I work for a company which maintains a fair amount of IT systems. One of the main elements of maintenance is a solid backup. It's important to have software which can comprehensively do the job of compiling valuable data, but it's even moreso to have a portable hard drive which can be trusted to keep and hold it. Freecom Toughdrives have been our mainstay USB portable drives for a long old while, and they do the job with satisfaction. There is only one achilles heel of the toughdrive which seems to be that of every 15 drives we buy, 1 may develop a fault sooner or later which is seen to be a manufacturing defect. The remaining drives will give long, ...  Read the complete review