#externalharddrive — Public Fediverse posts

@cyberlyra re: buy a hard drive, I was all - what do I get?
I check wirecutter for such things, and usually available in Australia.
Bingo:
"Portable drives like the Western Digital My Passport Ultra (5 TB) require only a single USB cable attached to your computer, so they’re convenient to use and carry with a laptop in more than one place".
sold.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-external-hard-drives/
#cybercleanse #digitalharddrive #harddrive #externalharddrive

Seagate launches new consumer storage lineup as AI, gaming, and backups eat your disk space alive

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/seagate-storage-ai-gaming/

Seagate launches new consumer storage lineup as AI, gaming, and backups eat your disk space alive

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/seagate-storage-ai-gaming/

A Tale of Cheap Hard Drives and Expensive Lessons

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/15/a-tale-of-cheap-hard-drives-and-expensive-lessons/

A Tale of Cheap Hard Drives and Expensive Lessons

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/15/a-tale-of-cheap-hard-drives-and-expensive-lessons/

Your #externalharddrive won’t last long if you keep doing these things

https://www.makeuseof.com/your-external-hard-drive-wont-last-long-if-you-keep-doing-these-things/

I see #WorldBackupDay is trending and I had a flashback to selling Davong hard drives back in the early 80s while employed with Computer Innovations. When you turned these units on it sounded like a 747 starting up their engines. Today the phone in your hand has about 500 times the storage capacity of these monsters.
I'll let the nerds correct me on that :-)

#ComputerMuseum #ExternalHardDrive

https://www.cryovex.com/datalocker-dl4-fe-drive-review/

Super NES Cartridge Pulls a Sneaky, Plays Minecraft - Sometimes it’s the little touches and details that make a project. That’s certainl... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/31/super-nes-cartridge-pulls-a-sneaky-plays-minecraft/ #externalharddrive #supernintendo #networkhacks #cartridge #minecraft #nintendo #supernes

Just released today! Our Seagate Gaming FireCuda Star Wars-inspired HDD review looks at an external HDD with Darth Vader artwork, features RGB lighting, and includes data recovery.

https://techaeris.com/2022/11/22/firecuda-star-wars-inspired-hdd-review-pick-side-show-off-allegiance/

#Seagate #FireCuda #HDD #ExternalHardDrive #HardDrive #storage #technology #gaming #StarWars #DarthVader #TheDarkSide #review

Samsung improves read/write speeds in its biz-card-sized SSDs with the new T7 - The Samsung T7 is available in blue... ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1677434 #externalharddrive #samsungt7 #samsung #usb-c #tech #ssd

New Year Habits – What Do You Do For Data Storage? - 2020 is a year of reflection and avoiding regret, and one of the biggest practices we all know we sh... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/20/new-year-habits-what-do-you-do-for-data-storage/ #externalharddrive #googlephotos #originalart #harddrive #featured #interest #facebook #backup #flickr #nas