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An external hard drive is a portable storage device that sits outside of a computer and is used to store data that has been transferred from a computer's internal hard drive, allowing users to free up storage space on their computer. External hard drives come in various storage capacities, ranging from 500GB to 2TB, and can store thousands of hours of digital music, photos, videos, and movies that have been transferred from a computer's internal drive.

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Hard Drive Project

An external hard drive is a portable storage device that sits outside of a computer and is used to store data that has been transferred from a computer's internal hard drive, allowing users to free up storage space on their computer. External hard drives come in various storage capacities, ranging from 500GB to 2TB, and can store thousands of hours of digital music, photos, videos, and movies that have been transferred from a computer's internal drive.

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What is a External Hard Drive ?

By: John Baker IV

Picture of External Drive

An external hard drive sits outside


the computer in its own. External
hard drives are used to store data
that is transferred from a computer's internal hard drive - usually to
create more storage space on the
computer.
citations: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-external-hard-drive.htm

Digital Music
(MP3)

Digital Photos*

Digital Video

DVD-Quality
Movies

500 GB

8,330 hours

160,000

500 hours

125

1 TB

16,660 hours

320,000

1,000 hours

250

1.5 TB

24,990 hours

480,000

1,500 hours

375

2 TB

33,320 hours

640,000

2,000 hours

500

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