Strong performance and noticeably quieter than its predecessor. The Barracuda 7200.12 1TB is more than good enough for an OS drive, but also good bottomless storage for your movies and music

We were unconvinced by the orange and brown livery of Seagate’s towering desktop drive, but for the miniature version the company has toned things down. It’s still brown, but the orange glow is restricted to the front of the unit and its simple low-profile shape is far easier to like.

Stylish and versatile, its only drawback is the mammoth price

Great design, but average performance lets it down.

Several manufacturers this month have sought to distinguish their products through design. None, however, has gone so far as Seagate to challenge our expectations of an external hard disk.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

Now a hard drive manufacturer is talking about switching to the super fast solid state drives.

Many customers unable to access data.

Desktop hard drive runs quiet and goes easy on the power.

Storage firm Seagate has unveiled what it claims is the fastest desktop hard disk drive.

The FreeAgent Theater allows you to share movies and photos from your PC to your TV; except most TVs already do this now. The concept still needs work, although the unit's navigation is easy to use.

Finally, it’s here – the James Bond of hard drives. The Seagate BlackArmour drive is protected by a brute strength AES security algorithm based on the highest Rijndael cipher keys available (256bit) that 'apparantly' can’t be cracked, ever.

For those that can't stand miserly 80GB drives, the 320GB Momentus is the big daddy of fast laptop drives..

Seagate has released several new hard drives that feature self-encryption as standard..

While it might seem like a good idea, the Seagate FreeAgent Theater is more novelty than useful. And the price point is not as competitive as others in this range.

A clever, convenient little drive that you can carry around with you in your pocket.

How much capacity and how many drives do you need? We look at a selection of storage options

The next generation of SATA will double the transfer speed of storage from three to six Gbit per second.

A blisteringly fast processor, strong build and stylish design make this an extremely attractive laptop