Question: What should I consider when buying an external hard drive? I want an external hard drive to back up my music, photos, and documents. What kinds of things should I look for? \n\nI'm not super techie so I'd love something that I can just plug in with a USB or something, then transfer over a few folders. \n\nAre there any brands that are especially good?

Answer: Consider a drive that uses USB in order to keep installation easy. It will also allow you to daisy-chain the devices as your needs increase. Since you mention back up of photos and music I wouldn't start with anything less than 250 GB (gigabytes). That should give you plenty of room to get started and monitor things as your storage increases. I have Western Digital drives which have served me well and ship with Retrospect Back Up software. Look for them at places like CompUSA and TigerDirect.
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