Jump Drive/external drive

[tina]

novice question,

My external usb maxtor drive is dead. Why would I buy another when I
can buy a jump drive?

 

[Rod Speed]

novice question,

My external usb maxtor drive is dead. Why would
I buy another when I can buy a jump drive?

The obvious difference is the size. An exernal USB
drive is a lot bigger, and much cheaper per GB.

No big deal if say you only need 2GB or something,
but if you need say 200G for a full backup of the system,
its much cheaper and much faster with a USB external drive.