Seagate 160GB 2.5" Portable Hard Disk

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Seagate's 160GB portable drive is certainly a solid unit that will take a lot of beating. If you're predisposed to throwing your bag around and forgetting what's inside, or putting it in the hold for flights and letting the baggage handlers have their way with it, then this should definitely be worth considering.

A generic case for a 2.5" hard disk offers very little protection in comparison, but then again, they're also physically smaller. 160GB is a lot of space for a portable device. If you travel frequently then having the extra space for hours of video and music to pass the inevitable waiting time is a definite plus, providing that with the extra effort of supplying another disk your battery holds out long enough.

On the software end, it isn't really worth using and the Seagate disk tools can be downloaded for free and used with any hard drive. A quick Google search will bring up dozens of sync and backup software, some of which is completely free.

[...]If you really need the physically smallest external product around, Seagate's 2.5" portable drive won’t fill that niche. Ultimately though, it’s not much bigger than a generic 2.5” box and it provides a far better protection and product integration. Plus, there’s no chance of the cheap external box won’t fry the drive or cause write errors, despite the 5 year warranty when buying the hard drive separately. You might need that extra warranty if you are requiring a tough box in the first place. I’ve had my own external hard disk with generic box in my bag every day for the past year and it still works perfectly, that is despite me dropping it on several occasions.