When it comes to personal files and important family memories, you can never be too careful. Most people don't think of backing up their files until something important has already been lost, or even if they do, they don't choose a drive that can stand the test of time. Here's five of our favorite external hard drives, both portable and non-portable.
Easily the most highly recommended external hard drive on the internet, BUFFALO's DriveStation might look like a simple, black and square external hard drive, but there's something much more sinister inside that proves just how misleading visual impressions can be. Underneath the basic exterior is a fast 3TB hard drive paired with 1GB of DRM cache that provides SSD-like speeds, tallying nearly 408MB/s, more than double standard USB 3.0 speeds. The DriveStation isn't a portable hard drive, but rather requires AC power and should be used in a more traditional backup or media production environment. It even comes with built-in software that allows you to schedule backups, making it easy to set it up and forget about it, knowing that your files will be safe in the event of an emergency. If you require encryption, it has both password protection and software data encryption, so you're good all around.
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