Re: Why is this HDD so small?

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:07:40 -0700, Ken Blake
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 3/12/2021 8:27 PM, micky wrote:
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>> Why is this so small?
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>> Alternatively, why aren't they all so small?
>>                 Less than 4" x 1 1/4" x 1/3".
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>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.
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>> What about that it has no brand name?  Would you buy it for a backup
>> drive?
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>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.
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>> For file backup, is a real 2.5" external drive better for backup?
>> external 2.5" HDD, SSD, 3.5" HDD in a dock
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>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.

I didn't mind that JCWhitney sold things that didn't work, like the gas
pressure regulator that would impove my gas mileage by 50%.  I used my
own judgment and never bought that.  

But JCWhitney didn't display** customer ratings, including by "verified
customers".   I don't see how so many verified customers could have
rated the wrong thing as for this item. I hope Amazon doesn't let this
become other than very rare. 

**I haven't been to their webpage for a couple years.