A 2.5" hard drive caddy that's as simple as it is elegant

Can Kingston stick it to Intel with the new Toshiba-powered V+ Series?

Enjoy the security of software-free portable encryption with the iStorage DiskGenie

A pocket-sized hard drive that combines speed and portability

Is this SSD a wolf in sheep's clothing or a duck in a wooly hat?

A hard drive with SATA3 6GB/s througput and a mighty 2TB of storage goodness

Can an external hard drive ever be a true object of desire?

Clickfree's easy-to-use back-up system gets a welcome upgrade

The more budget orientated SSD arrives, but is 40GB too small?

A new external drive with backup built-in

WD's latest hard drive is fantastically fast, but at what cost?

The convenient way to add a second optical drive and burner to your Mac set-up

Reasonably big, but unfortunately not too clever

Macally's Mac Pro-esque hard drive caddy has some pro connections

Can a new portable hard drive make backing up less tedious?

Once again, the best things in life are far from free

Take your data on the road in style with this MacBook Air-inspired hard disk

Intel reckons these drives are not only massively faster than conventional hard disks with spinning magnetic platters. It also claims they will give competing SSDs based on flash memory a damn good spanking.

With 320GB of space this drive is great value. Its compact design is supposed to resemble that of a small notebook, which keeps it in the same theme as the larger My Book hard drives. The difference is this device houses a 2.5-inch laptop drive, which spins at 5400rpm.

This is the third version of Western Digital’s My Passport Studio pocket drive, and it should appeal to anyone who needs a drive for backing up data on the road. Just slip it in your suitcase and away you go.

The 160GB Imation Apollo hard drive works well, and has a strong build quality and a clean-looking caddy. It’s smart enough to produce at a meeting.

The Disgo Media Bank describes itself as a "digital video, picture and music player". It's essentially a 500GB external hard disk drive with a simplistic menu, built-in audio/video codecs and a remote control.

The LinkStation Live delivers everything you could want in a NAS drive for the home, with single drive units available in a wide range of capacities from 250GB to 1TB. Combining stylish design with reassuringly rugged build quality, the smooth and quiet-running case plays host to a fast SATA hard drive, connected via a Gigabit Ethernet port.

A slightly fiddly and time-consuming set-up procedure nevertheless gives way to a good set of features for sharing your files on a home network or across the internet

Laptops for the most part often come with a card reader built in, but if you’re looking for something a little more versatile, this reader from Kingston supports 19 different types of card.