Portable External Hard Drive?

Enchantres

Help me find one, for my needs, please?

Requirements:
Bare minimum hard drive - 500gb. 1TB would be better, but mehh.
Size: relatively small, not extremely heavy or bulky. In other words, portable.
Password protection option.
Relatively fast transfer rate. I do not want to be waiting six hours for a few gb to transfer.
Easy to use, something like drag-and-drop or similar
Back-up software, so I can copy my harddrive contents to it in case of computer crashing emergency.
USB 2.0 powered only, since I don't want to plug into the wall and I don't have a firewire slot.
Price range - up to $150.

I was thinking a Toshiba one, since it might be best compatible with my Toshiba laptop?

Answer
Do you have a Best Buy or similar type of computer store where you can go look at them?

I would recommend looking at them in a store, and being able to talk to a knowledgeable sales person.
They would be better able to help you.
There is so many kinds / styles available, I would want to look at them all, and read the specifications on the box of the hard drive.

As for the back up- if you have much really important stuff on your computer, I would go with an
on-line back up, such as Carbonite.
I have a Carbonite back-up for mine, and it is great!!! It backs up my stuff automatically, every day.
An external hard drive for back up is good, but it still is a hard drive, and thus subject to crashing just like the internal hard drive in your computer.
Chances are slim, but you never know!

Good luck in your searching, and I hope you find a good one that does what you want it to do.....

I can't decide please any suggestion will help me to decide PORTABLE HARD DRIVE TOSHIBA?

Wolf

What is your opinion about Toshiba portable hard drives??? I wanted to buy one of Seagate or Western Digital ( Both 1TB 5400 rpm USB 3.0 and 2.0 compatible price 110 Euros *OFFER* ) but now i found a Toshiba Stor.e Basics it has the same specs but costs 80 Euros ( its OFFER too) which one should i prefer???

By the way Segate is the GoFlex model and WD is my passport essential model.

I try to decide the last 1 month if you have any sites that compare hard drives it would help too.

Thank you in advance for your time.

Answer
Everyone will have a different opinion based on some issue they had or heard of with a specific make or model.
Most of it just boils down to what works and is reliable.

Here is an article from PC Magazine
How to Buy an External Hard Drive
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358135,00.asp

It covers a lot on what to look for.

Hope it helps with your decision!

PS, between purchases for myself and friends, I have bought 12 Passport Essentials in the last 3 years and have never had a problem with one. ;-)

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