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New Sun 30 Jan 22 10:51

Extending old laptop storage - Rudedog

I have an old Apple laptop that suits my usage but has a small (for today's standards) hard drive of 160gb.

My HD is over 75% full so my basic performance is suffering (only doing web browsing, bit of music and photos).

I've cleared off some large files which has improved things so I was thinking that if I bought a large USB external drive I could try getting well below 50% used on my drive.

Looking on Ebay there are so many of various capacities for under £30.

Any recommendations?

Should I go for a brand name or buy unbranded?

I'm thinking of a SSD rather than chance a failure of a traditional HD.

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New Sun 30 Jan 22 11:18

Extending old laptop storage - Zero

SSD's can fail! However, yeah a USB SSD is the way to go, Branded

Samsung, Lenovo, Seagate, etc etc

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New Sun 30 Jan 22 11:39

Extending old laptop storage - smokie

I know nothing about Apple but on a Windows laptop I'd just swap the internal drive for a slightly larger SSD. Maybe it's not so easy on an Apple.

If you are talking about moving off 40Gb of data a 64gb flash drive might do it more conveniently and cheaply. Here's one for less than £6.

www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-DT100G3-64GB-DataTraveler-Flash/dp/B00C5K8CQ2/ref=sr_1_4?crid=232RPMVAPZLEC&keywords=64gb+usb+drive&qid=1643542670&sprefix=64gb+usb+drive%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-4

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New Sun 30 Jan 22 11:53

Extending old laptop storage - Zero

>> I know nothing about Apple but on a Windows laptop I'd just swap the internal
>> drive for a slightly larger SSD. Maybe it's not so easy on an Apple.

Strange physical size, sometimes not compatible, hence expensive compared to PC.

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