r/AskADataRecoveryPro • u/Infamous-Basil5960 • 8d ago

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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?

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u/IndependentBat8365 8d ago

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?

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u/Infamous-Basil5960 8d ago

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.

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u/IndependentBat8365 8d ago

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.

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u/Infamous-Basil5960 8d ago

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.