The fastest My Passport drive to date. It feels like only yesterday that SSDs (solid-state drives) arrived to transform our storage experience, and for those who have made the switch there really has been no looking back. SSDs are faster, quieter, more resilient and smaller than traditional mechanical drives, making them the preferred solution if budget permits.

Many of today's computing devices, be it laptop, tablet or smartphone, come equipped with a solid-state drive as standard, but one area that lags behind is external storage, where high-capacity hard disks continue to offer plenty of appeal at mainstream prices. A 4TB USB-connected hard disk can be had for under