It is easy to forget all about mechanical hard disk drives when you’ve had SSDs in your system for a long time. After all, they aren’t new. But the traditional hard disk has a lot of merits, and it’s ...

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(2) A magnetic disk drive that plugs into a USB port on a computer. Used for transport as well as backup and additional storage, portable hard drives rival the capacity of many internal hard drives.

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The 640-Gbyte 2.5-in. S2 portable disk drive has a high-speed 480-Mbit/s USB 2.0 interface. The drive operates from 5° to 40°C and supports SafetyKey password protection. The unit comes in four colors ...

(1) An external storage or optical disc drive that plugs into the USB port. See portable hard drive. (2) A small solid state storage module that plugs into the computer's USB port. Emerging just ...

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