Amazon External Hard Drive Deals [Black Friday]

If you’re looking to buy some extra media storage for your computer, or you just need a larger Time Machine backup drive, pay attention, because Amazon is having a great sale on external hard drives. The best part is they’re not limiting these discounts to Black Friday, so they’re live now. Most are USB 2.0 but there’s a couple Firewire drives in the mix too if you don’t mind paying extra for the interface. All drives can be formatted for Mac or PC compatibility.

Free shipping, and no lines? Works for me. Don’t miss Amazon’s internal hard drive and SSD deals too.

External Hard Drives

• Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB External Hard Drive – $129.99
• Iomega eGo 2 TB External Hard Drive – $169.43
• Iomega eGo 1TB External Hard Drive – $140.43
• Western Digital My Book for Mac 2 TB External Hard Drive – $129.99
• Western Digital My Book Essential 3 TB External Hard Drive – $229.99
• G-Technology G-DRIVE 3TB External FireWire Hard Drive 0G01973 – $341.43

Portable External Hard Drives

• Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 750 GB Portable External Hard Drive – $99.99
• Western Digital Elements SE 1 TB Portable External Hard Drive – $109.62
• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5 TB Portable External Hard Drive STAA1500100 – $159.99
• Buffalo Technology MiniStation Stealth 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive HD-PCT500U2/B – $85.77
• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB Portable External Hard Drive STAA500105 – $116.08
• Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB Portable External Hard Drive – $149.99

Interestingly enough, some of the portable drives are almost as cheap as the less portable variants, typically the difference between the two is 2.5″ vs 3.5″ drives, USB powered vs AC adapter, and what can be a substantial difference in weight and size.

Finally, if you’re brave enough to endure the hoards on Black Friday itself, here’s some of the best deals out there at retailers:

• Toshiba 320 GB Hard Drive – $29.99 – Best Buy
• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3TB External USB 3.0/2.0 Hard Drive – $99.99 – Best Buy
• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 750GB External USB 2.0/3.0 Portable Hard Drive – $59.99 – Best Buy
• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 750GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive – $59.99 – Best Buy
• Western Digital My Passport 500GB USB 3.0 Hard Drive – $47.99 – OfficeMax
• Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB USB Hard Drive – $64.99 – OfficeMax
• Hitachi Touro Mobile 750GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive – $59.99 – OfficeMax