Backing Up To External Hard Drive Windows 10

This was simple to set up. Windows 7 walked me through the setup process. I'm now backing up my hard drive automatically.

I've been backing up my mechanical hard drive to an external one for years, so the docking station and cloning software was already in place. I decided to try an SSD and the swap couldn't have been easier. A few minutes to clone to it, then a few minutes to swap it with the old drive in the computer and I'm right back online. The speed increase was remarkable... many times faster for file and program loads, and noticeably faster even for internet activities. If you still have a mechanical hard drive, switching to an SSD is highly recommended, and Micron SSD's are definitely the best brand in my humble opinion (I'm a retired electronic engineer).

I replaced using a 1TB with this 8TB external hard drive for backing up my computer's internal hard drive monthly. The cost of 1TB was 2/3 of the cost of 8TB and now I don't drop off older backups. Easy enough to reformat for an iMac which you will need to do before your first backup. B&H computer reps will guide you through the first time; they are always willing to assist. I wrote the steps down and have done it solo 2X since.

This external hard drive is great for backing up my digital photos and videos. Nice that is comes formatted for Windows 10. Kicking myself for not buying two.

This hard drive is perfect for backing up my photos.

It is doing a great job backing up my hard drive.

Had to replace old external hard drive for back up. The Passport fit seamlessly into my new Windows 7 program without any set up and my data was backed up in short order. It is so compact and convenient with the best price that I found on the internet

Great for backing up files. It worked on a Windows 11 and Windows 10 computer.

I use this hard drive to backup my pictures and data. It easily mounts on my Windows 10 computer at home and is easy to use.

I've used this device for over a year. I used it pretty hard when I first got it. It was a drive for a Windows 10 IoT install on a Raspberry Pi 4 for almost 2 months. The drive still writes data at around 230 MB/s and reads at almost 380 MB/s consistently. On USB 2, it starts at around 300 MB/s but slows down to 6.7 MB/s and stays there for the rest of the transfer. This is a solid USB drive. Best one I've used so far.