How reliable are portable HDs these days?
Post date: 2024-04-26 03:03:30
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I have four large (but not full) hard drives on my desk that are getting old--two 4TB and two 3TB (one of each pair is a backup for the other). One drive holds media files and the other my Lightroom library. Given technology developments, I could fit all of my data on a single 5TB portable drive (I'd get a second for backups). Is this a bad idea, and should I just stick with desktop drives if I don't actually need a portable drive?

Both Seagate and WD have 5TB portable drives for less than $125 (I don't have a strong feeling about either--my 4tb drives are WD, and the 3tb are Seagate).

If I don't need the convenience of actually taking the portable drives anywhere, should I just get a desktop drive?

It's hard to tell the drive specs other than being USB3.0--would you anticipate any usability issues with these drive for light photo editing and streaming media locally? Thanks!
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