I finally made the plunge and purchsed my self a external hard disc drive to back up my vast music collection. I found the western digital external hard drive at my local Currys and after chatting with the sales assistant decided to purchase it. I had previously had the bad experience of my laptop dying on me and was already in the process of burning all my cds onto my new laptop and thought that it was about time I had a permanent back up for my music and all my photo files.

The hard drive itself is simplicity itself to use, simply plug it into the mains and connect a usb from the drive to your laptop and off you go. I didn`t even need to consult the instruction book, and i`m certainly not a computer person. All you have to do is copy and paste music, pictures and important documents over to the hard drive.

What reall appeals to me is its small size and quiet operation. You don`t even have to switch it on or off, just plug the usb into your laptop and it ready to go! Its also a solid looking piece of kit and the casing feels reassuringly solid.

The 2tb capacity really is huge. I have every cd in my collection and all my photos and its just on 14%! I cant imagine how I will ever fill it unless I start backing up all my dvd`s aswell.

overall this hard drive was exactly what I was looking for ; simple to use and with a huge capacity in a solid package.