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Top 10 Portable Hard Drives

Pick up one of these portable hard drives to take your content with you when on-the-go.

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Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive 500GB

This speedy, colorful drive has FireWire 800 and 400 ports, and useful software (Retrospect Express and Iomega QuikProtect).

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $187

Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB

This palm-size (though thicker than usual) 1TB USB drive performed well. The included WD SmartWare software is nicely designed, too.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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WiebeTech ToughTech XE Mini 500GB

The ToughTech XE Mini comes with dual FireWire 800 ports; its eSATA interface made it the fastest drive we saw, but it lacks USB bus power.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $114

Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB

The SureFire 500GB has neither bundled software nor a snazzy design, but it's a great performer when used with FireWire 800.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $79.00

Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB

This 1TB drive fits in an optional Go docking station ($20); it lagged a bit behind WD's 1TB drive in our file-reading and installation tests.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $74.99

Western Digital My Passport Elite 500GB Portable Hard Drive

The best USB performer we tested, this My Passport model comes with versatile WD SmartWare software and a docking station.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $86.99

Rocstor Airhawk A9 320GB Portable Hard Drive

The sleekly designed Airhawk A9 320GB is speedy, with test results similar to those of other drives tested via FireWire 800 or e-SATA.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Rocstor Rocport ID9 320GB Portable Hard Drive

Distinguished by a boxier, more colorful design than its Airhawk sibling, the Rocport ID9 320GB performed almost as well.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $110

Seagate FreeAgent Go Special Edition 500GB

Stylish design, large capacity, and a docking station that can handle even the 1TB Go keep this drive in play as your storage needs grow.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009
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Prices from $174

CMS V2ABS 500GB

The V2ABS 500GB includes CMS's BounceBack Professional software, which uniquely lets you boot from the drive if your main drive fails.

| Specs - Rated: December 19, 2009

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