Wherever You go, Carry your Music collection with you.

With the growing popularity of external hard drives, people are choosing to store their music on an outside source. After all, it is likely that you have very little need to bring your music with you as your transport your laptop to and from work. Additionally, keeping your music on an external drive allows you to transport it freely. You can plug your external into anybody’s computer, and jam out to your favorite tune using their computer!

Think of it this way. External hard drives are basically just gigantic versions of the classic thumb drives. While most thumb drives can support around 1 gigabyte of information, the average external hard drive can store 100 gigabytes. That’s like having 100 thumb drives right at your service! Not only can you fit your entire music library on one external hard drive, but you can back up your important files and documents as well.

We all know music can be very expensive. On Itunes, most songs are sold for about $2, and full albums cost around $13. This may not seem like much, but trust me, it adds up. Most people don’t realize how expensive their music was until they have lost it all and have to start recollecting from scratch. So whether you choose to store it all on an external hard drive, or simply back it up using an external hard drive, you should take steps to ensure its safety.

External hard drives are also often utilized be professional DJs. When attending events, DJs often have a specific external hard drive which contains music tailored to the specific event. For some weddings, this may mean having an acceptable variety of songs which are unedited. Now, when the same DJ spins at the local nightclub, he will want to use the raw, uncut versions of the songs. By separating them onto two hard drives, he will no longer have to worry about playing the wrong version of a song at an event which he is spinning.

Additionally, some hard drives are claimed to be virtually indestructible. These hard drives, which often will hold over 500 gigabytes of information, are flood and fire proof. If there’s one way to ensure the safety of your music, it is through the use of one of these super external hard drives!