Holiday gift guide: best external hard drives
- — 25 November, 2010 15:54
The holiday season is a perfect time to get your media library in order (after all, there are only so many digital photos and movies that your PC can store). If you'd like to make backups of all your data - or simply require a storage device for all your media - the following products will not disappoint. These are some of the best external hard drives on the market from trusted brands including Hitachi, Western Digital and Seagate.
Click on the photo for each product to read our in-depth review.
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Western Digital My Book Studio
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LaCie Rikki Go (500GB)
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive 1.5TB
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Buffalo DriveStation HD-HXU3
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Net
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Hitachi LifeStudio Desk Plus (2TB)
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Western Digital My Passport Essential SE
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk (3TB)
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Clickfree Wireless Backup (500GB)
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Kingston DataTraveler 310 (256GB)
The Kingston DataTraveler 310 is currently the highest capacity USB flash drive on the market: its almost like having an external HDD in your pocket. Unfortunately, you have to pay a fair whack for the privilege. Nonetheless, if you require lots of storage on-the-go, this is the thumb drive to get.
- Review Date:
- Reviewer:
- Manufacturer:
- 6th May, 2010
- Chris Jager
- Kingston
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- Price:
- $ 1,299.00
- Pros:
- Oodles of storage, attractive design, included security software
- Cons:
- It's expensive, you'll probably lose the lid
