There are a few different external USB hard drives that PC Magazine recommends. They recommend the SanDisk 2TB hard drive, as it is very large and works well.
Commonly, external hard drives will acquire power from the computer it is connected to. It is possible, though, to connect external hard drives to an outlet and permanently to the computer, replacing the previous hard drive, though I highly do not recommend such.
It depends on price, it can be as low as 40$ and as high as 1000$ for SAS drives. I recommend you to check newegg.com for prices.
The WD Elements has several highly rated external hard drives to choose from, another highly rated brand is the My Passport line of external hard drives.
Where to buy an external hard drive that will work on Mac OS X 10.4? I recommend iomega, which manufactures external hard drives that will work on 10.4 or Where to find the actual drive when running the machine? Open Finder on the left panel there will be all of your drives listed. Click on one to access it.
Western Digital and SeaGate are the top manufacturers of hard drives, internal and external.
There are two types of drives, either internal or external. An external drive would only offer external storage. It is kept internally on the external drive but that is all.
One of the advantages of external hard drives is they are available in large capacities. Options are available for hard drives that have mass storing capability.
External NTFS drives will work with no problem with Ubuntu. Just plug in and use it.
There are many portable external hard drives which would fit into most standard size pockets.
A USB switch box should work for external USB drives.
i have stacked 4 external hard drives (from different brands) on top of each other for years. No problem
Simpletech produce portable external hard drives. These range from small USB sticks, to larger external hard drives. Simpletech also produces mini versions of the portable hard drives