These days, it seems that only the rare file can actually fit on a floppy diskette. To address our more expansive times, we now have the removable hard drive.

Removable hard drives are designed much like floppy drives, where disk-like cartridges that can hold up to 2 GB can be inserted into a drive. Once written with the necessary info, these disks can easily be shipped to the intended recipient.

Incompatibility is the rule in this domain. For the most part, different brand drives won't be able to read other types of media. A compatible drive needs to be available on the other end for disks to be read.

Technically speaking, the different types of removable hard drives utilize different types of technologies to get the job done. But the end result of being able to house large quantities of data is the same.

The major downside of removable hard disks is the cost. Though the drives will run only around $300, the disks can cost around $100 each. See Price Guide