SeagateHDD

Seagate is a well-known name in the world of external hard drives, and the Seagate Backup Plus Hub is one of the brand’s desktop HDDs. With large capacities of between 4TB and 10TB, cross-platform compatibility, and dual functionality as both a data hub and a recharging station, the Seagate Backup Plus Hub should be a valuable addition to any home office. I tested the 6TB version of the Backup Plus Hub for a week to see if its design, performance, and features make it a worthwhile investment. Seagate Backup Plus Hub The Seagate Backup Plus Hub is larger than a typical portable hard drive, but it’s not huge by any means. It sits 4.6 inches tall, 1.6 inches wide, 7.8 inches in depth, and its all-black color scheme makes it fit in well with other office equipment. It looks sleek on a desk sitting beside a laptop or desktop monitor, and it doesn’t have any unattractive features that make it stick out like a sore thumb. The sides are glossy and there’s a honeycomb pattern on the top and bot...

A hard drive activity light sometimes referred to as an HDD LED, a hard drive light, or a hard drive activity indicator, is a small LED light that illuminates whenever the hard drive or other built-in storage is being read from or written to. Knowing when your computer's hard drive is being accessed is helpful so you can avoid pulling the battery or unplugging the computer while the operating system is still accessing files on the drive, a mistake that can cause corruption of important files. Where Is the HDD LED Located? On a desktop, the hard drive activity light is usually positioned on the front of the computer case. On a laptop, the HDD LED is usually located near the power button, which is sometimes next to the keyboard and other times on an edge of the computer. On tablet and other small form factor computers, the hard drive light is on some edge of the device, usually the bottom. External hard drives, flash drives, network-attached storage, and other outside-the-computer st...

xternal hard drives are useful tools for photo, movie, and file storage, but they’re also an excellent way to get extra storage for gaming consoles like Xbox One or PS4. The U32 Shadow USB-C HDD is supposed to be designed for just that purpose—saving your Xbox and PlayStation console titles so you can bring your drive to a friend’s house and play your games on-the-go, while also reserving storage space on your actual console. I tested the 1TB U32 Shadow for a week to see how it performs as both a gaming and general-purpose hard drive. The U32 Shadow is small with a thin profile, clocking in at only 4.9 inches tall, 2.9 inches wide, and less than a half-inch in thickness. The drive is portable, which allows you to take it with you to a buddy’s house for a gaming session, or toss it in your laptop bag when you’re working on-the-go. The USB-C cable plugs into the top of the U32, and it powers the device, so there’s no extra power cable. It’s matte-black finish blends in with other equipme...