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External (USB) hard drives · 18 pairs written

External (USB) hard drive comparisons

Head-to-head comparisons of external USB hard drives, drawn from the hand-researched catalog and grouped by capacity.

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LaCie d2 ProfessionalvsLaCie RuggedWarranty: 5 years vs 3 yearsLaCie Rugged MinivsSeagate One TouchBoth are 2TB USB.Western Digital WD Elements PortablevsWestern Digital WD My PassportWarranty: 2 years vs 3 yearsLaCie RuggedvsLaCie Rugged MiniWarranty: 3 years vs 2 yearsLaCie d2 ProfessionalvsSeagate Backup Plus HubWarranty: 5 years vs 3 yearsLaCie d2 ProfessionalvsSeagate Expansion DesktopWarranty: 5 years vs 1 years

Most-compared models

Where a model appears in many pairs, it's usually the one every other model in its class gets compared against — its “Appears in” count links to every pair it belongs to.

DriveSequential readRotation speedAppears in
d2 ProfessionalLaCie——1 pair
d2 ProfessionalLaCie——1 pair
d2 ProfessionalLaCie——1 pair
RuggedLaCie——1 pair
RuggedLaCie——1 pair
Rugged MiniLaCie——1 pair
Rugged MiniLaCie——1 pair
Rugged MiniLaCie——1 pair
Backup Plus HubSeagate——1 pair
Backup Plus HubSeagate——1 pair
How these are written
A pair gets a page only when both products have a full spec sheet on file — not when one is guessed at. Where a maker doesn't publish a figure, the row says so rather than carrying an estimate, and a pair with no tracked price on either side compares specifications alone.

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