Re: Why is this HDD so small?

On 3/12/2021 8:27 PM, micky wrote:

> Why is this so small?
> 
> Alternatively, why aren't they all so small?
>                 Less than 4" x 1 1/4" x 1/3".
> 
> Is it a real HDD, a spinner, with a rotating platter?   It calls it a
> harddrive more than once, and never uses SSD, etc. but it's so small.
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/External-Hard-Drive-Portable-Laptop/dp/B08VNQZ4KY/ref=sr_1_11?crid=3C0WFJ8T7ELDA&dchild=1&keywords=external%2Bhard%2Bdrive&qid=1615603990&s=pc&sprefix=ext%2Celectronics%2C179&sr=1-11&th=1



Regardless of what Amazon call it, it can't be a real hard drive. It 
must be an SSD. It seems to be an oversize thumb drive. There are lots 
of other 1TB thumb drives for sale, and some of them are less expensive.


> What about that it has no brand name?  Would you buy it for a backup
> drive?


I've never used one, don't know anybody who has, never read a review of 
it, and know nothing about it. What you do is up to you of course, but 
using such an unknown product is risky.


> For file backup, is a real 2.5" external drive better for backup?
> external 2.5" HDD, SSD, 3.5" HDD in a dock


I wouldn't use it for backup, but the reason has nothing to do with its 
not being a real HD; it's because it's unknown.

-- 
Ken