8/19/2023 0 Comments Wd vs seagate external hard drive![]() But that slight difference is not so a problem as it varies around 1-2$ maximum. At present, Seagate’s drive is a little more expensive than the other drive. Well, the price can vary according to the platform you are making your purchase from. That is not the case for the competing drive. While WD offers 2 to 3 years of warranty on its drive.īut there is another plus point for the Expansions you get 1 year of Rescue Data Recovery with the drive. Seagate offers a limited warranty of about 1 year to 2 years depending upon the area. Moreover, none of these drives come with vendors to let the heat out in case of heavy load transfers. In case of security, you get other portable drive options like WD My Passport and Backup Plus Slim that come with good security features and are perfect to keep your important data there. It is better to not keep sensitive data in these drives, especially while traveling. It means that your data is not protected and can be leaked or theft if your drive is accidentally lost. There are no password options you can get in these drives. Flaws of both drives:Īlthough both drives are good at storage, transfer rates, and physical appearance, they lack security features. Just make sure you format the drive for that host to make it work. For other windows, the drive needs formatting and so is the case of Elements.īoth drives also work with Mac and it’s better to go for these portable drives regardless of buying such expensive Mac drives.īoth drives also proved to be functioning well with other systems (non-computing hosts) like Xbox and game consoles. While the Expansion comes with a formatted system for Windows 8, and 7. Elements come with a pre-formatted NTFS ( New technology file system- used for storing, operating, and finding files on a hard disk) for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7. Controlling System:īoth drives support Windows and PC. So seemingly, Expansion did better in performance than Elements. There was another test performed in which the Elements showed up with 110 Mb/s of transfer speed while the Expansion came out with 120 Mb/s of it. But this difference is so little to notice as time consumption showed a fluctuation of only a few seconds. Let’s see what the benchmarks turned out to be when both drives were tested in their read/write speed with a 90 Mb file: Seagate Expansionīy the above outcomes, we can see that Expansion worked slightly better than the Elements. This way, almost equal performance is expected out of both drives. Performance:īoth drives come with a transfer speed of 5400 Mb/s. Although the drive doesn’t work with an older interface the way it works with its 3.0 port, it’s still better to have both interfaces and that’s what WD has on the table for you. Unlike Seagate’s drive, the WD drive comes with a USB 2.0 interface as well. Connectivity Port:īoth drives support a 3.0 USB port and so an improvement in the performance as compared to the USB 2 port is noticeable. If you are in search of a portable drive with storage of less than 1 TB, Elements is for you. You have the leverage of choosing any one among their 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, 1.5 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB, 4 TB, and 5 TB. While the Elements offer you more capacity ranges than the Expansion. The Expansion offers you capacities ranging from 1 TB, 1.5 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB, 4 TB, to 5 TB. Capacities:Ĭapacities are not exactly as they are mentioned, there is always a slighter difference that is not even noticeable as every user knows it. ![]() You connect these drives to your system with the help of a USB cable that comes in the box making the transfer process as simple as drag and drop. There’s no need to install any extra software to run these drives as both drives offer you plug-and-play connectivity with vast storage of up to 5 TB. Both drives are pocket-friendly and travel-friendly due to their compatible size and weight. If we talk about the purpose, both drives serve well as extra storage space that also helps make space on your PC by transferring data from the PC to the drive when your PC space is full. Both drives come with a form factor of 3.5 inches. ![]()
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