Hi Lori.
I don't know what sort of drive you used there, but I can say i've used a
backup external drive for years.
At the moment I have a see gate one. This is a rectangular device. It just
has the one usb and a power lead, (I don't know why you would need two usb's
or a stand). When I bought it I had to slot the part with the connectors for
the usb and power lead onto the main box, but this wasn't a problem and now
it is done I can pretty much forget about it. What I do is stick it in a box
under my bed, then pull it out every three weeks or so to do a full backup
of everything, all my keys, documents, music, audiobooks etc, (not to
mention the setup files for programs).
As an alternative You can now buy what are called passport drives. These are
indeed as you say like a very fat memory stick, they are very small
andportable, but can hold ridiculously large amounts (I bought one recently
for my friend which had a 1 tb capacity).
The difference however is that for a passport drive with no power lead you
will be paying twice the price as you would for a standard external drive
that needs plugging in. For example for 100 quid I could buy a 5 tb external
drive with a plug, or a 2 Tb passport drive without.
You also don't have to use E bay either, indeed I probably wouldn't get
something like that from E bay myself sinse as you said your not sure of
what your getting.
Maplins are a reasonably good national chain and unlike pc world won't try
to foist things on you, also the one near my parents are good for general
advice as well.
Hth.
All the best,
Dark.
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