Customer Ratings & Reviews

The physical bulk of external storage devices has been reduced while storage capacity has increased over the years. Crucial is a leader in the reduction of physical size and increased storage capacity, providing stable external storage in smaller devices at a great price. GO CRUCIAL!

I've I have a few of these compact hard drives and they're awesome. Very quick transferring of my files, quick access to 4K video files, and its small design are ideal for my uses.

Awesome and perfect size. Lightning fast. So small it’s easily carried in a shirt pocket.

Very compact, good storage for on-the-go, and sturdy for the price. I like it so far

Super fast and compact. Honestly even smaller than I thought it was going to be. It comes with a very short usb-c connector, but it works perfectly for me.

I was shocked when I opened the package and saw how small it is. It's extremely fast. I'm very happy with it. It was a great price too.

reliable, perfect size, fast transfer speed drive. Comes with Acronis software to help do additional tasks (details on official website) great for many photo and video uses. Read/Write speeds up to 1,050MB/s depending on specs of hardware being used with it.

Easy to use, funtional, small and very fast Perfect to phone back up

Great hard drive, small and fast! I like the light, blinks when data is being transferred

Great SSD. I have this Velcro attached with command strips to my ROG ally X’s killswitch kickstand and it has been fast, and reliable running games with windows 11 over usbc.

Love how small it is. Seems very reliable and very fast.

This is an impressive little drive.It's fast and has quite a bit of storage.Great for travel.

Small, fast, reliable, and durable. I've dropped it several times on a hardwood floor, I feel confident it will protect my files for years.

I've been relying on the Crucial X9 Pro to handle my video editing file backups, and I must say it's been a worthy investment. When dealing with hefty video files, its rapid read and write speeds combined with the convenience of the USB-C interface have significantly slashed the time it takes to transfer data, and at this point I've even started storing some main libraries on this without any performance decline. I also appreciate its rugged and robust design that lends a sense of security – I often carry it around in a backpack, and knowing that it can withstand a bit of rough handling is nice. In a nutshell, the Crucial X9 Pro has emerged as a dependable and high-performing external SSD catering to the needs of video editors and content creators like myself. Its speed, sturdiness, and data security features coalesce to offer a compelling solution for maintaining the safety and accessibility of video projects, both during travel and in day-to-day usage. If you're in the market and you want something that's not big, has excellent capacity then look no further!

This is good and quick solution to expand your laptop's storage. This is smaller than my Samsung T5 SSD.

Nice little portable SSD. I am using it for gaming storage and it has worked pretty well. No complaints at all.

Perfect solution for a chronic issue- STORAGE! Get the largest capacity you née the add 1 GB.. Seems to work effortlessly in such a portable compact size resulting in a cleaner Desktop/ Workflow..

Fast and portable, this drive is not super expensive. Good for storing photos or info from an old computer.

I bought this as a backup drive for the hundreds of thousands of files of all types that I’ve accumulated. I wasn’t going to buy it since Crucial deceptively claimed password protected hardware encryption when they have yet to issue the software to make it work. The encryption options on other brands have some issues as well, and since I recently upgraded to Windows Pro, I opted to buy this drive because of it’s small size and use Bitlocker for encryption. Previously I used the very good, free and open source Veracrypt on all my drives, but Windows 11 inexcusably trashes the Veracrypt boot loader with every monthly update, so I gave up fighting with it. Microsoft could play well with Veracrypt if it wanted to, or they could be decent and make Bitlocker available on all versions of Windows, but user security is clearly not their priority. I hate Windows 11. All that said, Bitlocker To Go with Windows Pro works seamlessly for external drives, although it’s not clear that it takes advantage of the Crucial hardware encryption. The drive itself is shockingly tiny and weightless, even though I knew the dimensions in advance. It feels sturdy enough, but given it’s cost, probably best stored in some sort of protection. Despite the many complaints about the short cable, I have no problems with it, and, given the size of the drive, a longer one with add too much bulk. Even the short cable feels a bit bulky as it’s rather stiff. It works fine otherwise. I use it with a Thunderbolt 4 port, and overall the drive feels fast, but I expected it would be somewhat faster. File size makes a big difference, as do sustained transfers. Speeds reported by Windows varied from under 100mbs to over 500. It never came near the maximum rated speed. The drive only gets slightly warm, and I suspect that the thermal management is aggressive. The transfer graph shows lots of peaks and valleys, and a few pauses. Bitlocker may take a toll as well. I experienced no disconnects, unlike the many I get with other SSDs in cheap external cases. So far I’m pretty happy with the drive, although not with the price, which was lower in the past. There are cheaper alternatives for those on a budget.

Great back up option at great price. Small overall size, damage resistant