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The WD My Passport is the best overall external HDD drive we've tested so far thanks to its cheap price, ability to automatically backup data ... your gaming desktop PC's storage or find more ...

Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage has never been cheaper. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right external hard drive.

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Safeguard your data and/or increase your capacity with an on-sale SSD or HDD. Especially if you're in the business of video ...

it's not the fastest external drive we've reviewed - check out our Adata SE920 external SSD review for that - but it's an impressive Mac device that makes back-up and transfer quick and seamless.

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How big is 20 terabytes? Enough to hold roughly 10 million photos or 10,000 hours of HD video. So, very possibly an entire lifetime of photos, home videos, and other files can be safely backed up to ...

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