Buffalo 320GB MiniStation Portable Hard Drive/TurboUSB 2.0

I recently purchased this 320GB Ministation and boy was I blown away, the data transfer is far quicker than anything I’ve used previously, compact and the case is really shockproof. I should know my son decided to throw it down the stairs 2 days after I got it. Plugged it in and it still worked.

Western Digital Elements 640GB USB 2.0 External DeskTop Hard Drive

This USB drive is an absolute bargain, costing no more than an internal drive of the same capacity. It is large enough to requre the use of an AC power supply, in case anyone was wondering. The case is very neat and the rubber protective ends are very functional. The best feature however is that it powers itself down when my laptop goes into sleep mode. Making it ideal for playing music, or even large batch tasks, it will simply turn off with the pc after a period of inactivity.