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External hard drives

Most Popular External hard drives

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Latest External hard drives

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt
LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt review
External hard drives

Hideously expensive, but the combination of Thunderbolt and two SSDs makes for some of the fastest file transfer speeds we’ve ever seen

Published :
£573 inc VAT
Seagate BackUp Plus
Reclaim your Facebook snaps with Seagate BackUp Plus
External hard drives

External hard disk can make backups of online snaps

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IoSafe Solo 1TB
IoSafe Solo 1TB review
External hard drives

A little expensive, but the Solo is as tough as nails and comes with a fine range of security features that make it ideal for data protection

Published :
£150 inc VAT
IoSafe Rugged Portable
IoSafe Rugged Portable review
External hard drives

Expensive, but the capable security features make this a worthwhile investment if data protection is important

Published :
£160 inc VAT
Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo 4TB
Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo 4TB review
External hard drives

Fast when writing small files, but large file performance is disappointing - still the quickest Mac external storage we've seen

Published :
£440 inc VAT
Convar BytePac
Convar BytePac review
External hard drives

The BytePac is a well-designed and environmentally-conscious way to store and use hard disks, even if it's not particularly fast over eSATA

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£34 inc VAT
Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive 2TB
Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive 2TB review
External hard drives

The Iomega Mac Companion is a good idea, but we'd like USB3 at this price

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£179 inc VAT
Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro 500GB
Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro 500GB review
External hard drives

The Touro Mobile Pro is a good value hard disk and online storage combo, although the online storage service needs refinement

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£55 inc VAT
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II review
External hard drives

Useful RAID protection and a huge capacity, but the My Book Studio II is only quick if your computer has eSATA or FireWire 800

Published :
£345 inc VAT
LaCie 2Big USB 3.0
LaCie 2Big USB 3.0 review
External hard drives

Solid performance over USB3 and the peace of mind provided by RAID1 support, but it's too expensive to recommend

Published :
£246 inc VAT