Mobile hard drives are made so that you can carry them around. They’re compact solutions to add more disk space to your computer without opening its enclosure. External hard drives all can do that, but only mobile hard drives can be carried with ease. What makes it all possible? You may be aware that USB is used for carrying data, but you may have missed the fact that USB can…

Much. That would be my first and shortest answer, but I know that much you’ve already figured out, so I’ll dwell into the depths of capacity things, and the things you can keep on a 750gb external hard drive in particular. It’s not an interesting read, look away if you’re not really interested in all this stuff. I hope you are, though. First, the disappearing gigabytes gig. Have you noticed…

Seriously now, people, am I missing something about 20GB external hard drives, because some people keep asking about them. I do have an opinion about them, I have one about everything, but that’s not the point here. Is there a positive side to them I can’t see, or is there something they’re worth their money for, because I’m not sure I’m following the trends on outdated hard drives. That’s what…

Well, okay, first of all, it’s important to point out what on earth a mobile external hard drive is, apart from rolling off your tongue as an expression, of course. These little buggers are hard drives you can connect to your computer without touching the casing. Laptop users don’t really like grabbing the screwdriver anyway, and they can’t just slap a new HDD inside, so here they are, the mobile…

A mini external hard drive is an external magnetic storage device that’s smaller in it’s form factor than what the main-stream offers to customers. The main stream at the time of writing is 2.5″ or 3.5″, both with their ups and downs. A mini HDD is smaller than these form factors, and it also comes in smaller capacities and is harder to come by. If you want to build a…

The one you pay the least amount of money for, of course! Joke aside, the cheapest 1TB external hard drive has some key features I’d like to share with you. Whether you’re shopping around, or simply curious about what’s going on behind the scenes, read on. Connector The type of connector, or port they use to make an external hard drive makes a difference. USB is the most common port…

Looking for a 500GB portable external hard drive, huh? Are you sure this is the one you really want? I’m not trying to second guess your decision, I’m just trying to point out that things you want aren’t necessarily those you really need. Quite a good choice, though, 500GB external drives are in the sweet spot for many different factors, and they’re a solid option to extend the current disk…

Capacity Big is good, bigger is better, at least according to some people who aren’t exactly experts on the field. Size doesn’t always matter, and it certainly isn’t the only thing that matters when it comes to rating hard drives, or comparing them to each other. Capacity is just the amount of data you can shove into the drive without running out of space, one factor out of half a…