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Review: WD My Book 6TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive with Backup

Posted on February 20, 2021

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Western Digital has been making some of the world’s best hard drives for decades, and their current My Book line of external USB hard drives are simply outstanding.

External hard drives are perfect for backing up large amounts of data, and the WD My Book 6TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive with Backup will store a ton of it.

6TB of storage is more than enough space to hold all of the average user’s data with plenty of room to spare.

Photos, music, video…you can keep it all safe and secure with this excellent drive and its included backup software. [Read more…]

Review: Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive

Posted on August 10, 2018

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Are you frustrated by the lack of storage space on the typical external USB hard drive? Do you long for an external drive that’s super-fast, yet plugs into a standard USB 3.0 port?

Well look no further, because Seagate has both bases well-covered with their new Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive. (#ad)

Most consumer-grade USB hard drives currently max out at around 2TB, but this Seagate Backup Plus doubles that to a massive 4TB.

Of course to take full advantage of all that storage space, the drive needs to transfer data at the fastest speeds possible – and this awesome drive is lightning fast!  [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I force my USB drive to use same drive letter no matter which PC I plug it into?

Posted on May 14, 2014

usb-3-0-thumb-driveQuestion from Gary M.:  I have my photos and Lightroom catalog on my USB drive and move them from my laptop to desktop. It would make my life easier if it presented as the J: drive every time it’s plugged into either machine.

How can I force my external USB drive to present itself as the same drive letter every time it’s plugged in no matter which PC I plug it into?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Great Deal: Seagate 1TB external USB 3.0 hard drive at a great price!

Posted on October 28, 2013

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If you’ve been looking for a great deal on an external USB 3.0 hard drive, here’s one for you (while supplies last).

Amazon has a great price on this Seagate 1TB drive (#ad) to a super low price, and they’ll even ship it to you for free!

An external USB hard drive makes it easy to back up your computer’s internal hard drive.

And if your PC has a small solid state drive, an external hard drive will hold all of your data files such as photos, music, movies, Office documents and more so that you can keep your SSD uncluttered and working flawlessly.

Click here (#ad) to read more about this awesome drive at Amazon!




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