I have a Maxtor 750 GB OneTouch II drive, and a Western Digital 1 TB drive, both are fantastic, and have never had any problems. Sadly, Maxtor have gone down hill lately, and now their drives, to put it simply, suck. -----Original Message----- From: Peter <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, January 04, 2009 08:36:26 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB hard drives I've got a 250GB Freecom drive from QVCUK and it's great. Mine is also there tough model which can be dropped from several meters with no problem. But I've never had a problem with an external drive failing anyway. Peter From: ANDY COLLINS Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:13 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] USB hard drives Hi all - In my research for pen drives, I've also been looking at external USB hard drives, and am wondering what people have used successfully? Freecom seem to be the cheapest with a 250GB for £55; I take it that these drives require no mains power, so what are they like in terms of speed when transfering data? I've seen some drives advertised as TurboUSB, does this somehow mean they are faster drives? From some reviews I have read, is seems that some drives have to be formatter to NTFS, is this common, and how is a fat32 drive formatted so as to be NTFS? As ever, thanks for all help - Andy __________ NOD32 3735 (20090104) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- Check out my radio and TeamTalk server! http://www.jls-radio.com -- James Scholes E-mail: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN/Windows Live Messenger: jamesscholes@xxxxxxx AIM: JamesScholes000 Skype: james.scholes Website: http://www.jamesscholes.com Blog: http://www.jamesscholes.com/blog Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamesscholes Find me on Facebook! Username: jamesscholes Link to Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1375965156&hiq=jamesscholes Last.FM Profile: http://www.last.fm/user/jamesscholes000 -- Message sent at 08:48:47 PM GMT on Sunday, January 04, 2009 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq