@@FrancoMaldonado96 Glad you liked it! I haven’t yet tested the SanDisk SSD portable and PC variants yet as I don’t have one at the moment. I will think about it once I acquire one.
After 3 and a half years. Is it still working well because I want to store my memories on it, including photos and videos, and I do not want to lose them? Should I buy it or not?
The device is still working well up to this day. I mostly use it now for saving and transferring photos and my music library from one device to another. I got this at a time when similar portable SSDs from other manufacturers were twice the price (others even more than that), so it was worth it. If you want a portable SSD on a budget, this device is something you can consider buying.
Hi there, thanks for the informative video! I've just bought this but I am clueless as to how I can install this for my laptop. I plugged it into my HP laptop and I see it as "Kodak (D:)" next to my Windows (C:). I open it and all I see are two files, the "autorun.inf" and a Kodak.ico icon image. How I do start storing files in the SSD? Essentially, is this SSD meant to be a boot drive (Windows OS has to be installed there?) or can it be used as a regular external storage drive? Thanks again.
Hi Maximus. The SSD is configured and is designed to be used as a regular external storage drive by default; hence, you can already use the drive to store files right away. The two files you see there which are the "autorun.inf" and "Kodak.ico" are files used by the manufacturer to have the logo appear in the drive icon when it is plugged in (it may not show on certain versions and configurations of Windows as autorun.inf are blocked), to safely remove them, you can Format the drive to exFAT or NTFS (I recommend exFAT for best compatibility). To make it a boot drive, you will have to configure your PC/Laptop to boot from the Portable SSD via USB interface (if supported) and install Windows on the drive like how you would freshly install a Windows OS on any system, resources on how to do this should be readily available online. It is certainly possible to make use of the Portable SSD as an external boot drive but it will be limited by its connection interface (this also depends on your PC/Laptop USB connector), and the device itself is designed to be used as an external drive. Hope this helps you out.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot Thanks so much for your swift and detailed reply. Yes, right after I sent this comment I realised I can store files right away in the drive, it's so obvious to me now haha. But I appreciate your summary on how to use this as a boot drive, I'm planning to do this as I want to bypass my HDD in an older laptop, it should boot up much faster. Thanks again!!
Yup, it is still functioning perfectly, and it still works the same since I got the device. I even use it to transfer files from my Samsung Note 10 Lite (given that you have a Type-c to Type-c data cable). So far, it is still a neat device I use for storing files.
It should work fine as long as you are using an Intel-based Mac and have the technical knowledge to setup an external drive as a secondary boot option. If you are using an ARM-based Mac, then Parallels would do you just fine as long as you know how to set up the software to save the second OS on the external SSD. Hope this helps.
I tried storing game PC games from Steam, and they played smoothly on the portable SSD. The same goes for OS Emulations. Given that OS Emulation and PC Games work well, this would also mean that ROMs stored on the portable SSD will run well (given that the device is connected to a high-speed capable USB port on your PC/Mac).
That I'm not sure, since it might have a custom ssd inside, and it might not be hot swappable for laptop use, and I also don't want to open the ssd drive because it will void the warranty, but that also piqued my interest though. There is however an option to reformat the ssd drive to Primary when I open MiniTool Partition Wizard and use it as an external boot drive, as long as you have a fast usb port on the laptop. You can search the specifications of your laptop if it is usb 3.0 supported. However, I do not recommend this since the Kodak X200 is designed for storage, and seems like it doesn't have a DRAM onboard, since we can only see DRAMs on expensive SSDs.
It will work like any other storage drive that you can connect to the PS5. I personally don't have a PS5 to test this, though since it is a storage drive and a portable SSD at that, you can use it as long as you choose the option in the settings for External Storage and choose the option "Format as USB Extended Storage" when the external portable SSD is connected (Note: Formatting a drive will erase all files saved into it). Just keep in mind that PS5s can only store PS5 games on external drives, and you cannot play games from the external drive directly. You can only play the PS5 games you saved on the external drive once you copy it back again to the PS5 itself.
As with most SSDs, there is an expected TBW (Terabytes Written, you may search online for what this term would mean) in its lifetime, so it would depend on how large the file you store and how frequently you delete and store files on your SSD. Unlike the typical HDDs, SSDs have a better shelf life as long as it is used, maintained, and stored properly. It does not matter how large the file you store on an SSD in terms of shelf life; what matters is the TBW that the SSD has incurred and how well the SSD was maintained or stored.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot Thanks for your feed back, even if I went ahead and got this SSD and it didn't work on my recording device it would still be handy to have a portable SSD for other uses. I bought one of those Sandisk portable SSD 500 GB and after 4 months the controlling circuit didn't communicate with the storage anymore and Best Buy would not exchange it.
@@Daniel-dt7gj Best Buy should have exchanged it if the SSD had a problem in just a little to about 4 months. If they don't want to exchange the Sandisk portable SSD, you might want to try and contact Sandisk Support as they have a global warranty on their products (for about 5 years, depending on the item). They are reachable via Western Digital Support as Sandisk was acquired by Western Digital a few years back. Hope this helps, and it is great to hear that you are considering on buying the Kodak one.
The official website of Kodak does not give an exact approximate; however, they offer a 3-year warranty for the portable SSDs. [Note that the warranty period will depend on where you purchased the product]
Yes it does, and it is located on the right side of my laptop. You can search the specification of my laptop online. I used a Dell Latitude E6230 for the testing.
I haven't tried it yet, but I will test it out a little later (or tomorrow? depends on the time zone); I will be sending my findings here, so you may want to be on the look out. I did try to edit videos with the files directly on this drive and it works just fine.
Just tried it with some games I installed on the Kodak portable drive. I used a Legion Y7000 Core i7 24GB ram 1050ti laptop for testing. I found out that running games (Muck, Horizon Chase, etc) that are 2GB or less just took seconds to open (2 to 6 seconds). I also tried to play CSGO which was around 27GB in file size and it just took 15 to 20 seconds to open, and the initialization of the world maps is faster than when played on an HDD drive (with the Kodak SSD, it takes 2 to 10 seconds for the world/battleground initialization, as to that with the HDD which takes 7 to 20 seconds). All games worked fine and opened fast (but there was no significant difference on the FPS) so I would say that installing games and programs, and running them on this portable SSD would work just fine.
That would depend on the specifications and the model of your Android box, and also the which format you chose for the portable SSD. You may check the manufacturer specification of your Android box if it supports reading higher storage configurations. It is also worth noting that you would have to reformat the portable SSD to exFAT (Extensible File Allocation Table) for the best compatibility. You may check resources online on how to reformat a storage device.
I don't know of somebody who has the same portable SSD like this one who would be willing to install Ubuntu on it. Since it is a portable SSD, it is possible to do so, like when you are using an external HDD as a bootable drive, but just faster. I am still using the portable SSD as my primary backup device, so I cannot install Ubuntu on it at the moment. However, I can test it out using Oracle VM Virtual Box by storing the emulated Storage (VMDK file) in the portable SSD and run it from there. I'll update you as soon as I have finished testing it out.
Finished the testing. I was busy for the whole week, but I finally got the time to share my testing. I used Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as the Linux Distribution for the test. I did two installation tests. First is the installation with Updates and the installation of the Third-Party Software applied during the Ubuntu installation; this took about 18mins to complete (the speed of the installation may depend on your network bandwidth). The second installation I did was when I unchecked the options for installing the Updates and Third-Party Software during the installation process; it only took 9mins for the whole installation process to complete. As for the speed of the boot-up and additional testing, I created a video which you can access here: ruclips.net/video/JGlPKMQsxLw/видео.html
I do not have a smartphone (Android) that supports more than 1tb storage so I really cannot say. I am very sorry. But the indication light flashes when I connect it to the Android phones I borrowed and connect it via an otg cable, so it means that it can power the portable SSD at least. It’s just that the Android phones I can test at home do not support more than 256gb storage, so it does not show in the File Manager. It might work on other smartphones, as long as they can support higher storage capacities (fingers crossed).
Thanks for the review! I’m looking for portable and cheap ssd and this looks like a great option.
Did you test the SanDisk SSD?
@@FrancoMaldonado96 Glad you liked it! I haven’t yet tested the SanDisk SSD portable and PC variants yet as I don’t have one at the moment. I will think about it once I acquire one.
Very detailed review, thank you!
After 3 and a half years. Is it still working well because I want to store my memories on it, including photos and videos, and I do not want to lose them? Should I buy it or not?
The device is still working well up to this day. I mostly use it now for saving and transferring photos and my music library from one device to another. I got this at a time when similar portable SSDs from other manufacturers were twice the price (others even more than that), so it was worth it. If you want a portable SSD on a budget, this device is something you can consider buying.
Hi there, thanks for the informative video! I've just bought this but I am clueless as to how I can install this for my laptop. I plugged it into my HP laptop and I see it as "Kodak (D:)" next to my Windows (C:). I open it and all I see are two files, the "autorun.inf" and a Kodak.ico icon image. How I do start storing files in the SSD?
Essentially, is this SSD meant to be a boot drive (Windows OS has to be installed there?) or can it be used as a regular external storage drive?
Thanks again.
Hi Maximus. The SSD is configured and is designed to be used as a regular external storage drive by default; hence, you can already use the drive to store files right away. The two files you see there which are the "autorun.inf" and "Kodak.ico" are files used by the manufacturer to have the logo appear in the drive icon when it is plugged in (it may not show on certain versions and configurations of Windows as autorun.inf are blocked), to safely remove them, you can Format the drive to exFAT or NTFS (I recommend exFAT for best compatibility). To make it a boot drive, you will have to configure your PC/Laptop to boot from the Portable SSD via USB interface (if supported) and install Windows on the drive like how you would freshly install a Windows OS on any system, resources on how to do this should be readily available online. It is certainly possible to make use of the Portable SSD as an external boot drive but it will be limited by its connection interface (this also depends on your PC/Laptop USB connector), and the device itself is designed to be used as an external drive. Hope this helps you out.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot Thanks so much for your swift and detailed reply. Yes, right after I sent this comment I realised I can store files right away in the drive, it's so obvious to me now haha. But I appreciate your summary on how to use this as a boot drive, I'm planning to do this as I want to bypass my HDD in an older laptop, it should boot up much faster. Thanks again!!
Can it support Android TV?
2 years later, is it still working well?
Yup, it is still functioning perfectly, and it still works the same since I got the device. I even use it to transfer files from my Samsung Note 10 Lite (given that you have a Type-c to Type-c data cable). So far, it is still a neat device I use for storing files.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot Glad to hear that! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!
Do you think it can transfer to iPhone without power supply?
Nice information! thanks bro.
Hi, does it support installing a second OS on mac?
It should work fine as long as you are using an Intel-based Mac and have the technical knowledge to setup an external drive as a secondary boot option. If you are using an ARM-based Mac, then Parallels would do you just fine as long as you know how to set up the software to save the second OS on the external SSD. Hope this helps.
would this e fast enough to store roms? (gamecube/ps2) and play? thanks!
I tried storing game PC games from Steam, and they played smoothly on the portable SSD. The same goes for OS Emulations. Given that OS Emulation and PC Games work well, this would also mean that ROMs stored on the portable SSD will run well (given that the device is connected to a high-speed capable USB port on your PC/Mac).
Review what's inside this drive.
It looks like the Emtec X200
Agreed. And if you look closely on their spec sheets, they are very much the same product. Just with different branding, design, and colors.
thanks for the video and review. Very nice.
But seeing that laptop I'd be mad with so much clutter in there haha
Also is it possible to install ssd on any laptop?!
That I'm not sure, since it might have a custom ssd inside, and it might not be hot swappable for laptop use, and I also don't want to open the ssd drive because it will void the warranty, but that also piqued my interest though. There is however an option to reformat the ssd drive to Primary when I open MiniTool Partition Wizard and use it as an external boot drive, as long as you have a fast usb port on the laptop. You can search the specifications of your laptop if it is usb 3.0 supported. However, I do not recommend this since the Kodak X200 is designed for storage, and seems like it doesn't have a DRAM onboard, since we can only see DRAMs on expensive SSDs.
Will it work with ps5?
It will work like any other storage drive that you can connect to the PS5. I personally don't have a PS5 to test this, though since it is a storage drive and a portable SSD at that, you can use it as long as you choose the option in the settings for External Storage and choose the option "Format as USB Extended Storage" when the external portable SSD is connected (Note: Formatting a drive will erase all files saved into it). Just keep in mind that PS5s can only store PS5 games on external drives, and you cannot play games from the external drive directly. You can only play the PS5 games you saved on the external drive once you copy it back again to the PS5 itself.
Will it be ruined if you store a huge file in it for five or six years?
As with most SSDs, there is an expected TBW (Terabytes Written, you may search online for what this term would mean) in its lifetime, so it would depend on how large the file you store and how frequently you delete and store files on your SSD. Unlike the typical HDDs, SSDs have a better shelf life as long as it is used, maintained, and stored properly. It does not matter how large the file you store on an SSD in terms of shelf life; what matters is the TBW that the SSD has incurred and how well the SSD was maintained or stored.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot
Aaah ok ok. Thank you brother for this valuable information
Is this backward compatible with USB-A 2.0 version so that I can use it as a SSD to hook up to my ClonerAlliance video recording device?
I have tested this with a Toshiba laptop (from the early 2010s) with USB-A 2.0 ports and have it work without problem.
Not sure about your ClonerAlliance video recording device, but if the SSD works on USB 2.0 ports, it might work with your setup.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot Thanks for your feed back, even if I went ahead and got this SSD and it didn't work on my recording device it would still be handy to have a portable SSD for other uses. I bought one of those Sandisk portable SSD 500 GB and after 4 months the controlling circuit didn't communicate with the storage anymore and Best Buy would not exchange it.
@@Daniel-dt7gj Best Buy should have exchanged it if the SSD had a problem in just a little to about 4 months. If they don't want to exchange the Sandisk portable SSD, you might want to try and contact Sandisk Support as they have a global warranty on their products (for about 5 years, depending on the item). They are reachable via Western Digital Support as Sandisk was acquired by Western Digital a few years back. Hope this helps, and it is great to hear that you are considering on buying the Kodak one.
what's the lifespan on an SSD? im looking around for 1
The official website of Kodak does not give an exact approximate; however, they offer a 3-year warranty for the portable SSDs. [Note that the warranty period will depend on where you purchased the product]
Umm does your laptop have usb 3 port???
Yes it does, and it is located on the right side of my laptop. You can search the specification of my laptop online. I used a Dell Latitude E6230 for the testing.
Actually your SSD is working?
Yes, it still works to this day.
@@dallasmojicancamuyot thanks. I'll Buy it.
does it work to install and run videogames or programs?
I haven't tried it yet, but I will test it out a little later (or tomorrow? depends on the time zone); I will be sending my findings here, so you may want to be on the look out. I did try to edit videos with the files directly on this drive and it works just fine.
Just tried it with some games I installed on the Kodak portable drive. I used a Legion Y7000 Core i7 24GB ram 1050ti laptop for testing. I found out that running games (Muck, Horizon Chase, etc) that are 2GB or less just took seconds to open (2 to 6 seconds). I also tried to play CSGO which was around 27GB in file size and it just took 15 to 20 seconds to open, and the initialization of the world maps is faster than when played on an HDD drive (with the Kodak SSD, it takes 2 to 10 seconds for the world/battleground initialization, as to that with the HDD which takes 7 to 20 seconds). All games worked fine and opened fast (but there was no significant difference on the FPS) so I would say that installing games and programs, and running them on this portable SSD would work just fine.
yes. I have tried playing age of empires on it and also used photoshop on it
Can it support Android box?
That would depend on the specifications and the model of your Android box, and also the which format you chose for the portable SSD. You may check the manufacturer specification of your Android box if it supports reading higher storage configurations. It is also worth noting that you would have to reformat the portable SSD to exFAT (Extensible File Allocation Table) for the best compatibility. You may check resources online on how to reformat a storage device.
Nice video, do you know if someone can install ubuntu on this SSD and boot through it?
I don't know of somebody who has the same portable SSD like this one who would be willing to install Ubuntu on it. Since it is a portable SSD, it is possible to do so, like when you are using an external HDD as a bootable drive, but just faster. I am still using the portable SSD as my primary backup device, so I cannot install Ubuntu on it at the moment. However, I can test it out using Oracle VM Virtual Box by storing the emulated Storage (VMDK file) in the portable SSD and run it from there. I'll update you as soon as I have finished testing it out.
Finished the testing. I was busy for the whole week, but I finally got the time to share my testing. I used Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as the Linux Distribution for the test. I did two installation tests. First is the installation with Updates and the installation of the Third-Party Software applied during the Ubuntu installation; this took about 18mins to complete (the speed of the installation may depend on your network bandwidth). The second installation I did was when I unchecked the options for installing the Updates and Third-Party Software during the installation process; it only took 9mins for the whole installation process to complete. As for the speed of the boot-up and additional testing, I created a video which you can access here: ruclips.net/video/JGlPKMQsxLw/видео.html
SATA speed lang sya.
Yes sir. Parang SATA III na rin yung speed.
does it work with smartphone also?
I do not have a smartphone (Android) that supports more than 1tb storage so I really cannot say. I am very sorry. But the indication light flashes when I connect it to the Android phones I borrowed and connect it via an otg cable, so it means that it can power the portable SSD at least. It’s just that the Android phones I can test at home do not support more than 256gb storage, so it does not show in the File Manager. It might work on other smartphones, as long as they can support higher storage capacities (fingers crossed).
yes I have it and it suppports
Geez