Comments on: Top Five Best Portable Drives: The Ultra-secure, Extra-rugged, and Super-fast

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:32:57 +0000

In reply to Michael Sutton. Thanks for sharing your experience, Michael. And yes, I've used dozens of them and never had any issues. But I only use them to hold copies of data so it'd have been just an inconvenience.

By: Michael Sutton

Michael Sutton — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:04:33 +0000

In reply to Dong Ngo.

I’ve had good service from my Sandisk Extreme Pro drives, using them on SCUBA diving and underwater photography trips to Indonesia and elsewhere in the tropics. When used with my MacBook Pro, they’re super-fast thanks to their Thunderbolt compatibility. And they’re waterproof which helps in the field. Like you, I haven’t had any problems with them but will continue to update the firmware just in case…

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:48:49 +0000

In reply to Dave. You want to download and install the latest firmware, Dave. Follow the link mentioned in the WD Black P50 section above. WD's response hasn't been stellar on the matter.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:08:32 +0000

I’d like to know more about the WD Passport SSD issue, I recently purchased the 4Tb WDBAGF0040BGY-WESN and have not started to use it but your comment concerns me … I do not want a drive that I can lose my data so, if there is any specific information available I’d like to see it and approach WD on the issue before I start to put data that I can not lose on it! Has WD been questioned and how can it be fixed before I use it.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:08:38 +0000

In reply to d5aqoep.

I mentioned that at the top of this post and their reviews. I haven’t experienced similar issues with mine and I have a few. Seems like a firmware issue.

By: d5aqoep

d5aqoep — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:59:48 +0000

People need to avoid those Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable drives at all costs. The drives are faulty and cause sudden data loss. theverge has an article this month about this issue. Dong, please research about these drives. We would love your insight on this issue. Check out amazon reviews and verge article.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:40:17 +0000

In reply to J Belkiewitz. Yes, J -- you're right. Thunderbolt 4 (and 3) encompasses USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. More in this post.

By: J Belkiewitz

J Belkiewitz — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:38:27 +0000

Extremely interesting write up. Your reviews are some of the best to be found.

I believe the SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD would work on a Thunderbolt 4 port (which I do have on my laptop), but would it be able to reach near it’s maximum advertised speeds of 2,000 MB/s reading and writing on that port? Or would one have to have the specific USB 3.2 GEN 2×2 port in order to reach near those advertised speeds.

I noticed it did not even get close to those speeds in your test, but I am guessing you did not test it on a USB 3.2 GEN 2×2 port. Please correct me if I am wrong on that guess.

Thanks for your time.

By: Dong Ngo

Dong Ngo — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 21:21:28 +0000

In reply to Thomas William Sykes. You can use the phone's charging cable, Thomas.

By: Thomas William Sykes

Thomas William Sykes — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 21:04:56 +0000

In reply to Dong Ngo. Picked up the 500gb drive. Works well and is easy to set up. The supplied USB C to USB C cable will not work with the Samsung S10+ phone. It will not stay locked in the phone. I suspect it is because of the rounded bezel on the phone. I ordered another cable that is supposed to work with the USB C connector on the Samsung S10+ phone