A couple months ago, my 160GB WD Passport portable HDD crashed. I was wondering, and since I don't trust Western Digital's portable HDD (I still have the 500GB WD MyBook from 2 years ago), which of the current set of mobile disk drives people commonly use these days. The HDD on my Acer Aspire S3 conked out a couple of days ago. This is the first time I've had a laptop HDD crashed on me. With the right screw driver and a spare 2.5" 750GB Western Digital HDD lying around, I thought I could replace it myself. After a couple of hours struggling with the dozen or so screws, I managed to peel off the back cover and removed the damaged HDD. Problem though is that when I was placing the new HDD, it would not fit on the bay. Turns out my spare laptop HDD was thicker than the one on the Aspire S3. Read more in our articles including "Poll: Which portable HDD do you use?" and "Replacing the Acer Aspire S3's 7mm Hitachi HDD".
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Jun 1, 2026A couple months ago, my 160GB WD Passport portable HDD crashed. I was wondering, and since I don't trust Western Digital's portable HDD (I still have the 500GB WD MyBook from 2 years ago), which of the current set of mobile disk drives people commonly use these days.
The HDD on my Acer Aspire S3 conked out a couple of days ago. This is the first time I've had a laptop HDD crashed on me. With the right screw driver and a spare 2.5" 750GB Western Digital HDD lying around, I thought I could replace it myself.
Our coverage of Portable HDD includes: "Poll: Which portable HDD do you use?"; "Replacing the Acer Aspire S3's 7mm Hitachi HDD"; "Amazfit unveils Balance 3 and Balance Ultra". Each article provides unique insights and information.