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Explore a wide range of portable hard drives, from both Seagate and WD. Here at Overclockers UK, we stock portable hard drives in capacities from 1TB up to 5TB, perfect for storing large amounts of data. A portable hard drive features a highly durable outer casing to protect the internal components from knocks and bumps as the drive is transported between locations. Portable hard drives utilise the versatile USB connection, allowing you to connect them to many different devices, including PCs, laptops, Macs, and more. Using this technology, a portable hard drive quickly transfers data, with speeds up to 5Gbps. These factors combined make a portable hard drive an excellent solution for transferring data, such as gamers copying their gaming library from one PC to another without the need to redownload them.
Internal and external hard drives utilise many of the same core components to store your data, such as spinning magnetic platters and read/write heads mounted on an actuator arm. They do, however, feature some differences that affect the performance they can deliver, as listed below:
There are a wide variety of portable hard drives available, but which is best for you? We explore everything you need to know about external hard drives on the Overclockers UK blog.
Read MoreHere at Overclockers UK, we stock portable hard drives from both WD and Seagate.
Portable hard drives can come in a range of capacities, with some of the most popular being 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB.
Many hard drive manufacturers offer a data recovery service for their storage drives. These services can generally recover a large amount of data from a drive that has failed, however some data will likely be lost.
It is possible to install your OS to a portable hard drive and set it as a launch device. However, it is recommended to install your OS to an internal drive, such as an NVMe drive, as they utilise a much faster interface which will significantly reduce load times.
Some portable hard drives require more power to operate than can be delivered by USB. As such, they will require additional power delivery, generally through a dedicated power adapter.
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