Windows 10: Any recommendation on external SSD drive?

Hi, I was looking to buy an SSD external hard drive 1TB. There are too many choices out there. Does anybody have any recommendation in terms of specific model or brands? I am mainly looking for quality and reliability. Please advice, Thank you.

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Is there can a external ssd drive be used as the main OS drive?

Hi Robert,

We don't recommend using an external SSD as the main OS drive. You can use an external SSD as the main OS drive, but you need to configure the BIOS of your computer for it to boot the OS from the external SSD. We suggest contacting your computer manufacturer
for assistance on configuring the BIOS of your computer.

Let us know if you need anything else. We're here to help.

 

Any recommendation on external SSD drive?

The standards and names of USB 3 have kept changing too, so it's a bit confusing if you are new to it.

USB 3.0 was the original implementation of USB 3 and it offered speeds up to 5Gbps.

• USB 3.0 was later renamed to USB 3.1 Gen 1
• USB 3.1 Gen 1 was then later renamed to USB 3.2 Gen 1.
• Therefore, USB 3.0, USB 3.1 (Gen1) and USB 3.2 (Gen 1) are all THE SAME THING

USB 3.2 Gen 2 is the 10Gbit/sec standard. Most times, the motherboard ports would have a 10 by the port to denote that it's 10Gbit/sec You can see it below in the capture.




Otherwise, you need to find the specs on your system to see what it provides, for example from my mobo

 

External drive

Hi Richard,

There are several factors that can cause your external drive to not read DVDs even though the system is recognizing the device. This could be caused by a driver that needs to updated or corrupted files. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions
below:

• Just to confirm, the device that is not working properly is a external DVD optical drive?
• Were there any recent changes or updates installed on your computer?
• Have you tried to plug the external drive to a different port on your computer?

As a initial recommendation, we suggest that your run the built in troubleshooter in Windows 10. Kindly refer to the steps below:

• Type “Troubleshooting” in the Search bar and press Enter.
• Click on “View All” in the top left corner.
• This will display the list of troubleshooters which are built-in in the computer. You can click on
  Hardware and Devices from the list and you can run the troubleshooter.

This will check for common errors that affect hardware on your computer and attempts to correct them.

We look forward to your response after completing the steps.