ClickFree HD700 Hard Drive Promises Hands-free Backup

Working as a PC tech for several years taught me one thing about your average computer user: they don't make backups of their data. Recovering data from hard drive disasters was a regular and almost daily task. It isn't that they don't want to but simply that they just don't know how and therefore can't. A new drive on the market promises to remove the user from the backup process, the ClickFree HD700.

The drive works by simply plugging it in a letting it do its work, even easier than we experienced with the Buffalo Turbo USB 320GB drive. The drive currently comes in a 120GB version with plans for a 250GB drive by the end of the summer and works with Windows XP and Vista. The drive will set you back about $170. Enthusiasts will probably look elsewhere as it seems to just back up anything and everything it can find but those less tech savvy will probably be pleased to have an easy to use solution for a change.