Software

     The Seagate external drive comes with a handy program called "BounceBack". BounceBack is an easy to use program that enables you to schedule backups of your hard drive(s). It takes quite a while to back up a standard size hard drive, even longer if you have a lot of games installed, but it's worth the effort.

Benchmarks

     For testing I'll be using two separate systems; one based on an AMD Athlon 64 3GHz CPU and the other is based on an Intel Pentium 4 3GHz CPU. Due to the speed of USB and USB 2.0, don't expect to see high numbers like you would see on an internal hard drive. Here are the results:

Pentium 4 System

Athlon 64 System

Conclusion

     Although the speed of external USB hard drives are a bit slow, having 400 gigs of backup storage space is simply awesome. Although the power supply and cable can be clumsy when transporting the drive from place to place, it is good to know that any Windows 2000/XP machine will recognize the drive automatically without installing extra drivers from a disk. At 400gb, the Seagate External Hard Drive is the ultimate external storage solution for any home or office! ClubOC recommended...