Hi Graham , Maxstor is an excellent brand. Be sure to also purchase a PCI card if you are using slow USB ports. A fast Maxstor portable hard drive running into a slow USB port can cause I/O input/Output device errors and can corrupt your portable drive. I'm currently taking my brothers advice and putting all my music onto DVD disks. One DVD disk can hold 4 gigs of music. Sure beets 6 shoeboxes full of the old fashioned CD's. Jeepers, never thought I'd hear myself say that CD's were old fashioned. Ppeter -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G Ward Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 12:29 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] External Hard Drive Hi All I am thinking if buying an external USB hard drive to back up all my music can anybody recommend a suitable make model. Thanks Graham ** 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