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This article is going to discuss external hard drives and make you have a better idea for it. There are numerous ways to back up your laptop’s data, but the most cost-effective is to use an external hard drive; just make sure the drive comes with its own back-up software.

The vast majority of hard disks are internal, which means they are designed to be mounted inside a PC, and hidden from the user. This is why they have a rather “rough” outside appearance, with the logic board exposed, etc.

The fact that they are intended to be installed internally is also the reason why they come in standardized form factors–so they will fit inside the PC case in predictable ways.

Some hard disks are available as external drives, especially ones using the SCSI interface. These really don’t differ much from internal drives, except that they include an additional outer plastic shell, a power supply to run the disk, and of course, a larger price tag.  They do offer some advantages over internal drives: more expandability, easier installation, usually better cooling, and also interoperability with other systems that use SCSI. Since they are external, they don’t have to be made in standardized form factors. At one time, these SCSI external drives were more popular than they are today. The higher cost of these drives due to the duplication of support hardware, and the extra space required to put them “somewhere” are probably the main reasons why they are less common today than they once were.

External drives have found a new market role of sorts as expansion and backup devices for portable computers. Many varieties are now available using either the parallel port or the PC card interface. In the latter design, the hard disk is in an external enclosure, with an interface cable that runs to a PC card. The card connects to the laptop through a PC card slot. The fact that the hard disk is not constrained by the physical limits of the small PC card slot means it can be made much larger than the small drives available in the PC card form factor, while retaining the portability advantages of the PC card interface. Some companies also make just the enclosure itself, with the PC card interface; you supply your own standard internal hard disk. This can save money by letting you “recycle” an older internal drive, and gives you the flexibility of swapping in new drives as better technology becomes available.

According to ComputerSearch, there are three Best portable external hard drives, they are Seagate FreeAgent Pro 320 GB *Est. $160, Seagate FreeAgent Go 250 GB *Est. $135 and HP Media Vault MV2120 500 GB *Est. $300. and right now, HP SimpleSave Portable (320GB) external hard drive. HP’s SimpleSave Portable is a 320GB external hard drive that can automatically back up data from multiple PCs with minimal input from the user. The included software is geared towards novices and is extremely easy to use, though we would have liked some more comprehensive backup options.

The HP SimpleSave Portable external hard drive has a low price point and is well-built. The drive has a single mini-USB 2.0 port. It’s designed and built by Western Digital and is similar to the My Passport range of external hard drives.

Besides, the following external drives are preferred too:

Buffalo DriveStation, Limited but usable;
Lacie Neil Poulton, Stylish and quick;
WD My Book Studio, Perfect for Mac users

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