External memory
 

Anyone had any experience with these?
A friend is thinking about buying one, any thoughts?:confused:

<b>Don't buy one of those! Not an external hard drive! You'll be sorry!</b>

External memory
 

You say not to buy an external hard drive,but you don`t say why?
What if you use it to back up your pc? :confused:

They make empty IDE harnesses that you can plug an IDE hard drive or CDROM into to "make your own" USB drive. It might be a cheaper alternative (I think I've seen them for about $100 but haven't really shopped for them) if you happen to have an unused hard drive lying around.

I'm kidding. Just make sure you've got a USB 2.0 port (the retail Maxtor drives come with a card that will give you a USB 2.0 port) or your transfers will be godawful slow. I have two Iomega 40GB FireWire/USB 2.0 drives, an external Buslink 40GB FireWire drive and two 120GB FireWire/USB 2.0 drives that I rolled myself (like SteveDallas suggested). They're pretty awesome. Just make sure you have the connectivity.

External memory
 

Thanks for the help with the external memory!I recently got concerned after I accidently installed Outlook while already having OE.Outlook hijacked my restore function in XP. I had to go in and uninstall Outlook before I could get my system restore and OE working again.I figured if it was that easy for my software to cause problems,how hard would it be for someone to create a virus that would do the same thing.
Appreciate the help.:D