Computers have come a long way in a relatively short span of time, and along with the growth in PC and laptop technology has come the need for an ever-increasing storage capacity. Most computers today come with a good amount Silagra of storage capacity on their internal hard drives. Desktop PC’s can come with pretty much any amount of memory you want, when you order the machine. Laptop’s often come with at least 250 MB (Megabytes) of memory, but can have a hard drive as big as 450MB. However, there are many reasons why you should have an external portable hard drive.

Today one of the biggest things people like to do is to download music files from sites that offer everything from a single track of music to an entire album or CD. Some of these files can be quite large, and it does not take very many of these music files to use up quite a large amount of your storage capacity on your computer or laptop. When you download a massive amount of music or even photo’s regularly, a portable hard drive can be extremely handy for you. These hard drives can have anywhere from 2 GB (Gigabytes) for a thumb drive to as much as a TB (Terabyte) of storage for stand-alone drives.

Thumb drives or data travelers have become very popular over the past few years because of their price, capacity, and portability. There are several different manufacturers to choose from, and you can purchase almost any thumb drive for less than one hundred dollars. These little portable external hard drives have a wide range of memory sizes to choose from too. You can get one with as little as 1 GB up to 50 or even 100 GB memories. Thumb drives are heavily used commercially because you can upload and download your work between computers easily, although they are becoming more popular among private users now.

Stand alone hard drives are an external portable hard drive that most people will look to purchase when they are backing up files on their desktop and laptop PC’s. This kind of hard drive generally has a very large memory such as 250 GB and up to 1 TB. These hard drives will allow you to back up a large amount of files on your machine’s hard drive, which will allow you to keep the amount of memory you use on your computer at a minimum allowing your machine to operate more efficiently and quickly. Be sure to check what RPM (Revolutions per minute) the drive runs at, because the higher the RPM the better the exchange rate will be.

Another great feature that an external hard drive will offer you is security. In the event you have an epic failure with your computer such as a system crash, your files will be easily retrievable from your external portable hard drive. No one wants to lose those important and precious family photos or their work either. Some external hard drives also offer password protection and file encryption, which are excellent security features to have, because they will protect your important files from unwanted prying eyes. With all of the advantages an external portable hard drive offers, buying one is an intelligent purchase.

Author Bio: Browse our External Portable Hard Drives to find the best brands at great prices. We provide reliable, safe online shopping 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout the U.S. We are strongly committed to providing our customers with top quality merchandise, reliable shipping and world class service!

Category: Computers
Keywords: external portable hard drive,hard drives,seagate external usb hard drive,usb external hard drives