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External hard drives

Most Popular External hard drives

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Latest External hard drives

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex review
External hard drives

Massive storage for such a compact disk and above average performance, but isn’t worth the significantly higher cost over a smaller drive

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£122 inc VAT
LaCie Starck Mobile
LaCie Starck Mobile review
External hard drives

More style than substance, the Starck can't compete with USB3 disks, especially at this high price

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£75 inc VAT
Freecom Hard Drive XS USB 3.0 back
Freecom Hard Drive XS USB 3.0 review
External hard drives

Plain looks hide a very competent external hard disk; the Hard Drive XS has plenty of storage and doesn’t cost the earth

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£102 inc VAT
Buffalo Drivestation Quad USB 3.0
Buffalo Drivestation Quad USB 3.0 review
External hard drives

It certainly isn’t cheap, but it's fast and offers the potential to upgrade the hard disks in the future

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£329 inc VAT
Freecom Mobile Drive Mg
Freecom Mobile Drive Mg review
External hard drives

The Mobile Drive Mg is stylish, but offers poor value in light of other drives with greater capacities

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£95 inc VAT
Buffalo Ministation USB 3.0
Buffalo Ministation USB 3.0 review
External hard drives

It comes with plenty of software but slow performance means the MiniStation isn’t a particularly great-value disk

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£70 inc VAT
Freecom Mobile Drive Classic 3.0
Freecom Mobile Drive Classic 3.0 review
External hard drives

It doesn’t look very exciting, but the Mobile Drive Classic has the right price and excellent performance.

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£98 inc VAT
Iomega Prestige Mobile
Iomega Prestige Mobile review
External hard drives

It looks great, has fantastic performance and a comprehensive software package - plus it's inexpensive too

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£47 inc VAT
Seagate GoFlex Slim
Seagate GoFlex Slim review
External hard drives

One of, if not the thinnest external hard disk currently available, but you have to pay a lot for it.

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£68 inc VAT
Seagate GoFlex Satellite 1
Hands On: Seagate GoFlex Satellite review
External hard drives

We get an early look at the GoFlex Satellite, a portable hard disk with built-in wireless hotspot for streaming video to tablets and smartphones.

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