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Crucial X9 Pro review: Still one of the best external SSDs around — with a glaring issue

There's no password protection, but other than that, the X9 Pro continues to be a fantastic external SSD.

(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central)There isn't much to differentiate the drive in terms of design; the X9 Pro has an aluminum chassis that's built to last, and it has rounded edges and a rubberized back. A key advantage with an SSD over a mechanical drive is the fast transfers; the X9 Pro is able to hit reads of 1,050MB/s and writes of 900MB/s, and it came close to those figures in daily use. (Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central)I connected the drive to my Windows machine at times, but an overwhelming majority of the usage was on Android; I transferred thousands of photos and videos from the Pixel 8 Pro, Xiaomi 13 Ultra, and Galaxy S24 Ultra to the drive, and while it had a few connection issues in the beginning, an update solved that problem.

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