Mobile and Attractive: External Hard Disks from Maxtor and Seagate

Size Is Not All That Matters

You can buy a disk caddy system and fit a drive bay to each of your PCs. Then you simply slot the hard disk into your PCs as and when needed. Or, you can buy an external hard disk. There are external hard disk cases on the market fitted with necessary USB and/or FireWire interfaces, but the more convenient option is to choose a complete external hard drive system such as those on offer from the disk drive manufacturers.

We obtained the latest OneTouch 250 GB model from Maxtor and the 160 GB External Hard Drive from Seagate. Both are based on standard hard disks, and include a very elegant case together with features that you won't find on a DIY solution.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.