You might be wondering, “Why is Crucial.com selling hard drives? Don’t they specialize in memory and SSDs?”

Yep. But we also specialize in empowering you with multiple options.

At Crucial.com, we pride ourselves on being computer upgrade experts. We know everything there is to know about memory and storage – we design it, refine it, test it, and manufacture it. With over 15 years of experience in the memory industry, we’ve learned a few things, and one of them is this: for some customers, hard drives can be the storage option that’s the best fit.

While SSDs will likely become standard in future systems because of their dramatic performance improvements and because of rapid investment in the cloud, we realize that right now, many people are still in need of a hard drive’s storage capacity. Since the average person today stores more data-intensive content on their systems than perhaps ever before, traditional hard drives are able to provide large amounts of cost-effective storage for all the music, videos, photos, and games you could possibly want.

If you have lots of data that you need to store on your system (or are simply looking for a back-up drive), a hard drive from Crucial.com might be exactly what you’re looking for.

Find out if a hard drive is right for you.

If you need to back up your data or need extra storage, a hard drive from Crucial.com might be the right solution. At Crucial.com, our collection of hard drives provides increased storage capacity for system owners with lots of content.

Increased storage capacity.

If you have lots of data to store on your system, a hard drive from Crucial.com might be exactly what you’re looking for. Designed to provide lots of storage capacity, our range of hard drives leverages some of the industry’s best technology to deliver cost-effective storage options. While Crucial is known for offering award-winning solid state drives (the performance alternative to hard drives), we strive to provide the right upgrade for the right situation, and that’s why we’re proud to carry hard drives. If you need more storage capacity or simply want a backup drive, a hard drive might be right for you.

Portable storage options.

Available in internal and external models, our wide variety of options ensures that you’ll always find the storage solution that best fits your needs. If you need to replace the hard drive that’s inside your computer, get an internal hard drive. If you need some additional storage or are looking for a back-up drive, go for an external hard drive. You probably store important information on your hard drive, so don’t put it at risk. By using an external hard drive as a backup drive, you can help protect your important data from accidental system crashes or failures. Featuring easy plug-and-play connectivity, a hard drive keeps you within quick reach of your important files – no matter what type of accidents may occur.

Upgradeable storage.

One of the interesting benefits of hard drives is that while transferring data on them isn’t always easy when compared to a solid state drive (SSD), the problem can be overcome. With the Crucial Adrenaline Solid State Cache Solution, you can combine the capacity of your existing hard drive with SSD-like performance and see faster system starts and faster data access speeds for Windows® 7 PCs … by up to eight times!¹ Designed to provide a near-immediate improvement in system performance, Crucial Adrenaline doesn’t replace your hard drive – it just makes your system faster.

Benefits of hard drives [sidebar]

• Lots of potential storage capacity
• External hard drives allow you to back-up your data and take it anywhere
• Internal hard drives provide cost-effective data storage
• Available in a wide variety of capacities and form factors
• Compatible with PC and Mac® systems

¹Performance scores after three runs allowing active data to be cached on solid state drive. Scores may vary depending upon benchmark used and system configuration. Test setup: Intel DP67BG motherboard, Seagate Barracuda 750GB hard drive using PCMark Vantage HDD test suite.

Hard Drive Installation and Product Support

Check the Seagate and Western Digital manufacturer sites for installation tips and complete hard drive product support.

Seagate External Hard Drives
Seagate Internal Hard Drives
Western Digital Internal/External Hard Drives