Recommendations for External Hard Drives

First off, if you get a 400 gb drive, you need an external power connectors. Only 2.5" drives can run off USB power...

I've heard tell of a 3.5" that can run off USB, but I don't know if there is anything from it or it was just talk...

Anyways, I'd recommend buying a 3.5" drive, then buying a 3.5" enclosure. That way you can pick out specifically what you want and save quite a few bucks from buying a package from most computer stores...

Here are some external drives:

http://www.directron.com/35sata.html

I specified SATA since its more mainstream now and shouldn't add much more of a price than regular IDE enclosures or drives. Also, if you ever want to put it in your comp, you don't have to worry about an IDE interface.

Firewire costs more than USB2.0... but you should really look at eSATA, since it offers much faster file transfers... this drive would fit that:

http://www.directron.com/enc311su31.html

This drive offers firewire...

http://www.directron.com/cd311sata.html

Lastly, I recommend buying from that site since I get everything from them and I think their prices are usually cheaper than most others while offering great service.

Hope this helps.