EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
Get extra space and store all of your data with ease
From£90,www.seagate.comThese are the higher capacity, non-
portable versions of Seagate’s external
drives: you still get the speed and
reliability that Seagate’s known for,
but you have to find an extra power
socket to plug it into as well.
That extra power means more
capacity and faster speeds of course,
so it’s not all bad: transfer rates go
up to 160MB/s, and you can get up
to 8TB of capacity in single unit. The
optional two-port USB hub on the
front is handy for charging gadgets or
connecting a USB stick too.From£60,www.westerndigital.comYou can always rely on Western Digital
for your external hard drive needs, and
the updated My Passport line gives you
a pile of additional storage at a good
price, and in a compact form factor. You
can even pick the outer casing colour.
With an eye-catching design and
USB 3.2 support, the drive comes with
256-bit AES hardware encryption
included as well as backup software, if
you need it. You can easily connect the
drive to your favourite cloud services too- simple, effective, reliable hard drive
storage up to 5TB.
3 Ministation Extreme
From £80 http://www.buffalo.comThe main party trick of this compact,
portable, stylish drive from Buffalo is
the NFC (Near Field Communication)
technology built in, which means you
can unlock the contents of the drive with
the swipe of the supplied smart card,
with no passwords required.
On top of that encryption and
protection, you also get USB 3.0
connectivity (with integrated cable),
shock protection, resistance to water
and dust, and capacities up to 2TB, so if
you’re looking for a portable drive with a
little bit extra, this could be it.11 Backup Plus Desktop^2 MyPassport
Winner!
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