Reddit mentions of WD 2TB Black My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBKD0020BBK-NESN

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WD My Passport 2tb External Hard Drive - https://www.amazon.ca/WD-Passport-Portable-External-WDBBKD0020BBK-NESN/dp/B00W8XXYSM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478572277&sr=8-2&keywords=2+tb+external+hard+drive

a 2 TB external hard drive is pretty cheap nowadays! I recommend [Western Digital] (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456927867&sr=8-2&keywords=2tb+western+digital+external+hard+drive) instead of Seagate, but it costs a little bit more.

1.) You can get my favorite 2TB external hard drive now for under $100. Unless you've already gotten an S that's a much cheaper way of getting extra storage.

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This is what I have. I got it on sale 75% off though. There are some newer models with 4TB at reasonable prices but I never see myself needing that much space.

1. buy HDD on Amazon.
   
   
2. Plug the HDD into the back of your Xbox One via USB
   
   
3. That's it!

Dude, just buy this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W8XXYSM

Whoa. Hold up. Do you have a memory card for every single event/wedding/session?

I appreciate your wanting to keep everything backed up. Very responsible and professional!

There's an easier way though... Check it:

External Hard Drive:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKFEEBW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

PORTABLE External Hard Drive (doesn't require wall plug-in <fuck off, thunderstorms!> and much more convenient... for a price.)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W8XXYSM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Passport is my fave, I have a few

I have a Mac, work in disconnected environments, generate a few gigs of new data every week, and have been obsessed with backups for as long as I can remember.

My goal is automated incremental backups of my entire machine with proven software. I've settled on Crashplan, SuperDuper, and two WD portable drives.

Crashplan backs up my home folder to the cloud when there is a connection and it also backs up to Drive 1 every fifteen minutes or so. I then use SuperDuper for nightly images of my entire machine to Drive 2.

Crashplan keeps every single change and it's great to recover from software bugs and accidental deletes. SuperDuper's nightly images are great for fast rollback and to mount my drive on pretty much any Mac.

I've been a nomad for about two years and this system has worked well for me. It keeps your data lived in three places locally (laptop, two drives) and uses the cloud as the fourth location.

If you have a good connection, you can keep the laptop and drives in the same place. If you don't have a good connection, keep the laptop and drives separated.

The big gap in this system is in restoring the OS and apps. Your OS can only be restored with a recovery partition on your Mac and your apps from SuperDuper drive. If either of those are gone, you are going to be in for a rough time.

Hope this helps.

You might also look into this drive. I have the older version and it's worked perfectly fine for the past 16 months.

i used wd 2tb my passport ultra https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM until i ran out of space and now i am using transcend storejet 4tb https://www.amazon.com/Transcend-StoreJet-2-5-inch-USB3-0-Portable/dp/B01JTMNASS. both are very good

Doesn't matter, you have the choice on PC. That's the difference.

Trust me on this that drives are everywhere and cheap. You can get a 1TB internal 7200RPM sata 6 drive for around $60 which will outperform that drive in every way.

Avoid it if you can, but know that it'll be slow, could fail because Seagate is not great, and there's no reason you are forced to taking this offer.

Browse /r/buildapcsales often too

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1453909702&sr=1-5&keywords=External+hdd&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A7817230011

I'd recommend that drive. I have two myself. It's usb 3.0, small, brand new, and from a better company - for $4 more. .

Can I use an external hard drive (specifically this one) as a regular internal hard drive? I already own the linked product, and was wondering if the USB connection would affect it, or if there's a way to "convert" it to an internal drive.

At the moment i use an older model of this. But im sure if you google good external/portable hard drives you can find better options.

I use this one. WD 2TB Black My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBKD0020BBK-NESN [Old Model] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W8XXYSM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ddEMybEKV3C14

WD My Passport Ultra has been working fine for me. One time I had the cable malfunction on me, e-mailed WD for a new one ,while still under warranty. They delivered me a free one the best week.

I don't believe that's the case with this one. It apparently only has the USB 3.0 connector.

For reference, here's the one I'm talking about:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM

Here's a video of someone opening up a 1TB version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBenRlPzb_s

External is the way to go. I have this 2tb from Western Digital and it has worked well so far. 2tb seems to be plenty of space.

Here's an amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM

If you're worried that they need external power, they do not. These are usb powered.

I did understand what you meant. Sorry if I came across "know it all"ish. Was simply sharing knowledge.

However, I'd like to point out that you don't have to wait for a torrent to finish downloading before you can watch it. Some torrent clients have the ability to download the torrent in sequential order, making it possible to watch while it's downloading. For example, qBittorrent allows you to download a file from beginning to end. That being said, I usually wait until the torrent is around 10% downloaded, and then start watching. I could watch immediately, but then I might hit some "buffering." Waiting til 10% is only a few minutes, and then there's no buffering the entire episode.

Also, the using up hard drive space argument isn't exactly the most valid argument in this day 'n age.

That being said, I understand people wanting to conserve space, so streaming is a better option for many people. (:

Best buy and Amazon currently have 2TB Western Digital My Passport Ultras for $89. I don't have the hopper (I have the ViP722k), but it was still fairly easy to transfer programming from my old receiver to a replacement receiver. I had about 170GB of programming to transfer, and it took ~8 hours each way. btw, these EHD's are USB powered.

Just a standard external USB hard drive is all I mean.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM

What's the difference between OP link and this WD drive. When I scroll down to the "compare similar items" section, it shows an extremely similar drive to OP link. Looks like the one I linked is a 2015 model while the other is 2013.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM

I just got two of these at my local Wal-Mart for $49 a piece.

I only buy WD!!!!

Nope. Such a thing does not exist.

Just kidding. Get this one: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passport-Ultra-Portable-External/dp/B00W8XXYSM