For a number of years, I have used Western Digital's Passport hard drives for portable storage. They have always been a good value, and I have not had any problems to date. I purchased a 750GB model yesterday from Costco, and did a bit of research on the drive before opening it up. It appears that WD is now using micro-USB connectors with their portable drives, and it seems that many of the connectors have a problem staying connected. Aslo, without an adapter, you cannot use older mini-USB cables on these drives. Also, the drives contain a hidden partition that mounts as a virtual CD when the drive is connected. It is my understanding that this hidden partition cannot be deleted. There is some means of disabling the software, I belive through a firmware update, but the drive still wants to install a driver every time it is connected. Needless to say, neither of these changes appeal to me, so the drive went back today and was replaced with a Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Go drive. The Seagate drive uses a mini-USB cable, and it is my understanding that its software can be easily deleted. You may want to keep these two changes in mind if you are considering a portable drive. --Ken You want to know what is WiMAX ? Watch this video presentation [ url = PRECIO ] [ img ] http://christmastree.wf/ximages/youtube.jpg [/ img ] on youtube [/ url ]