- Oct 24, 2015
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Hi,
I want to purchase a USB 3.0 portable hard disk with support for USB2.0 as well and have narrowed my choice down to two:
1) WD My Passport Ultra 2TB (ver.2 - Apr 2015+)
2) Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB
Price is nearly similar for both.
I had earlier thought of buying the WD disk, owing to its size and since the OEM product page states compatibility with Win10 (my current OS).
I already own 2 portable hard disks -
1) Seagate FreeAgent Go 320 GB USB 2.0 (running fine since 2008)
2) Seagate Backup Plus Portable 1TB USB 3.0 (since 2013)
WD provides a better USB 3.0 cable, because I purchased a myPassport (v.1) for my father and it is more flexible than my Seagate Backup Plus cable, which I had to buy 3rd-party replacement cables for since the time I purchased it. My apprehension arose since I read somewhere that WD does not last long and will be more prone to disk failure/disconnection when writing data.
Though both disks provide a backup application, my existing Seagate BP-Portable came with a "lite" version and expected me to make do with it as the "Premium" application was available only in higher priced disks. The WD v.1 which I had got seemed to had all required features built-in and also had the ability to encrypt the drive and for locking it unless it was used on an "authorised" PC.
I do not wish to buy the WD My Passport v.1 because it will lead to confusion owing to 2 similar looking disks in the household. Also, my laptop has USB2.0 and USB3.0 but desktop does not have a USB-3.0 port and I run a USB hub from a USB2 port on the desktop, so will such hard disks work properly with it?
Advice on power requirement (only-on-USB/plugged-in etc with no external power source), data transfer speed and device durability will also be helpful, since I am unaware of these on the concerned devices. Kindly help as I am running out of space and need to purchase a hard disk ASAP.
Thanks in advance,
Sarat
I want to purchase a USB 3.0 portable hard disk with support for USB2.0 as well and have narrowed my choice down to two:
1) WD My Passport Ultra 2TB (ver.2 - Apr 2015+)
2) Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB
Price is nearly similar for both.
I had earlier thought of buying the WD disk, owing to its size and since the OEM product page states compatibility with Win10 (my current OS).
I already own 2 portable hard disks -
1) Seagate FreeAgent Go 320 GB USB 2.0 (running fine since 2008)
2) Seagate Backup Plus Portable 1TB USB 3.0 (since 2013)
WD provides a better USB 3.0 cable, because I purchased a myPassport (v.1) for my father and it is more flexible than my Seagate Backup Plus cable, which I had to buy 3rd-party replacement cables for since the time I purchased it. My apprehension arose since I read somewhere that WD does not last long and will be more prone to disk failure/disconnection when writing data.
Though both disks provide a backup application, my existing Seagate BP-Portable came with a "lite" version and expected me to make do with it as the "Premium" application was available only in higher priced disks. The WD v.1 which I had got seemed to had all required features built-in and also had the ability to encrypt the drive and for locking it unless it was used on an "authorised" PC.
I do not wish to buy the WD My Passport v.1 because it will lead to confusion owing to 2 similar looking disks in the household. Also, my laptop has USB2.0 and USB3.0 but desktop does not have a USB-3.0 port and I run a USB hub from a USB2 port on the desktop, so will such hard disks work properly with it?
Advice on power requirement (only-on-USB/plugged-in etc with no external power source), data transfer speed and device durability will also be helpful, since I am unaware of these on the concerned devices. Kindly help as I am running out of space and need to purchase a hard disk ASAP.
Thanks in advance,
Sarat
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