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Hardrive for backup

Hi

Can someone advise about a 'good' external hardrive to have. the most reliable brand mainly.

My requirements would be prioritized as follows:

1. Reliability & Sturdiness
2. Work fine across Windows OS range XP, Vista, or future Windows 8, ...
3. Speed
4. Capacity
5. Design/weight

So i'd prefer a very reliable hardrive with acceptable capacity (250 to 500GB) to a trendy 4 TB one that would break after 2 years...

i'll be even more picky :):
Would be great if available on amazon.co.uk or a uk website...

thx a lot

am using the 1TB Maxtor with an ethernet port, its a great for backup, i assigned a real ip for it and put somewhere far from da company fo disaster backup.