Good to hear from Steven. I've had a couple of nasty experiences with external hard drives, but found the best I've ever had. It's a one TB Rikiki USB 3 External drive by Lacie and its powered by the PC it's connected to, so a bit like a USB stick. I put all my PC backups on it and it's fast. I can backup 40 GB in less than 20 minutes. ;-)

Adriaan Barel (a.k.a. Vege Mite)
"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace." -- Oscar Wilde