Doctor Comp
Apr 20, 2025 at 10:28 am (PST)
> Don't Buy an External Hard Drive, Buy This Instead
OK. In a nutshell, instead of buying an external hard drive, buy an external hard drive 😁
It just has to be modular: a regular HDD with a SATA connector + a HDD enclosure with a USB port.
Avoid external HDDs that have a USB connector soldered to it.
But I doubt USB controllers fry more often than the HDD mechanisms.
In case the HDD is faulty, having a separate USB controller doesn't help. Unplugging the HDD and hooking it up to the motherboard of the PC won't help: it's faulty, to begin with...