need advice in buying external hard !!!

[theghost202202202]

hello

my hard drive has a reallocated sectors and i thinked about buying an external hard 2 tera and copy all the data on it and leave that hard to windows only but i am playing games too much i spend hours on the lap dose that affect the external hard i will set up the games on it and play from it ???!

is that external hard good ?! its too cheap on this site how do i know is it original or not ???

Western Digital 2TB My Passport Portable Storage USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

https://www.jumia.com.eg/2tb-my-passport-portable-stora...

it has a 3 years warranty

 

[asoroka]

Nothing wrong with the WD My Passport

 

[mdd1963]

I would expect precious few external hard drives to match the lifetime hours of most quality internal hard drives...; a laptop might have little to none in alternative options, however...

 

[theghost202202202]

Nothing wrong with the WD My Passport

can i setup games on it and play ?!

 

[asoroka]

Just make sure that its USB 3 and make sure that you don't have too many other USB devices.
Also I find that it struggles if you have multiple programs trying to access the USB at the same time.

But you should be able to install games to it and play them, just don't pull or bump the cable while you are accessing the disk.

USB external is best for backup storage and not treated as a normal system disk.

Is there any reason why you can't upgrade your laptop hdd?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

External HDDs are just the ticket for backups & HDD or partition images, but I wouldn't install any apps on one, especially not games as USB interface would be too slow - - game would take ages to load.


I can recommend WD external HDDs without hesitation - -- they have been so reliable for me. I've got three of them, all over 6 years old and still going strong.

 

[EP000001]

Also make sure you have lot's of ram for HDD caching and set low sleep timeouts for the drive under windows power management. It should allow the drive to last much longer. Also make sure the drive stays extra cool by ensuring that there is plenty of space around the drive, like 30cm all around and nothing covering it like by placing in a multi tier shelf unit.

I had a friend who had a WD My passport connected to his laptop and it ran almost 24/7 for torrents for about a year before it died. It sat on the floor all that time.