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Editors' Choice: Transcend 1.8" Portable Hard Drive

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Buying Guide: Editors' Choice: Transcend 1.8" Portable Hard Drive

With its iPod-like design and leather case, the Transcend 1.8" Portable Hard Drive is ideal for use with your laptop. Configuration is as easy as plugging it in, and the included software, ExBoot Express, will do a full backup and restore of your main drive and can also boot your system in case things go haywire. One of the least expensive drives in the roundup, it's also on the slow side—but its small size and weight make up for that.