I am debating between those Western Digital portable drives that go up to 5tb that function with USB only (WD my passport) and the bigger ones (eg my book) that are bigger and need power outlet besides the USB connection.
Is there any difference in quality or durability to store media?
I would avoid an external or at least ensure the hdd inside it pinned to a normal conector.
I certainly lost data on one going bad and had no easy way of extracting data off of it due to having some soldered proprietary connection.