Re: Why is this HDD so small?
Frank Slootweg <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
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| Organization | NOYB |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
micky <[email protected]> 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 > > What about that it has no brand name? Would you buy it for a backup > drive? > > > For file backup, is a real 2.5" external drive better for backup? > external 2.5" HDD, SSD, 3.5" HDD in a dock No offense, but why even consider stuff from weird merchants which peddle their stuff via Amazon!? Don't you have *reputable* webshops in the US? Have you even seen the 'name' of the merchant? 'qingyuanshiyongxinxiecaibaozhuangyouxiangongsi'? Give me a break! (At least that's what it says when using your URL from The Netherlands.) It doesn't matter how 'cheap' it is, I would never trust my data to fishy no-name stuff like that, especially not from a fishy merchant.