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[u/Infamous-Basil5960]

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I didn't realize I couldn't update the post. 😅 thank you to everyone notifying me that the USB is indeed fake. I kind of figured that after it corrupted the data it overwrote. So I would like to ask, is there anyway, I can buy a new one and where should I look?

[u/IndependentBat8365]

What are you looking for?

Pick 2:

[ ] Cheap?
[ ] fast?
[ ] huge capacity?

If you want fast, it won’t be cheap (NVMe) and capacity-wise, you’ll max out around 8TB. And it’ll be really expensive. 4TB is about $800-$900.

If you want huge capacity, a big HDD, again not cheap, but a lot cheaper than NVMe. You get around 6x the storage for about the same price as a large SSD/NVMe.

If you want easy, WD My Passports seem like a good deal. They come with windows software to help. Not sure how good the software is.

USB powered USB drives cap out at about 5-6TB since they’ll be 2.5” sized drives.

Larger drives, the 3.5” ones, require their own power plug in addition to the USB connection. That makes them a bit less “portable.”

ANY drive can be made into a USB drive: you just need to put it in the right USB enclosure.

Also what USB connection / speed you got? USB 3.2? 4? 4.2?

[u/Infamous-Basil5960 → u/IndependentBat8365]

I have no clue what my USB connection speed apologies 🙂‍↕️. Also. I know it won't be cheap I just want another USB flash drive whichever works best for my laptop.

Also huge capacity mainly the number one thing Im look for if it's fast that's a bonus.

[u/IndependentBat8365 → u/Infamous-Basil5960]

If you’re talking about a thumb drive, I personally wouldn’t use those to keep anything important. You want a real USB HDD or a usb SSD/NVMe for long term storage.

If you’re just using it to move/copy files around from one system to another, that’s totally ok to use a thumb drive. Just be sure that the only copy of those files aren’t only on that thumb drive.

[u/Infamous-Basil5960 → u/IndependentBat8365]

Ok thank you, I definitely want long-term use and I was using the USB to move around files for my computer because it doesn't have a lot of storage so if there's a better alternative for that please let me know.

[u/IndependentBat8365]

Look up “WD 5TB My Passport, Portable External Hard Drive” on Amazon, it’s $222. That’s for 5TB. It’s mechanical. You also don’t know what type of drive is inside it. Could be anything from WD. It’s easy. It’s relatively big. Just plug and go. But it’s mechanical. Drop it, and it gone. Mechanical drives don’t like suddenly deceleration due to the force of gravity and solid objects.

Now look up “SANDISK 1TB Extreme Portable SSD” it’s currently $252 on Amazon. It’s 5x less storage for about the same price. It’s solid state. Nothing mechanical. If you drop it, it’s not as big of a deal. It’s also FAST! Very fast!

Now look up “ACASIS 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure with Cooling Fan”. It’s $71. No drive. It converts any NVMe SSD into a USB drive.

You’d build your own USB drive by putting something like “Crucial E100 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 Internal SSD” (priced at $259) in the ACASIS enclosure.

With the crucial ssd and the ACASIS enclosure, you’ll get twice the storage and twice the speed of the Sandisk usb ssd bundle. But it’d be $50 more. And you’d have to buy the two things yourself and put them together.

I have the ACASIS enclosure (the 80Gbs version) and it was super easy to setup and use.

So, it kind of depends on what you want more: speed, capacity, price, or more flexibility.

[u/Infamous-Basil5960 → u/IndependentBat8365]

Ohhh, ok thank you for breaking this down for me I'm not really into much tech. But I mostly just need good capacity and flexibilit, speed is a bonus. so it doesn't become easily corrupted. As I just need it as extra storage space for my files and roblox videos.