Don't think I remember telling everyone this but last tuesday my 80gb hard drive finally ended up failing on me. Unfortanitly I had xp on it along with a few documents which I would of liked to have kept. I have a 160gb however so I instantly reinstalled xp on that and was back up. I also was very lucky to keep my music collection and other various items which I kept on my 160gb for this exact reason.

So with that said...i bought a new toy. Found it online for about 70 bucks...a 2.5" external hd. It's a 60gb seagate hd. Heres some pics for ya





Thing I love the most is that it doesn't require a power brick or anything. It's sorta cool. It takes up 2 usb connections which feeds the hd with plenty of power. So i'm truely able to go anywhere with it. Thought it was a sweet deal..Ur thoughts

I have an 80 WD passport.. Only one usb port used. No brick.

i can only use 1 usb if I choose..but the manual said that at times the hd won't get enough power and u will end up hearing some kind of clicking noise. I think any "clicking" sound is a bad sound so I havn't risked it and just plug in the 2 usb connectors instead of one. Supposably it does work with just one. I guess I'll have to test it out eventually

I have a Kingwin External Drive, I have a 20GB now in it. Supports up to 320GBs, I only use it to back up files and such. Hasn't failed me yet.

sully: thats not full yet though :D

and nah, I was just making a point

oh yeah? I'm still running a rage 128 in my kubuntu box (and a geforce2 in my one xp box)

Don't make me dig up my Trash-80 and Tandy Color Computer 3!

I still think I have the cassette player for the Tandy! It's most likely in my parents basement.