Lexar 512gb Portable Solid State Drive

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With computer components becoming cheaper and cheaper by the day, it's a good idea to invest in an external hard drive to easily transfer large or a large number of documents and to serve as a backup to your precious and irreplaceable files. If you're looking for a good external hard drive, then check out the Lexar 512gb Portable Solid State Drive. What makes this external drive so special is that it's a solid state drive (aka ssd). The advantage of a ssd is that it's not only faster, but even more importantly it's safer for your files. Because a solid state drive lacks internal moving parts like the moving disks in a traditional hard drive, there's less of a chance of data corruption, disk read errors, or the like. If you've encountered any of these issues, then you'd know that your drive is hosed and bye bye to all your documents, pictures, videos, etc. When it comes to hard drives, it's a good idea to spend a little more to minimize the chances of losing all your valuable data.

Safely store your valuable data and documents on the Lexar 512gb Portable Solid State Drive

Here are the specs:

Lexar 512gb Portable Solid State Drive Product Info

Costco Item#: 1026728
Costco Price: $124.99
Found at: Costco in Foster City, CA (1001 Metro Center Blvd.)
(price and availability may vary per Costco location)

Lexar 512gb Portable Solid State Drive - less susceptible to corruption than standard hard drives

Deal for the Lexar 5212gb Portable SSD at Costco

Lexar by Micron
Portable Solid State Drive: store and access your data anywhere

SSD-level performance - up to 450MB/s read and 245MB/s write speeds
LED capacity meter displays available storage space

Key Features:
• High-speed performance
• Exceptional durability
• USB 3.0
• Watch movies
• Transfer photos and videos
• Archive music libraries
• Up to 6x faster than traditional external hard drives
• Up to 450 mb/s transfer speed
• 245 mb/s write speed
• No inside moving parts, providing exceptional durability
• LED capacity meter light displays available storage space on the go
• SSD performance in a sleek, compact design
• Back up, access, share, and transfer your PC or laptop files on the go - videos, music, documents, photos and more
• Includes 512gb solid state drive, USB 3.0 cable
• System requirements: Mac OSX 10.6+, Windows 8/7, USB 3.0/USB 2.0 port

Western Digital 4TB My Cloud Personal Storage Hard Drive

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Western Digital 4TB My Cloud Personal Storage Hard Drive makes it easy to back up all your important files on all your devices: mobile devices and computers. You'll definitely regret it if your computer crashes and you lose everything: documents, photos, movies, music, etc. So don't let that happen to you. It's a small price to pay to back up your digital life: your valuable files are worth more than the cost of the drive and you can back up not just one device but several devices. Also, I like how this external hard drive comes with software that will allow you to set scheduled automatic backups, so you don't have to do it manually. This can be done over wifi - it's like having your own personal Cloud storage (ie Dropbox)! It allows you to access your backed up files from anywhere as well.

Back up your photos, documents, and home movies in case your computer crashes with the Western Digital 4TB My Cloud Personal Storage Hard Drive.

Here are the specs:

Western Digital 4TB My Cloud Personal Storage Hard Drive (model # Model# WDBCTL0040HWT-NESN)

Costco Item#: 869694
Costco Price: $194.99
Found at: Costco in Foster City, CA (1001 Metro Center Boulevard)
(price and availability may vary per Costco location)

With 4 TBs, the Western Digital 4TB My Cloud Personal Storage Hard Drive gives you plenty of space for your files and automatically backs them up.

Personal Cloud Storage. Save everything. Access anywhere.
Finally, a cloud of your own. Save everything in one place and access it anywhere from computers, tablets and smartphones. Your files on your own personal cloud - Unlike public clouds, My Cloud allows you to keep all your content in one safe place on your home or office's network instead of a remote server. No mysterious location of your data. No monthly fees. No limits. Just blazing-fast performance for your high-speed digital life. Secure access from anywhere - Access your files from anywhere on your PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone. Automatic file backup for all your computers - Easily back up the files from all the PC and Mac computers in your home or office.

Key Features:
• Model # WDBCTL0040HWT-NESN
• 4TB of hard drive space
• Keep your content safe at home
• Get abundant storage without monthly fees
• Access your photos and videos anywhere
• Upload photos and videos directly to My Cloud
• Easily transfer to and from Dropbox and other cloud accounts

Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Slim Portable Hard Drive

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The Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Slim Portable Hard Drive makes it easy to back up all your important files on all your devices: mobile devices and computers. It comes with software that will allow you to set schedule backups, so you don't have to put in extra work. What I like is that it's not too expensive especially with the $20 rebate at Costco. You'll regret it if your computer crashes and you lose everything: documents, photos (including all those selfies), movies, music, etc. So don't let that happen to you. It's a small price to pay to back up your digital life: your valuable files is worth more than the cost of the drive and you can back up not just one device but several devices. Also, I like how this external hard drive is slim and portable which lets me take this from room to room to back up the computer in my office, my wife's laptop, our spare computer in the guest room, etc. I sometimes take it to the office if I need to transfer large files. With 2TB of storage space, it's plenty big enough to back up all my files. If you need something bigger, then the 4TB Seagate Plus Hard Drive might be for you.

Save your photos, documents, and home movies in case your computer crashes with the Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Portable Hard Drive.

Here are the specs:

Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Slim Portable Hard Drive Product Info

Costco Item#: 913340
Costco Price: $114.99 - $20 (mfr's Instant Rebate expires 2/7/15) = $94.99
Found at: Costco in Foster City, CA (1001 Metro Center Boulevard)
(price and availability may vary per Costco location)

With 2 TBs, the Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Hard Drive gives you plenty of storage space to back up your computer.

Take advantage of the limited time rebate for the Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Hard Drive from Costco.

Easy backup for your computer, mobile devices, and social networking sites

Key Features:
• Includes automatic and scheduled backup options
• use the free Seagate Mobile Backup app to backup photos and videos from Android and iOS mobile devices
• Share and save content from social networking sites
• use between Mac and Windows computers
• compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8
• compatible with iOS 6 or higher
• compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher
• compatible with Android 2.3 or higher

Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Desktop Hard Drive

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With computer components being all cheap now, it's important to have a proper backup system. The Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive allows you to easily backup your important files with 4TB (terabytes) of hard drive space. The external drive makes it easy to back up several machines whether it's a desktop or a laptop computer because you don't want to lose those all important files: documents, music, movies, photos (including all those selfies), etc. In the event that your computer's hard drive crashes, the Seagate Backup Plus would have a backup of all your files assuming you routinely back up your files on the Seagate Backup Plus. It's never too late to start backing up your computer with the Seagate Backup Plus because it only takes a bad hard drive for you to lose everything, so don't let that happen to you. Getting the Seagate Backup Plus is a small price to pay to save your personal files and your digital life. If portability is important to you and you don't need all 4TBs, then you might want to check out the Seagate Backup Plus 2TB Slim Portable Hard Drive which is easier to carry around to back up several devices.

Save your photos, documents, and home movies in case your computer crashes with the Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Desktop Hard Drive.

Here are the specs:

Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Desktop Hard Drive Product Info

Costco Item#: 880480
Costco Price: $139.99 - $20 (mfr's Instant Rebate expires 2/7/15) = $149.99
Found at: Costco in Foster City, CA (1001 Metro Center Boulevard)
(price and availability may vary per Costco location)

With 4 TBs, the Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive gives you plenty of storage space to back up your computer.

Take advantage of the limited time rebate for the Seagate Backup Plus 4TB hard drive from Costco.

Easy backup for your digital life. Works for both Mac and PC.

Key Features:
• Easy backup for your computer, mobile devices, and social network sites
• use between Mac and Windows
• USB 3.0