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Securing your data is a vitally important feature if you intend moving around regularly with an external hard drive. Some drives on the market concentrate on this area protecting your data by way of a credit card size security keycard while others offer high-level 128-bit advanced encryption. See below for three selected secure drives.

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The Transcend 500GB Storejet Mobile 2.5 Inch SATA Portable External Hard Drive is an excellent choice if you are looking for a rugged, good quality, compact portable drive. It weighs only 206g so is very easily transported and should it accidently fall, the US military drop test standards will come to your rescue with its anti shock technology. The Transcend utilises a USB2.0 interface which enables it to achieve data transfer rates of up to 480MB per second. The "one touch" auto backup button provides a very easy method of protecting your data and the bundled software provides scheduling and security.

Best Buy External Hard Drives

Are you looking to buy the best cheap external hard drives? With prices dropping and disk capacities getting larger, now is the best time to buy an external hard drive. Drives like Western Digital Elements 1TB are becoming common place and represent excellent value while 500GB external hard drives are very popular sellers. They connect easily via USB to your computer appearing as a separate drive letter like your internal hard disk. The risk of losing your precious photos, mp3 and other important files can now easily be avoided by backing up to your external hard disk drive. So what sizes and specs are now available?
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Four picks of the best external hard drives

The Seagate Expansions 1TB hard drive is an excellent choice for those seeking a large capacity external drive that is quiet, compact, easy to use and great value for money. With a 7,200 RPM disk speed and built in power management to ensure the most efficient operation, this drive performs very well in all situations from simple drag and drop file copying to backing up of your internal drive. With Seagate having shipped over one billion hard drives, they are an established manufacturer in this field and you won't be disappointed should you choose this model. See review here.

The Neil Poulton design Lacie 1TB drive is one of our favourites. With its striking looks emphasised by a blue LED diode on its underside that emits a calming glow, this drive offers huge storage capacity and user friendly operation. And unlike most other external drives the Lacie utilises a cooling system that dissipates the heat without the use of a fan. This gives it a near silent operation which helps reduce noise in your working environment. Connection is via Hi speed USB2.0 and plug and play operation make it easy to setup and start copying files.

Western Digital’s 1TB Elements drive is incredibly good value for money which is one reason why it is so popular. Offering 1TB storage, USB 2.0 connectivity and rubber sides on the casing allowing for good desktop grip, this drive is simple and efficient. If you want a no frills good value drive for backing up those important files then the Elements should be top of your list.

Another one of our favourite drives is the Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB model. This portable drive has a very respectable capacity and is powered via its USB connection so there is no worry about finding a powerpoint if you are on the move. This makes it perfect for laptop use and for general “on the go” data storage and backup purposes. It is easy to carry and will provide invaluable use for those large files that need to be moved from one computer location to another.

Cheap external hard drives by capacity

Up To 500 GB Drives

	Verbatim Pop 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive - New in at Amazon More Info	New Drive

	My Passport Elite WDMLZ4000 - Hard drive - 400 GB - external - Hi-Speed USB More Info	Great Price

	Freecom ToughDrive 2.5" 250GB USB2 More Info	Low Price

	Western Digital My Passport Essential 250GB USB Portable External Hard Drive More Info	Top Deal

	500GB Seagate FreeAgent External Drive More Info	Get It Now

	Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive More Info	Great Deal

	250GB NESO "hard drive by HITACHI" External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive More Info	Low

501 GB -1TB Drives

	Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Black More Info	Value

	LaCie 1TB Network Space More Info	Performance

	Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive More Info	Big Value

	Toshiba 1TB USB 3.5" External Desktop Hard Drive More Info	Low Price

	Buffalo Drivestation 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive More Info	Deal

Over 1TB Drives

	Western Digital My Book Studio Edition 2TB Firewire 400 / 800 & eSata External Hard Drive More Info	Top Value

	Samsung Story Station 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive More Info	Amazon Price

	Western Digital Elements 1.5TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive More Info	Amazon Price