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Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus (500GB)

The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus is a good choice for the average home user who wants a fast and simple to use external hard drive for backup and storage. Mac users will want to find a different restore utility to use with it.

The best ways to back up your data

Backing up your hard drive is something you should do regularly, but because of forgetfulness, the unpleasantness, or just plain laziness, you put it off. Before you know it, the drive takes a dive, and all your files are gone for good.

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Reviews

LaCie Biggest FW800

If you need the fast throughput of a locally connected RAID setup, the LaCie Biggest FW800 is a good choice, but if you don't mind the slower transfer speeds of Ethernet, a NAS RAID can be less expensive and offer more features.
LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive

The LaCie d2 Quadra is a capacious and speedy drive, with lots of connection options.
LaCie Little Big Disk

The LaCie Little Big Disk is perfect for mobile audiovisual enthusiasts who need fast transfer rates, a compact form factor, and multiple connection options.
Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition

Maxtor's OneTouch III Turbo Edition packs in a lot of features and capabilities at a fair price. Among external desktop hard drives, it's a winner.
Iomega External Hard Drive FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB (400GB)

Users who can and want to take advantage of this drive's FireWire 800 capability will rejoice, but USB 2.0 users should look elsewhere for an external hard drive.
LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface (250GB)

The fastest, best-looking external hard drive we've tested to date.

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Features

More wires, more fire: FireWire 800

FireWire 800 ups the speed ante, promising twice the data transfer rate of FireWire 400. But what does this mean for you?

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News

LaCie dresses up its new hard drives

LaCie unveiled a whole posse of new hard drives at this year's CES.
Data dumping ground: external hard drives

You can now store hundreds of gigabytes of data in a compact external hard disk drive. But not all external drives are created equal though, so we've compiled four popular options to see how they stack up.

Get (laptop) smart before you buy

Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.

Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.