While there are many to choose from the basic issue is these are just a little less reliable than internal drives. It's still a step in the right direction to save a spare copy but to call it backup is incorrect. Backup has been defined for years as more than one copy with a copy away from the PC. This means you need to save what you want to backup in more than one place.
That said, almost any usb hard drive you see at the store will be fine.
Post the make and model for members to comment on. And remember that that's the first copy. After that you need one more copy away from the PC to get a real backup.
Bob
We are not savvy.We need to get an external hard drive to backup files from our desktop computer.We want to be able to do this as simply as possible.We will need usb or power cord connection.We are using pentium 4 windows xp.Amy suggestions for a reliable external hard drive?Thanks.

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