We all know that we run out of storage space too fast! Luckilly Toshibas drive is large enough to handle a LOT of data. The drive is an external drive with only a USB connection. If you've come across external hard drives then you'll have a good idea of how big it is physically. The drive is also mains powered so you will need an additional socket to run it from, it's not powered from the USB port. The drive is enclosed in a metalic looking plastic with a front bezel with flashing LED. A useful enough addition as you can tell what state the drive is in. It flickers when accessing the data (blue) and goes red if there are any connection ...  Read the complete review

Before you go about buying an external hard drive, you need to be sure that you are getting value for money, and that the device you buy is right for you. There is no point buying a 160gb device if you are going to be backing up all of your CDs or downloading TV shows. Before you know it, you have filled the little box on your desk and now have to pay out for another one. The Toshiba 1TB hard drive is immense. I bought one of these in April 2009 and I still have over 100GB of free space. There must be almost 3 weeks worth of video data on there, not to mention backups of all of my 400 CDs. You could fit Mount Everest in this thing and still have room for ...  Read the complete review