Seagate Technology 200 GB USB 2.0 and FireWire External Drive ( ST3200823A-RK )
Had it a year, works well
A very easy way to back up and to expand storage capacity.  So easy that I might never again replace a hard drive that has grown too small. <br /> <br />The on-off switch is kinda hard to turn on sometimes.  It takes a particular touch.  I have a 250GB and both switches are like that.  Otherwise they would get four stars.  Also, when stacked horizontially (like pancakes) they do not interlock nearly as securely as you would hope.  Except for the bottom drive, the cords kinda pull at them and the interlockiing design is not very tight.  They are  fine on the stands that they come with to stand up like books, if there is room.  There is much more space between them when on the stands like books. <br /> <br />But I have driven around with them several times and no problem, no data corruption, they always start and each is fast enough that I cannot tell any speed difference from good internal hard drive of similar capacity. The drives have not met an XP computer that they could not instantly work with via the USB 2.0 port.  I have not used the firewire port.  <br /> <br />I have it set to Windows.  A Macbook could read all of the files on the drive and I could copy them to the Macbook drive.  I could not copy from the Macbook to the external drive set up for Windows, which was fair enough. <br /> <br />Video and music take up so much space that for an off-site back up I would now buy a 400GB for backup, if the 400 GB is as reliable.