Protect your precious data with these killer backup drive deals - ruckerthoureprot

It's backup Tuesday, and we've found two solid deals on external hard drives that will help keep your data safe.

First up is the WD 2TB My Passport outboard outside Winchester drive for $58.45 on Amazon, which usually sells for close to $70. S, Costco's marketing the Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB desktop disc drive for $120Remove non-product link—a orotund $50 unsatisfactory the $170 sticker monetary value.

The WD 2TB hard take is a standard outer al dente drive. It gets its power via USB and is itty-bitty enough to just drop in a bag and take anyplace. WD includes software utilities with its hard drives, including a backup utility, password protection, and motor management. This al dente drive uses USB 2.0 for transfers and comes with a deuce-ac-year guarantee.

If you need a lot more capacity, Costco's deal is also pretty amazing. The Seagate Substitute Advantageous Hub packs a massive 8TB of storage, but this desktop hard drive requires its ain power supply—information technology send away't draw its energy from a USB port alone. That said, the two ports happening the front of the Musical accompaniment Plus Hub are USB 3.0, then information technology'll move data quicker than WD's drive. This hub also comes with its own software for musical accompaniment, and Seagate throws in a free two-month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Project.

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Ian is an independent writer settled in Israel who has never met a technical school subject he didn't like. He primarily covers Windows, PC and gaming hardware, video and music streaming services, social networks, and browsers. When he's not covering the news he's working on how-to tips for PC users, or tuning his eGPU setup.