Decent USB Hard Drive under $100?

[drdan]

I have seen a few external USB (not USB 2.0) hard drives for $70-100. Would they work for backing up and could I likely plug them into my USB powered hub (Belkin). Any recommendations on brand etc. I want 10-20GB storage capacity.

[mesc]

drdan,

I'm also looking for external USB storage, check my post removable storage in this forum. I'm considering the use of Flash cards (the ones used for digital cameras) w/ a USB reader. The readers cost about $40- and the cards come from 8 to 256 Mb. at different prices.

Maybe not a lot af space or very cheap, but higly upgrdable.

Please join my tread, and give me your views.

[gwallen4]

Why USB. Internal IDE drives are faster and don't take up desk space. Plus they are cheaper, and pretty easy to install.