BACK UP YOUR FILES: A 640GB external hard drive for under 85 bucks.

UPDATE: Reader Brett Deal writes: “Thank you for the heads up on the hard drive sale at Amazon. Such shopping links are much appreciated.” Yeah, it looked like a good enough deal that I ordered one myself. You can never have too many of these, at least if you’re me. . . .

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Kenneth Mitchell writes:

Glenn, the very BEST electronics/”guy toys” store in the world is
Fry’s Electronics. You noted “BACK UP YOUR FILES: A 640GB external
hard drive for under 85 bucks.”

Today’s sale; an IOmega 1TB portable drive for $79. At that price –
I think I’ll have to!

Good grief. I wrote a column back in 2004 on the first 1TB external drive. It cost a thousand bucks. I never shop at Fry’s, though. Maybe I’ll check it out.