Like all small external HDD, avoid shocks, falls and preserve the fragile connections of USB device side by leaving permanently connected. The rest Samsung 3TB Seagate is actually that seems to hold the road. Very good point: given the price returns to the giga 0.040. The transfer speed is reasonable without reaching the speed of the internal HDD of the same capacity. In conclusion if you take good care of your device, this product will give you satisfaction.