IBM System Storage DS4000 EXP810 Storage Expansion Unit - storage enclosure

Advantages: Could hold up to 300 GB of storage
Disadvantages: The only one is standing it somewhere, not maxtors fault

...simple. This is the best storage system that I have ever bought and would recommend it to all who need to save vital work. My daughter is an artist and saves all of her work from corel and photoshop on this too. Hope this helps you decide, please feel free to ask any questions and I will answer them, if I can, as soon as possible. Thanks for reading. © dvdsprks2 2007... Read review

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Advantages: Simple, Easy to Use, Great value for money
Disadvantages: None

...The Personal Storage line of external hard drives comes from Maxtor, who were acquired by Seagate last year. As a subsidiary of Seagate, Maxtor is currently the world's third-largest manufacturer of hard disks. What does this mean to the consumer? It means that you're getting a high-quality product supported by a top world leader in computer storage. The Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 is a perfect example of why the Maxtor product line is so popular. Storage with the Maxtor is as simple as it can get - you will be copying files and folders to this drive within minutes of getting it out of the box. The hard drive came pre-formatted in the NTFS file system (which is more secure, efficient and generally higher performing than its predecessor, FAT) which means you can get going straight away. Not all hard drives come preformatted... Read review

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Advantages: A decent capacity, pretty cheap, vertically mounted
Disadvantages: Not really all that portable, can be a bit noisy for a bedroom, it's grey!

...One of the things I hate about computers is the amount of files I have. Photos, films, music, work files and projects, games and loads of other stuff that I have no idea about tend to congregate on my hard drive like hoodies on a street corner. Like my desk, my filing system on my PC is a bit chaotic. Probably the only things that are where they should be are the actual installation files and that's only because they *have* to be there. I have no set folders for anything really, and the only way I'm able to find stuff is because I have vague ideas where everything I save everything has gone. For me it's not a problem because I know where my files are and as they're shared (in other words we can access them over the wireless network and use them on other machines around the house) I can work from wherever I happen to be. Anyway... Read review

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