The Maxtor 200GB Hard Drive has been a fast, reliable and inexpensive
storage and backup drive for me.
I have several of these mounted in generic external drive cases.
Utilized in this fashion, the Maxtor 200GB Hard Drive shares
many of the characteristics of the
Maxtor 300GB External Hard Drive.
This solution is not as elegant (or quiet) as the Maxtor External Drive solution,
but it is less expensive.
These drives work great in a desktop computer case as well -
my preferences for external drives is explained in the
Maxtor 300GB External Hard Drive review.