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Redditor gambles $20 on a 4TB Temu external HDD

By Jowi Morales Published 2 May 26

This is definitely a scam.

External HDDs

Enthusiast reverse engineers world’s smallest HDD to access data with help from an old Nokia N91 and OpenClaw

By Mark Tyson Published 17 March 26

Maker Will Whang designed the MK4001MTD USB Bridge to facilitate the use of the world’s smallest (0.85-inch) mechanical hard drives, originally released by Toshiba in 2004.

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Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell

By Hassam Nasir Published 28 October 25

Not the flash upgrade they were hoping for...

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Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free

By Zhiye Liu Published 15 July 25

A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free.

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$28 hard drive from Amazon turns out to be legit despite the price

By Jowi Morales Published 28 June 25

The UnionSine DataPocket 500GB external drive interestingly works as expected, despite its low price.

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The iStorage diskAshur DT3 encrypted HDD

'World's First' encrypted 26TB hard disk debuts with diskAshur DT3 and DT2 models

By Kunal Khullar Published 6 May 25

iStorage raises storage limits for its encrypted diskAshur DT3 and diskAshur DT2 desktop drives

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Buffalo celebrates 50yr anniversary with a limited edition 'skeleton' transparent hard disk

By Mark Tyson Published 1 May 25

Buffalo Japan has launched the Buffalo HD-SKL 'skeleton hard disk' with a transparent panel showing the inner mechanism.

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Western Digital rolls out new 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years: is 6TB the swan song for 2.5-inch hard drives?

By Anton Shilov Published 17 May 24

Western Digital introduces a new capacity point for 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years.

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PlayStation 5 Digital with external disc drive.

New PS5 External Disc Drive Requires Internet Connection for Pairing

By Andrew E. Freedman Published 25 October 23

The Sony PS5 Slim's external disc drive requires an internet connection for pairing, but some have raised fears this will make it hard to play games down the line.

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