“power out if I unplug it or power goes out would it affect my saved data?”

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• If you're transferring files when it happens, definitely do the transfer again as that might corrupt the files. There is always potential that cutting the power to an external drive might corrupt data. The safest thing to do is to unmount the drive prior to removing the power supply. Not much you can do with the power going out unless you have it plugged into a battery backup system.

  Answered by killersquirel 9 years ago

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• I've had a couple power outages while using this drive and it did not negatively effect my data at all.

  Answered by Joshy707 9 years ago

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• a power surge could damage the drive if it is in use by corrupting files that are being accessed. word to the wise is always keep this insulated with a battery backup to be safe, worst case a decent surge protector.

  Answered by godzillo 9 years ago

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• no it wont affect the data

  Answered by whatever 9 years ago

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• While very rare, you could get corrupted data. This is incredibly unlikely as the drive has a large buffer. Your real risk is power surges like most electronics, put it behind a surge adapter and you should be fine.

  Answered by Vagetron 9 years ago

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