Seagate Technology 200 GB USB 2.0 and FireWire External Drive ( ST3200823A-RK )
Great drive-does NOT have problems of larger Seagatedrives
I have owned a Seagate external 160GB for quite a while.  I find no problems with it except for an occasional \\"hang\\" when booting up with it on.  This is because it is used to back up my root drive and my motherboard doesn't know whether to follow the internal or external drive.  So I just keep it off when booting up and have no problems.  In fact, I even have no problems with a Windows \\"restart.\\"  I needed more space so I decided to get the Seagate 400 GB external drive.  I, like everyone else who has tried the 350GB and 400GB drives, had a horrible experience with the larger drive.  Amazon let me return it (with return postage paid by Amazon) and once I had my credit, I bought this drive.  The 200GB is every bit as reliable as the 160.  It is quiet and has no problems with the dvd files I transfer to it.  In addition, all you have to do is tell Windows not to use write caching and you can turn the drive off without needed to use Windows' safely remove hardware procedure.  This slows the transfer rate down, but is very convenient.  As much as the 400GB is a total waste, the 200GB is wonderful.  I may even buy another one and recommend it heartily.