If you want to buy an external storage memory (HDD – Hard Disk Drive), then that is an excellent choice. And let me tell you why: when you buy a new PC you get only one HDD (from 80 to 360GB). It’s true that you can make two partitions, but if you get a virus somehow, you’re computer will slow down anyway, and if there is no solution to fix the viruses, then you have to install a clean copy of Windows (as I do).

And when you install it to get rid of the viruses you format both of the hard disks so to be sure that all the viruses are gone. But if you have an external hard drive, then your data (movies, music, pictures, games, etc.) won’t be affected.

So you will not lose anything. As a musician many times I made some mistakes like I didn’t saved my music, and when I got a virus, I had no choice, I had to format all of my hard drives. So I lost my music and I had to start all over again working on them. If I had an external hard drive, then all of my music would be saved. But unfortunately I don’t have an external HDD. Oh, and I forgot to mention one of the most important characteristic about it: you can take it with you anywhere you want. You don’t have to use screw drivers or anything.



The external Hard Disk Drive sometimes is connected through USB, and in my opinion that’s the best way to connect it with your PC. It’s really fast, and the chances to be destroyed or something are minimal. These external storage memories aren’t really expensive. For example a 1 TB (1024 GB) Toshiba Canvio external hard drive costs $99. And that is really cheap. Just think about how many movies or Blu-ray movies can you store on that hard drive. Or how many hours of music could you store. Although, if you have a flash drive (or memory stick) with at least 16 GB memory is better than nothing, because you can save temporarily your data, but to be honest 16 GB is not a lot of space.

Let me tell you what would I do if I get an external 1 TB HDD: I would re-partition my internal hard drives, and on my PC I would keep only the basic software’s. And the other things like movies music, etc.



I would copy to the external HDD. So my computer won’t slow down because of the lack of space. If you want to buy an external HDD then you should really check the RPM (rotation per minute), the capacity (GB/TB), and the connectivity (USB). To be honest right now I could really use an external hard disk drive. I have some movies and music that I really do not want to lose. I think I go to the store now and buy one. Yes, I really need it.