external ssd

I want to use an m.2 nvme ssd as an external drive. I bought this enclosure and a 2TB drive. Question: are there any settings I should look out for when formatting the drive for external use? Thanks.

View: https://imgur.com/a/2XPPdzI I have an MSI GL75 Leopard gaming laptop. It’s plugged in to a power source. The drives are brand new and formatted to both NTFS and exFAT for testing, results are the same. First pictured in the linked imgur album is a CrystalDiskMark benchmark of the...

Hello! I have a problem with Silicon Power PD60 NVMe SSD enclosure. It's very slow on my main computer - transfer speeds only ~40 megabytes per second on USB 3.1 gen 1 ports (Front and back). I tried it on other computer, and it worked fine (~200-300 megabytes per second transfers). It doesn't...

Hey all, I was doing some upgrades for my computer, and I'm migrating to a new system with an NVMe SSD instead of a SATA SSD. I couldn't find the sata power cable for my new power supply (I've found them now) so I decided the easiest way to copy my data over to my new computer would be to use an...

Hello. I have an old Windows XP PC with a 500GB internal HDD that still has some 280+ GB available storage space. But the PC is really old - an Dell 32-bit PC, and the monitor is starting to have issues. I ALSO have a brand new Dell Inspiron desktop 64-bit with Win 11, and 500GB internal SSD...

So I'm planning to move some big folders from an old computer over to a new one. Mostly video and audio files + project folders and some documents and so on. As an example one folder is 146 GB. For the task I plan to get an external hard drive, and I figured that I could use it to store the...

Some useful information: Drive enclosure: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07N48N5GR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Drive: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB Laptop: Dell XPS 13 7390 Hello I study Applied Information Technology and I use external storage to store my...

I've got pictures backed up to thumb drives but I don't trust their longevity so I'd like to buy a reliable, good quality external SSD for cold storage. Recommendations appreciated!

hey guy i have a question . im currently running a 256 ssd and 1tb hdd . i wanted to upgrade to a 1tb sdd , but i went ahead a orderd a 1tb ssd from samsung but when i received my product i realised that i ordered a external one the samsung ssd t5 1tb.. now its running on a 3.1 (gen 1)type c...

I have a Toshiba x10 portable SSD that I was using for uni. Now that the course is all done I would like to use it permanently on my desktop pc but I don't want it dangling out of a usb port. I was wondering if anyone could help me with a way to mount it internally to use as storage without...

I just upgraded my motherboard to an MSI B450 Tomahawk and ever since then, my PC has been unable to detect my Sandisk external SSD. It is not an issue with the SSD or the cable because my laptop was able to detect it just fine. I tried plugging the external SSD into every USB port on my PC with...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out what would be the best external drive (exact model or even just a type of drive) to get for my specific need so I hope someone can help. I'm looking for an external drive to copy media files to which I would then watch on my tv. Media files (movies, tv shows) would...

Planning on getting a dslr and a few lenses for $1500. Plan to do street and landscape photography. Any tips on what cameras?

yes just checking speedfan temps and seen this for a max on temp one link to the picture so you can see for yourself...I dunno if that was real heat por if that sensor is going out Link to picture https://postimg.org/image/85ipxmfdh/

So I have this problem of BSOD error code 124 but the thing is, it only occur in dota 2 and I've been trying to minimize the heat in my laptop and it still occurs, and randomly. It can happen 5 minutes I open the game to the middle of a match. I still don't know why. Please help. My laptop is...