What kind of external hard drive should I buy?

[SecondDealer]

I just bought this one;

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1233701665&sr=1-2

Its still shipping on the way to my house.

 

[fussal]

Thanks everyone for all your help, I really appreciate it, being a noob and all.
I ended up landing on this one... http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodd...92&catid=26259&logon=&langid=EN&test_cookie=1
So far so good *fingers crossed* it was on sale so I thought "whatever"
It took 3 hours to backup 160GB, which is fast enough for me. Its quiet, and doesn't take up too much space. Wasn't hard to reformat, overall i'm fairly satisfied with it. I just hope it lasts. Anyways, thanks again to everyone for all your help, I'm sure I'll post again soon.

Peace.

i guess i'm too late, but i got that one

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pr...665000FS10108631&catid=23795&logon=&langid=EN

love it for the looks and the price, free shipping in canada as well ;-)

cheers - gerhard