A portable hard drive roughly the size of a deck of cards can store two terabytes of photos, videos, and projects. You don’t need a wall adapter because the Seagate 2TB Portable Hard Drive powers on via USB. This drive will work with USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 computers. It supports both Windows and Mac computers. The drive has a brushed metal front and a dark gray finish.
Head over to Amazon to get the Seagate 2TB Portable Hard Drive for just $130, down from its usual price of $150. That’s a $20 discount and 13% off.
A substantial hard drive with plenty of space for you to store files
The main benefit of bus power is that the drive’s full functionality comes through a single USB connection to your PC. You’ll never need an extra outlet for the drive’s power supply, and you won’t have to hunt for another open outlet when traveling to a coffee shop or hotel. The drive measures 4.5 by 3 by 0.5 inches and weighs about 6 ounces. So, it fits in a laptop bag with minimal added weight.
Setup is a simple process. Plug in the drive, let your computer recognize it, then simply drag files over to the drive. No software installation is required, and you won’t need to create an account, unlike a cloud service that requires monthly payments.
You’ll find that 2TB of storage provides enough room to store a substantial number of items. Approximately 500,000 photos, hundreds of hours of standard-quality video, or a complete backup of most laptops will fit within the provided space, with some additional space remaining after the backup. If you’ve been deleting files every week to keep your machine running, you now have room to stop and never think about it again.
Data transfer speeds are handled via USB 3.0, allowing larger files to move much faster than they could under USB 2.0. Because the drive is backward compatible with older systems, you can use it with an older machine at the data transfer rate allowed by that system. If you connect the drive to a new computer in the future, you’ll get the full capabilities of USB 3.0 without changing your setup.
The drive arrives formatted in NTFS for Windows. When connecting to a Mac, you’ll need to reformat the drive before using it, which you can do in Disk Utility. Reformatting takes about two to three minutes and only needs to happen once. Once reformatted, Time Machine will back up to this external drive just like any other external drive you attach. Seagate includes an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable with the drive, so you won’t need to purchase anything additional. At $130, down from $150, Seagate also provides a one-year limited warranty.
