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Asus DRW 1608P 
The Asus DRW-1608P is a steal: good overall performance at a low price.
Western Digital Passport USB 80GB 
The Western Digital WD Passport is a fast, easy, inexpensive way to take and transfer large files on the road.
Iomega NAS 200d 750GB with print server 
This is a very nice NAS box for small to medium-size businesses, but its setup may be problematic.
SanDisk Cruzer Profile 1GB 
If you can get over this flash drive's odd split design, the SanDisk Cruzer Profile is a safe place to stash all sorts of data.

Burners and hard drives
Every business needs to keep its data safe, and all you need is a burner to get the job done. Installing an optical drive into a desktop computer is an easy upgrade that typically takes less than an hour and costs less than $300, which you can write off as a necessary defense against data loss. "The key here," counsels Denis P. Monaghan, a New York tax preparer, "is to explain how you will be using the device and why it's important to your work. The rest is easy."

If you have a laptop, consider also getting a small hard drive to hold your data. It doesn't matter if the digital repository is a CD, a DVD, a flash drive, or an external hard drive--they're all economical, fast, and easy to justify as a fail-safe place to stash your important files.



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