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External hard drives

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Latest External hard drives

Freecom Hard Drive Quattro 1.5TB
Freecom Hard Drive Quattro 1.5TB review
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The 1.5TB Quattro looks great, performs well and has a variety of interfaces, but 2TB disks are available for only a few pounds more.

Published :
£137 inc VAT
HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB
HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB review
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HP's SimpleSave is a great value combination of portable hard disk and automated backup software.

Published :
£58 inc VAT
Netgear Stora MS200 1TB
Netgear Stora MS200 1TB review
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Netgear's Stora MS200 is a good-value NAS. It's fast enough for most uses and has plenty of useful features, but it supports only RAID 1.

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£176 inc VAT
Buffalo DriveStation USB 3.0 1TB
Buffalo DriveStation USB 3.0 1TB review
External hard drives

Buffalo's USB3 DriveStation is easily the fastest external hard disk we've seen. It's pricy, but it's worth having if time is a big issue.

Published :
£110 inc VAT
Freecom USB Memory 120GB review
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Freecom's USB Memory is very slim and small, but you pay a high price for its compactness.

Published :
£80 inc VAT
QNAP TS-219P review
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It's a little expensive, but QNap's TS-219P is a feature-packed and fast NAS enclosure.

Published :
£266 inc VAT
Imation Apollo Pro UX 1TB review
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Imation's Apollo Pro is a fast and generally well-designed external hard disk, but it's too expensive.

Published :
£130 inc VAT
Synology Disk Station (DS) 409slim review
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A compact NAS enclosure with lots of features, low power consumption, low noise and a small footprint - a superb choice.

Published :
£299 inc VAT
Eye-Fi Pro 4GB review
External hard drives

A clever little device that adds wifi to your digital camera.

Published :
£149.99 (about £90)
Samsung Story Station 1TB review
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Samsung's Story Station is a fast, inexpensive and attractive 1TB USB hard disk.

Published :
£79 inc VAT