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Review: Samsung T5 Portable 2TB USB 3.1 SSD

Posted on May 31, 2023

By now you probably know that adding a solid state drive (SSD) to most any computer will make it run a lot faster.

But did you know SSDs are now available as external USB drives?

An external USB 3.1 SSD basically offers the convenience of a USB flash drive along with the speed and storage capacity of an internal solid state drive!

I recently had the opportunity to check out the Samsung T5 Portable 2TB USB 3.1 SSD, and I immediately fell in love with it! [Read more…]

Back up your hard drive a lot faster with an external SSD

Posted on July 9, 2017

By now you probably know how important it is to create regular backups of the data that’s stored on your computer’s hard drive.

You also probably know that it can take a good long while to create each of those backups.

Luckily, there’s a simple and easy way to greatly speed up the backup process (and the restore process as well, should it ever be needed)… [Read more…]