Origin Storage Hard drive 200 GB

Advantages: Small, fast, reliable
Disadvantages: Could have a large capacity

...I think everyone needs an external hard drive. The Freecom 160gb Hard drive is excellent value for money and a must if you really do need the additional storage space, or if you wish to back up valuble data. I never used to consider portable hard drives as an option, until one day my Laptop decided to crash on me, the repair bill was nearly £200 where as If I had a backup of all my data it would have been a site lot cheaper to repair it. Every since then I have always considered hard drives essential, not just for storage, but to backup your laptop or pc. This hard drive is a small compact one with the capacity for most peoples needs, in fact 160gb is a site lot more than most laptops come with as standard, and as this is compact it could quite easily be carried around with you. For the best use of this hard drive you need a hi... Read review

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Advantages: quick access time, strong
Disadvantages: none

...Me and all my team use these memory sticks at work and would recommend them to anyone. They are brill at transferring data between computers and back again, etc. Fast access time as well. I bought a universal (unbranded) 1Gb USB stick off ebay and it takes forever to transfer 200Mb +, but this one can do it in a 3rd of the time. I was inpressed. They are very strong and built to last. Excellent storage capacity. Windows XP ghost image no problem what so ever and the time it takes is just like running it from the hard drive. You get most of the 4Gb space as well, compared to some USB sticks that say 1Gb, 2Gb etc and you dont get like 400Mb or something like that...... Read review

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Advantages: No fan noise
Disadvantages: Annoying light when you turn PC off

...Originally i wanted to replace my old 250GB external hard drive with something of at least 500GB, and was looking to spend around £200. But then I saw an offer at PCWorld for this drive for £109. I went to the store and then used my student discount to get it for (what I thought was an amazing) £98.99. I felt the loss of 100GB was worth a 100 quid saving! But still, 400GB is a massive amount of storage. Most people will have no problem fitting all their music, videos etc etc on it. The biggest plus about this drive I think is that it doesn't have a fan. Pretty much all other drives do, and this can make them quite noisy. This one on the other hand runs almost silently, with just the faint spinning discs being apparant. Store it under your desk though, for example, and you can't even hear this. For anyone who has had external drives... Read review

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