todays tip - guys an external hard drive is not! a backup if its the only place you have the files! I get this all the time - my backup died, ok so use the original files, this is the original - then it isn't a backup!! And btw interesting piece of info -external hard drives are way inferior to internal drives. Basically when the manufacturers test the drives before they go I to production they use the best ones as internal drives - because they figure that's where you put the important data. The ones that aren't as good are sold as external drives.