The Need of Having Portable Hard Drives

Nowadays it's all about speed and durability particularly in the field of technology. When it comes to data storage, the overall volume of data is increasing at a tremendous rate, especially when you are working with large files such as graphical files, uncompressed video and audio and DTP files.

With such a massive increase in the size of data, the demand for portable hard drives with top speed is more present than ever. There are lots of brands available in the market and every one of them is offering different models with different specification. There are external drives with even a capacity of 2 TB which was considered a very huge volume at some time.

Newer units are coming with Fire Wire interfaces, providing a fast and reliable data transfer speed. For optimal flexibility and portability, the Hard Drives are also equipped with a USB 2.0 and even USB 3.0 connection, so you can connect it to any modern computer that does not have a FireWire interface.

All of these portable hard drives come in a stylish enclosure which will complement the design of your PC or Mac. These drives also feature Sync applications, for synchronizing files between drives and computer, and some of them have an encryption feature which gives access to a pre-defined encrypted partition.

All modern drives are pre-formatted (for Windows), so you're ready to use them seconds after connecting it to your computer. These drives are ideal for both office and home use. Following are some of the uses:

Office use:

* The best storage solution for official documents such as large graphics files, administrative archives etc.
* These drives are ideally suited for AV professionals; to store and edit large uncompressed video and music files
* Synchronize your files between office network and the drive, so that you can always have the latest version of your files available
* Use these external disks to make quick software installations on multiple computers

Home use:

* Store all your personal photo, music, video collection on one location
* Make a backup of your PC/Mac files in your home network
* Make a drive image of a clean OS installation and recover it in case of your computer's hard drive failure

Those who work with digital media always require the ability to store and move around colossal amounts of data. It sounds unbelievable, but for every minute of a finished video, it isn't unreasonable to have a full hour of source material to edit from. It's no surprise that portable hard drives are simply a part of life for many professionals nowadays.

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