? Should you opt for a speedier, more rugged (and more expensive) external SSD instead of a portable hard drive made up of comparatively fragile spinning platters? To help you pick the best portable external drive for your needs, we meticulously test and review dozens of drives as they become available and publish our list of specific recommendations of the best portable SSDs and hard drives on this page.Д«efore we get to the picks though, there are important things to think about, whether you need a drive for work, school or home use.

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