Posted on 03 August 2009. Tags: 1.5TB, 1TB, 1tb drive, 1tb external, 1tb hard drive, 1tb usb, 2TB, 500gb external hard drive, 500gb western digital, eSATA, external hard disk, external hard drives, external hard-drive, FireWire, firewire 400, firewire external, firewire hard drive, hard disk, hard disk drive, hard disk drives, Lacie, Maxtor, Seagate, seagate drive, seagate external, seagate external hard drive, seagate hard drive, USB, USB drive., usb firewire, usb storage, Western Digital
The cost of storage per gigabyte (or should we now say per terabyte) is always falling and is at an all time low. But at the same time the amount of data we generate is growing and this data needs to be backed up. In years gone by we could save our few documents to a floppy disk but now we have photos, music and films occupying gigabytes of space on our hard disks.
Fortunately for us all, getting and connecting an external hard drive has never been easier or cheaper. Windows, Apple and Linux all support external USB drives and I have compiled a list of 10 huge external hard drives to help you backup your data.
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Posted in General, Storage
Posted on 16 February 2009. Tags: backup, Drive enclosure, encrypt, finger print, hard disk, Sandberg, USB
The Sandberg fingerprint hard disk box arrived at my door four or five days ago. I have been getting to grips with it, and finding out just what makes this drive enclosure special. Read on to see what I think, and indeed, to see if this is the drive enclosure for you!
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Posted in Cool Gadgets, Desktops, General, Laptops, PC, Reviews
