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Various Retailers have 4TB Crucial X9 Pro USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable External Solid State Drive SSD (CT4000X9PROSSD9) on sale for $198.99. Shipping is free.
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Update: This popular Frontpage deal is still available.
Various Retailers have 4TB Crucial X9 Pro USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable External Solid State Drive SSD (CT4000X9PROSSD9) on sale for $198.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member doboy007 for sharing this deal.
Model: Crucial X9 Pro 4TB Portable SSD - Up to 1050MB/s Read and Write - Water and dust Resistant, PC and Mac, with Mylio Photos+ Offer - USB 3.2 External Solid State Drive - CT4000X9PROSSD902
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6 TB likely has a QLC drive and this 4 TB Pro has a TLC drive inside. Crucial doesn't specify the drive inside the X10 (non-Pro), but they do specify for x9 Pro drive. And the higher speed is only for PCs equipped with USB 3.2 gen 2x2 ports and not for regular 3.2 ports and that speed is not supported on ANY of the Macs.
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Price per Terabyte is good, the read/write speed is bad. I won't 'thumb' this either way, but I will say for very similar money you can get the Western Digital blue SSD in the 4 Terabyte version for $199 which is the same capacity of this drive, then throw it into any $10 (m.2) external enclosure and match the speeds listed on this drive while matching the capacity with a faster reusable/universal drive.
You tell me, is spending $10 more for this or the same capacity for a faster drive a better deal?
I wouldn't risk my data with Western Digital's documented reliability issues.
Was thinking about getting another one of these, however: if encryption is important to you - as it is to many people for a portable drive in particular (and keep in mind this one is about the size of a matchbox) - the actual use of the advertised "password protection and 256‐bit AES hardware encryption" does not seem straightforward.
In my experience, Samsung, SanDisk and WD portable drives come with applications pre-loaded that allow you to password-protect and unlock the drive.
This one did not, and from what I saw, any references to the feature on Crucial's website seem to direct to Windows BitLocker. Which seems to have a long list of requirements and presumably could be used with any drive whether it features "256‐bit AES hardware encryption" or not.
A long list of user reviews complaining about this issue.
I've found that if a return or exchange is needed, Amazon has a 30-day period without a restocking fee, while Best Buy has a 15-day period with a restocking fee.
Exactly. And if you go over the 30 days by a little you can call or message customer service and they'll give you an extension. Amazon has its flaws for sure, but my experiences with returns 95% of the time have been hassle free.
Was thinking about getting another one of these, however: if encryption is important to you - as it is to many people for a portable drive in particular (and keep in mind this one is about the size of a matchbox) - the actual use of the advertised "password protection and 256‐bit AES hardware encryption" does not seem straightforward.
In my experience, Samsung, SanDisk and WD portable drives come with applications pre-loaded that allow you to password-protect and unlock the drive.
This one did not, and from what I saw, any references to the feature on Crucial's website seem to direct to Windows BitLocker. Which seems to have a long list of requirements and presumably could be used with any drive whether it features "256‐bit AES hardware encryption" or not.
A long list of user reviews complaining about this issue.
It might be because if an internal security applications fails to function, your data is inaccessible and potentially lost. If it's an external security application and it fails, the data can still be accessed from a different computer.
It might be because if an internal security applications fails to function, your data is inaccessible and potentially lost. If it's an external security application and it fails, the data can still be accessed from a different computer.
The software which secures the drive, being in the drive (internal) versus being on a computer (external).
The first thing I do is copy the software to a computer, which is where it installs anyway. It can usually be downloaded from the manufacturer's website as well.
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The first thing I do is copy the software to a computer, which is where it installs anyway. It can usually be downloaded from the manufacturer's website as well.
Copying the security software onto a computer won't help if the copy in the external drive becomes corrupted.
Was thinking about getting another one of these, however: if encryption is important to you - as it is to many people for a portable drive in particular (and keep in mind this one is about the size of a matchbox) - the actual use of the advertised "password protection and 256‐bit AES hardware encryption" does not seem straightforward. In my experience, Samsung, SanDisk and WD portable drives come with applications pre-loaded that allow you to password-protect and unlock the drive. This one did not, and from what I saw, any references to the feature on Crucial's website seem to direct to Windows BitLocker. Which seems to have a long list of requirements and presumably could be used with any drive whether it features "256‐bit AES hardware encryption" or not. A long list of user reviews complaining about this issue. UPDATE: this *might* have been addressed. Maybe. I found this: Crucial Portable SSD Utility Software Version 0.2.0 for Windows https://www.crucial.com/support/s...ro-support The version number isn't exactly confidence inspiring....
Yeah, agreed. There are countless numbers of 3rd party encryption available to suit just about any need. Don't ever pay for it regardless, it's free!
Is this a good drive to put wedding pictures on for storage? This will be a hardware backup to online.
If simply using for back up, get the cheapest thing you can find. Speed doesn't matter for backup and you absolutely pay for speed! Anything that can hold all of your pictures is a "good" thing to hold wedding pictures. But Solid State Memory can get wonky in 10 years, same as magnetic storage. So where is your data safe? It is only safe in redundancy.
6 TB likely has a QLC drive and this 4 TB Pro has a TLC drive inside. Crucial doesn't specify the drive inside the X10 (non-Pro), but they do specify for x9 Pro drive. And the higher speed is only for PCs equipped with USB 3.2 gen 2x2 ports and not for regular 3.2 ports and that speed is not supported on ANY of the Macs.
We see your amateur guesses. But the X10 non-Pro is dramatically faster than this old model. For a mere twenty bucks more, this is the deal (especially when Payboo kills taxes): https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...b_3_2.html (and if you don't have/don't understand 2x2, that's on you).
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You tell me, is spending $10 more for this or the same capacity for a faster drive a better deal?
In my experience, Samsung, SanDisk and WD portable drives come with applications pre-loaded that allow you to password-protect and unlock the drive.
This one did not, and from what I saw, any references to the feature on Crucial's website seem to direct to Windows BitLocker. Which seems to have a long list of requirements and presumably could be used with any drive whether it features "256‐bit AES hardware encryption" or not.
A long list of user reviews complaining about this issue.
UPDATE: this *might* have been addressed. Maybe. I found this:
Crucial Portable SSD Utility Software Version 0.2.0 for Windows
https://www.crucial.com/support/s...ro-support
The version number isn't exactly confidence inspiring....
Exactly. And if you go over the 30 days by a little you can call or message customer service and they'll give you an extension. Amazon has its flaws for sure, but my experiences with returns 95% of the time have been hassle free.
In my experience, Samsung, SanDisk and WD portable drives come with applications pre-loaded that allow you to password-protect and unlock the drive.
This one did not, and from what I saw, any references to the feature on Crucial's website seem to direct to Windows BitLocker. Which seems to have a long list of requirements and presumably could be used with any drive whether it features "256‐bit AES hardware encryption" or not.
A long list of user reviews complaining about this issue.
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