Internal HDD w/external case VS External USB HDD

**Kapoutman** · 02-24-2008, 06:36 PM

From experience, external USB HDDs are just built to last longer/resist to shocks. During college, I went through four HDD in an external case in a period of 3 years. It was a very simple use, carrying it around in a backpack and using it to backup work, etc. As for my USB HDD, the one I have for work has been working since I started there in 2005, and I'm not even its first owner. I just think that they make sure there are less moving part in the USB HDDs. If you're going to use it at home simply as extra storage and back up, a normal drive in a case will do just fine.

02-24-2008, 06:36 PM	#5
Kapoutman Hockey Superstar Posts: 11,381	From experience, external USB HDDs are just built to last longer/resist to shocks. During college, I went through four HDD in an external case in a period of 3 years. It was a very simple use, carrying it around in a backpack and using it to backup work, etc. As for my USB HDD, the one I have for work has been working since I started there in 2005, and I'm not even its first owner. I just think that they make sure there are less moving part in the USB HDDs. If you're going to use it at home simply as extra storage and back up, a normal drive in a case will do just fine.