"Cheap" External USB Hard Drives (48TB!)

USB hard drives have gotten insanely expensive over the last few years, so I thought I would share a somewhat novel way to save a few dollars if you have large external storage needs.

00:00 Introduction
08:35 Disk Initialization in Windows 10
10:38 Disk Initialization in Windows 11
11:27 Drive Parameters in CrystalDiskInfo
12:00 Performance Testing

A note about the links below: Amazon's affiliate program forbids exactly the type of price history illustration that I discuss in this video. As such, I am unable to offer direct links to the hard drives via Amazon (and Newegg's affiliate program is so bad it's not worth bothering with). Instead, I have linked the drive's price tracking directly to PC Part Picker. If you would like to purchase a drive via Amazon and would like to support my work, you can click on any affiliated link below and then manually search out the drive you wish to purchase. If you click the link via PC Part Picker, they earn any affiliate commissions.

Hard drive pricing link via PC Part Picker:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PfcG...

Stuff Links (Affiliated; I earn a small commission on these links):
Sabrent USB HDD Dock w/USB-C and subtle lights ► https://amzn.to/3IUKzpa
Sabrent USB HDD Dock w/USB-A and obvious lights ► https://amzn.to/3oMDlN8

Software Links
Crystal Disk Info ► https://crystalmark.info/en/software/...
Crystal Disk Mark ► https://crystalmark.info/en/software/...

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