A head moves around the drive, reading the magnetic data or writing new data. Traditional hard drives store their data on a spinning metal-coated glass disk, called the platter. But there are some important differences between hard drives and solid-state drives. Many people use hard drives as a blanket term for computer storage. What You Should Know About Buying an External Hard Drive However, because of the USB 3 Micro B connection, you won’t get the fast speeds that a native USB-C connection can provide. Toshiba describes the drive as being “USB-C ready.” This means that you can use it with its included USB-C to USB 3 Micro-B cable to connect to USB-C equipped computers. This may become an issue if you frequently plug and unplug the drive from its cable. Micro-B USB 3 has a wider, more complicated plug than more recent connections do, which can make it more prone to breaking. We were unimpressed by the fact that Canvio Flex comes equipped with an older style Micro-B USB 3 port. As with the Seagate Portable Drive, the Canvio Flex's lack of speed makes it an adequate solution for the storage of small files or slowly backing up a computer. We found that it took just over 24 seconds to copy our 2.7GB test file to this drive. The performance of this drive isn’t much to write home about, but it offers great capacity for the price. The Toshiba Canvio Flex is a small, portable drive that will fit easily into a pocket. While this may not be a worry for most users, those looking for an external hard drive to use in hot environments may want to consider a different option. However, it never became hot to the touch. You ought to know that during use, the Mobile Drive’s case gets a little warm, as it has no ventilation holes built into it. We didn’t have the opportunity to test this service, but it’s nice to know it’s there, should you need it. So if the drive fails while under warranty, LaCie will do its best to recover your data. The LaCie Mobile Drive comes with a two-year rescue recovery service. This external hard drive comes with LaCie Toolkit, which allows users to format their drive to be used with Mac OS or Windows 10, as required.
Its sleek 2.5-inch aluminum enclosure isn’t much larger than a pack of playing cards and comes in three colors: moon silver, silver, or space gray. It’s available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 5 TB and isn’t much bigger than a pack of cards. The LaCie Mobile Drive is a small, well-designed USB-C bus-powered external hard drive that offers relatively limited storage space, in a pocket-sized package.
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