Our current pick for the best external desktop drive for most people is the WD My Book, and for portable drives, the WD My Passport, Works with USB ... the hard drive versus the SSD.

But choosing an external SSD means sorting through a dizzying array of options, and making a poor choice can leave you feeling hard done by ... Our external drive evaluations are thorough and ...

Dump that poky portable hard drive! External solid-state drives are faster ... its digital counterpart), aka the phone book for PC buyers, and the nemesis of every postal delivery person.

We are also focusing on the best SSDs with self-powered USB or Thunderbolt ... happy to sacrifice some external SSD speeds, see our round-up of the best rugged hard drives. The Teamgroup T-Force ...