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Don’t lost valuable documents, mp3′s, and digital photos use a “Buffalo Drivestation” to backup your valuable data.

This post of part of The Smorgasbord Tech Reviews series!

When I wrote my “Network Storage Review“, one of the first things in that article was the “Buffalo Drivestation”. I was thinking about the Drivestation this week because I had a family member who had a hard drive crash and lost all of her family photos and mp3′s she’d purchased, in addition to saved tax returns, and many other valuable documents.

I think sometimes people forget what kinds of “digital treasures” are stored on your PC or laptop, and what kind of chaos could ensue if it suddenly disappeared tomorrow. The Drivestation came to mind because it comes in so many different sizes (from 320GB to many Terabytes), and because it’s so easy to use. Just plug it in, push the button, and you’re backed up! They make models big enough for most small to medium sized businesses, and the versions with “RAID” have 2 hard drives inside for dual mirroring. That means if one hard drive fails, there’s another as a backup. The disks are even encrypted, so if anyone takes the unit, they can’t access any of your data.

It’s like insurance for your computer in a way. You have insurance for your car and home don’t you? If you have an accident or a fire your insurance company will replace what you have lost. Not only is there no insurance for your computer, but the personal documents and data you lose there likely can’t be replaced at all. If you have pics of your daughter’s wedding on your computer’s hard drive, for example, if they were lost no amount of money could compensate you for that.

I recommended the Buffalo Drivestation to my family member that lost her data, and I recommend it to you because of it’s ease of use, multiple connections (firewire and USB), and because it works with both Macs and PC’s. The price is reasonable for the value you get, and even your Grandma or the most tech-clueless office manager or secretary could set one up.

You can nearly always find Drivestations on eBay, or Amazon (below).

Buffalo Technology DriveStation 1.5 TB HD-CXT1.5TU2
	USD 99.00 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-12 21:14:10
Buffalo DriveStation Turbo USB HD-CEU2
	USD 19.99 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-09 03:51:53
Buffalo HD-WL6TU3R1 DriveStation Duo 6.0TB USB 3.0
	USD 503.95 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-10 15:53:26
Buffalo DriveStation Axis Velocity HD-LXU3 2 TB External Hard Drive USB 3.0 AES
	USD / 339.62 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-10 04:53:03
Buffalo HD-LB2.0TU3 DriveStation Axis 2 TB USB 3.0 Ext Hard Drive mac and PC New
	USD / 330.58 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-08 22:08:03
Buffalo DriveStation TH-HS2.0TQ 2 TB External Hard Drive USB2.0 eSATA HD-HS2.0TQ
	USD / 339.62 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-09 20:44:03
BUFFALO DRIVESTATION 1TB USB 2.0 EXTERNAL DESKTOP HARD DRIVE
	USD 110.52 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-09 16:49:43
HDX 3000 3,5 Buffalo HD-LB3.0TU3 DriveStation US - NEU!
	USD / 320.77 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-10 14:00:13
Buffalo DriveStation Navigator HD-HCIU2 driver disk CD
	USD / 4.99 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-12 22:32:20
HDX 2000 3,5 Buffalo HD-LX2.0TU3 DriveStation US - NEU!
	USD / 239.69 (0 Bid) | Buy It Now End time: 2012-02-10 14:01:02