My old non-brand name external drive bit the dust after several years use and unfortunately still has some infomation on it which I haven't been able to retrieve. I decided I wasn't going to go cheap and cheerful again with my next drive so I was delighted to see this model on special offer at PC World last year, not a huge reduction but enough to get my attention. The real clincher for me was the feel of it. It gives the impression you could run over it with a tank and it would still boot up quite happily the next time you need it. Unlike some other makes this is has a metal case that inspires confidence in the build quality although I'd advise against ...  Read the complete review

OVERVIEW: I recently decided to purchase an external hard drive as my music collection and vast array of family photos is slowing my PC to a snails pace. Not being particularly IT minded, I needed a product that was simple to use. My review has therefore been written in a way that will hopefully make sense to other non technology minded people interested in purchasing a similar devise. STYLE: I was looking for a hard drive that would not take up too much room on my over-cluttered desk and this product was perfect. Measuring just 198mm (L) x 120mm (W) x 31mm (H) the drive sits comfortably on top of my PC system unit so does not encroach onto any ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION Hard drives offer increasingly more space at decreasing physical sizes. I remember a little less than ten years ago my brother showed me around in the building where he is an IT Manager and he took me to a locked up room with racks full of connected hardware. And I asked "what's this?", pointing to a chassis about the size of a big desktop PC tower, and he told me "that's half a terrabyte storage", whereupon I gasped, "wow, half a terrabyte!" Fast forward a few years and half a terrabyte is nothing! Everybody's got half a terrabyte. Most PCs come with more more than half a terrabyte storage from the shop. In fact, spoilt ...  Read the complete review