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Advantages: Easy to use, easy to install, no complications, very very stable
Disadvantages: None

Existing as the cheapest external HDD in the market, WD has really sweeped the market.. A perferct combination of performance, quality and good price.. It comes in 250, 320, 500 GB and just came out with 1 TB... The prices are incomparable.. This HDD is the most stable that I have ever used.. It has curbed the most irritating problems with HDD - that is stability issues.. No complications, just plug and play.. No installation of drivers, nothing ...
...photo management (Picasa).. The best thing is that it comes as FAT32 formatted, so it can be used in all (windows, mac and linux ubuntu).. As far as speed of file transfer goes, its good as per to USB 2.0 speeds... For better speeds, go for the firewire versions.. WD has also come up with data backup versions of the same.. I havent had a single problem with the HDD.. I would suggest this to everyone.. Take my word for it, it is the best available ... Read review

Advantages: Ease of use, price, size of product
Disadvantages: none that i have found

Loved the fact that you can just plug it and then use it straight away. Extremly quiet and looks nice. Handy little stand comes with it so can be vertical or horizontal. It is very stylish, silver and not too big that you cant take it around with you. Thought i would have to pay a lot for this size drive but £59.99 from Comet was a fantastic deal. Well worth the money. I was also very surprised when i got home and searched around for prices for this ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, many models available, 5 year warranty, NCQ, 16MB buffer, perpendicular recording
Disadvantages: None as I'm aware

...fashion. Seagate also provides a 5 year warranty whereas the competition doesn't. Seagate support is very good, they replaced one with a snapped SATA connector (physical damage) even though they claim do not replace units with mechanical damage. Overall you can't go wrong with this drive. ... Read review

Advantages: Easy setup, Reliable
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little noisey

...my downloads go to the Hitachi and so far no errors, corruptions or anything of the sort, Speed seems reasonable transfers a 5Gb movie in about 2 mins with other things going on in the background all in all it seems very reliable the only complaint i would have is it does tend to get a little noisey at times but only a little and not as loud as my maxtor ... Read review

Advantages: very fast access and least time to scan data
Disadvantages: write speed has gone down

If you are looking for a rugged hdd support with tonnes of space and miles of memory to go , i hope this is the best buy you can make . The weight is ok and access speed is terrefic. donot forget to make proper partition od 80 / 120/120/.... also you can use this HDD to record live TV show if you have good tv tuner card as the access and write speed is good you can have the ease of recording the best of you online shows. If you are buying from ... Read review