What is a External Hard Drive ?

By: John Baker IV

Picture of External Drive

An external hard drive sits outside

the computer in its own. External
hard drives are used to store data
that is transferred from a computer's internal hard drive - usually to
create more storage space on the
computer.
citations: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-external-hard-drive.htm

Digital Music
(MP3)

Digital Photos*

Digital Video

DVD-Quality
Movies

500 GB

8,330 hours

160,000

500 hours

125

1 TB

16,660 hours

320,000

1,000 hours

250

1.5 TB

24,990 hours

480,000

1,500 hours

375

2 TB

33,320 hours

640,000

2,000 hours

500