Re: Why is this HDD so small?

On 2021-03-13 12:07, Ken Blake wrote:
> 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.

Sometime in the 1990s I had a true spinner that was about 2" square by 
1" thick. Came with a leather case for protection. Can't recall the 
capacity. USB. Maxell, IIRC.

Long gone into wherever things go that you can't find when you want 
them. :-)

Best,


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