external drives for backup
Best Buy customers often prefer the following products when searching for external drives for backup.
If you're looking for an external hard drive, you have a lot of options. You can find everything from portable drives that are roughly the size of a deck of cards to desktop drives that are the size of a shoebox. They come in all shapes and sizes, with varying degrees of speed and storage space. Browse the top-ranked list of external drives for backup below along with associated reviews and opinions.
SanDisk Professional - G-DRIVE ArmorATD 4TB External USB-C Portable Hard Drive - Space Gray
Model: SDPH81G-004T-GBANDSKU: 6467120Top comment"Needed to update my external storage for my new MacBook and this has been working great for storage and backups. ...While other external drives have gone bad for me, G-Drives never have. ...Good External Drive....G-Drives are bullet proof"
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Back up valuable memories or important documents with this SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD external hard drive. The all-terrain build and aluminum housing provide long-lasting use, while data transfer speeds up to 140 MB/sec. make it easy to move large video or music files. Boasting a 4TB capacity, this SanDisk G-Drive ArmorATD external hard drive provides plenty of storage space.Top comment"Needed to update my external storage for my new MacBook and this has been working great for storage and backups. ...While other external drives have gone bad for me, G-Drives never have. ...Good External Drive....G-Drives are bullet proof"
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Back up valuable memories or important documents with this SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD external hard drive. The all-terrain build and aluminum housing provide long-lasting use, while data transfer speeds up to 140 MB/sec. make it easy to move large video or music files. Boasting a 4TB capacity, this SanDisk G-Drive ArmorATD external hard drive provides plenty of storage space.See all External Hard Drives
Seagate - One Touch 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black
Model: STKC4000400SKU: 6439178Top comment"Highly reliable USB hard drive...Have been using this series as my go-to external “backpack” drive for many years with high reliability at a good price. ...A Good Backup hard drive for the money...This is a good external backup hard drive. I have used Seagate external drives in the past and all have performed well. "
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Store and access photos and files on the go with Seagate One Touch. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, it features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure and quick plug-and-play connectivity with the included USB 3.0 cable. Great as a Mac external hard drive or Windows drive, simply back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Plus—edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan!Top comment"Highly reliable USB hard drive...Have been using this series as my go-to external “backpack” drive for many years with high reliability at a good price. ...A Good Backup hard drive for the money...This is a good external backup hard drive. I have used Seagate external drives in the past and all have performed well. "
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Store and access photos and files on the go with Seagate One Touch. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, it features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure and quick plug-and-play connectivity with the included USB 3.0 cable. Great as a Mac external hard drive or Windows drive, simply back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Plus—edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan!See all External Hard Drives
Seagate - Expansion 8TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black
Model: STKP8000400SKU: 6461982Top comment"Great Desktop Backup and also works with Playstation Pro for external backup....Definitely recommend any Seagate external hard drive, especially if you're super cautious and want backups for your backups!"
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Ideal for the home, office, or dorm, Seagate Expansion desktop drive offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music and more. Backing up and transferring content is incredibly easy — just drag and drop! To get set up, connect the USB hard drive to Windows or Mac — no software required. For Apple Time Machine, simply reformat. Included is an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable and 18W power adapter. Plus, Seagate Expansion comes with Rescue Data Recovery Services for additional peace of mind.Top comment"Great Desktop Backup and also works with Playstation Pro for external backup....Definitely recommend any Seagate external hard drive, especially if you're super cautious and want backups for your backups!"
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Ideal for the home, office, or dorm, Seagate Expansion desktop drive offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music and more. Backing up and transferring content is incredibly easy — just drag and drop! To get set up, connect the USB hard drive to Windows or Mac — no software required. For Apple Time Machine, simply reformat. Included is an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable and 18W power adapter. Plus, Seagate Expansion comes with Rescue Data Recovery Services for additional peace of mind.See all External Hard Drives
Seagate - One Touch 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black
Model: STKC5000400SKU: 6439180Top comment"Transfer speed is as expected via USB 3 with a mechanical hard drive topping out around 50 MBps or so. The software is good and allows for backup options. 5TB provides plenty of storage space for road warriors....Great for backup"
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Store and access photos and files on the go with Seagate One Touch. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, it features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure and quick plug-and-play connectivity with the included USB 3.0 cable. Great as a Mac external hard drive or Windows drive, simply back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Plus—edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan!Top comment"Transfer speed is as expected via USB 3 with a mechanical hard drive topping out around 50 MBps or so. The software is good and allows for backup options. 5TB provides plenty of storage space for road warriors....Great for backup"
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Store and access photos and files on the go with Seagate One Touch. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, it features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure and quick plug-and-play connectivity with the included USB 3.0 cable. Great as a Mac external hard drive or Windows drive, simply back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Plus—edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan!See all External Hard Drives
WD - My Cloud Pro PR4100 4-Bay 0TB External Network Attached Storage (NAS) - Black
Model: WDBNFA0000NBK-NESNSKU: 5709976Top comment"Excellent System drive...The drive is extraordinarily stable and the RAID 5 configuration maximizes space. ...WD was able to deliver in 4 days and I stuffed the NAS with 14TB drives run in a Raid 5 configuration. This second PR4100 is essentially a backup of the first. "
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With space to keep virtually everything, the My Cloud Pro Series offers your creative team the network storage to edit, save and share production files from anywhere with an internet connection. Compatible with both Mac and PC, you’re able to keep your media protected and organized in one place to streamline your creative workflow.Top comment"Excellent System drive...The drive is extraordinarily stable and the RAID 5 configuration maximizes space. ...WD was able to deliver in 4 days and I stuffed the NAS with 14TB drives run in a Raid 5 configuration. This second PR4100 is essentially a backup of the first. "
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With space to keep virtually everything, the My Cloud Pro Series offers your creative team the network storage to edit, save and share production files from anywhere with an internet connection. Compatible with both Mac and PC, you’re able to keep your media protected and organized in one place to streamline your creative workflow.See all Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Seagate - Expansion 16TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black
Model: STKP16000400SKU: 6463053Top comment"Solid external drive...Solid drive with lots of international power adapters which I didn't need. ...Great for backup storage"
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Ideal for the home, office, or dorm, Seagate Expansion desktop drive offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music and more. Backing up and transferring content is incredibly easy — just drag and drop! To get set up, connect the USB hard drive to Windows or Mac — no software required. For Apple Time Machine, simply reformat. Included is an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable and 18W power adapter. Plus, Seagate Expansion comes with Rescue Data Recovery Services for additional peace of mind.Top comment"Solid external drive...Solid drive with lots of international power adapters which I didn't need. ...Great for backup storage"
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Ideal for the home, office, or dorm, Seagate Expansion desktop drive offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music and more. Backing up and transferring content is incredibly easy — just drag and drop! To get set up, connect the USB hard drive to Windows or Mac — no software required. For Apple Time Machine, simply reformat. Included is an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable and 18W power adapter. Plus, Seagate Expansion comes with Rescue Data Recovery Services for additional peace of mind.See all External Hard Drives
Samsung - Geek Squad Certified Refurbished T7 1TB External USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD with Hardware Encryption - Titan Gray
Model: GSRF MU-PC1T0T/AMSKU: 6415699Top comment"Perfect for backing up my OS and keeping it in my travel bag for backup...Connected to a 3.0 USB they are FAST! I use one for backup, and the other for double backup of my music catalog. "
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Store and access confidential files on the go with this refurbished gray Samsung T7 portable SSD. The 1TB capacity offers vast storage space to accommodate large files, and the sequential write speeds of up to 1000MB/sec. ensure rapid data transfer. This Samsung T7 portable SSD boasts 256-bit AES encryption for reliable data security, and the shock-resistant design withstands daily rigors for long-lasting durability.
Top comment"Perfect for backing up my OS and keeping it in my travel bag for backup...Connected to a 3.0 USB they are FAST! I use one for backup, and the other for double backup of my music catalog. "
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Store and access confidential files on the go with this refurbished gray Samsung T7 portable SSD. The 1TB capacity offers vast storage space to accommodate large files, and the sequential write speeds of up to 1000MB/sec. ensure rapid data transfer. This Samsung T7 portable SSD boasts 256-bit AES encryption for reliable data security, and the shock-resistant design withstands daily rigors for long-lasting durability.
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Seagate - One Touch 2TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black
Model: STKB2000400SKU: 6439172Top comment"Great External Drive for backup....I bought this Seagate One Touch External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive to use as a backup for all my files. ...small and compact but big data for backup and movies"
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Store and access photos and files on the go with Seagate One Touch. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, it features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure and quick plug-and-play connectivity with the included USB 3.0 cable. Great as a Mac external hard drive or Windows drive, simply back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Plus—edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan!Top comment"Great External Drive for backup....I bought this Seagate One Touch External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive to use as a backup for all my files. ...small and compact but big data for backup and movies"
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Store and access photos and files on the go with Seagate One Touch. The perfect compliment to personal aesthetic, it features a minimalist brushed metal enclosure and quick plug-and-play connectivity with the included USB 3.0 cable. Great as a Mac external hard drive or Windows drive, simply back up with a single click or schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups. Plus—edit, manage, and share photos with a one-year complimentary subscription to Mylio Create and a four-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan!See all External Hard Drives
WD - My Cloud Expert EX2 Ultra 2-Bay 4TB External Network Attached Storage (NAS) - Charcoal
Model: WDBVBZ0040JCH-NESNSKU: 5061400Top comment"Easy setup, powerful tool, lots of great features for backup and storage....Great NAS drive...Works well for backup. Fast and easy to install. Remember depending on raid setup, you will only see half the capacity."
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Keep important media safe with the My Cloud EX2 Ultra hard drive. This high-performance, network-attached storage device stores files and lets you access them securely from smartphones, tablets or computers enabled with the My Cloud app. This 4TB My Cloud EX2 Ultra hard drive features SmartWare Pro software that automatically backs up your content.Top comment"Easy setup, powerful tool, lots of great features for backup and storage....Great NAS drive...Works well for backup. Fast and easy to install. Remember depending on raid setup, you will only see half the capacity."
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Keep important media safe with the My Cloud EX2 Ultra hard drive. This high-performance, network-attached storage device stores files and lets you access them securely from smartphones, tablets or computers enabled with the My Cloud app. This 4TB My Cloud EX2 Ultra hard drive features SmartWare Pro software that automatically backs up your content.See all Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Crucial - X6 SE 4TB External USB-C/USB-A Portable SSD - Black
Model: CT4000X6SSD9SESKU: 6457936Top comment"Tiny portable 4TB solid state drive...On my laptop, I used the adapter, so it wasn't quite as fast, but still faster than older external hard drives. 4TB is an amazing amount of storage for a drive this small, making it perfect for travel or tucking away in a secure place for backup (safe deposit box, safe, etc)....Fast Drive, Great included Cable, A+!...This drive is fast. Its mainly a backup drive for my home computer, but also handles backups for my work system occassionally. "
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How much content can you hold with your fingertips? With the Crucial® X6 Portable SSD, the answer is: A lot! Whether you’re downloading videos for off-line travel, organizing family photos, collaborating with classmates, or heading off on a great adventure, the Crucial X6 features up to 4TB of portable storage capacity and is ready to go wherever you do.Top comment"Tiny portable 4TB solid state drive...On my laptop, I used the adapter, so it wasn't quite as fast, but still faster than older external hard drives. 4TB is an amazing amount of storage for a drive this small, making it perfect for travel or tucking away in a secure place for backup (safe deposit box, safe, etc)....Fast Drive, Great included Cable, A+!...This drive is fast. Its mainly a backup drive for my home computer, but also handles backups for my work system occassionally. "
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How much content can you hold with your fingertips? With the Crucial® X6 Portable SSD, the answer is: A lot! Whether you’re downloading videos for off-line travel, organizing family photos, collaborating with classmates, or heading off on a great adventure, the Crucial X6 features up to 4TB of portable storage capacity and is ready to go wherever you do.See all External SSDs
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