The new Clickfree C2 Rugged Back-up Drive is "built to strict U.S. military standards," though that doesn't mean you should lug this on the battlefied and use it to repel bullets. What you can do is accidentally (or purposely, if you're the curious type) drop the drive from up to four feet, plug it into your PC, and watch it come to life as if nothing happened.

Should you find a hard drive that fits your needs at a price you can afford, consider pulling the trigger rather than putting it off until later. Reports are coming that Japan's earthquake back March is still wreaking havoc with the hard drive supply chain, and that this will continue throughout the month of May. As it stands, both Western Digital and Hitachi -- two of the top 5 HDD makers -- are operating on tight supplies.

Just when you though mechanical hard drives were starting to go out of style in favor of SSDs, Seagate went and did something that's drumming up a bit of excitement in the storage space. The hard drive maker broke the areal density barrier by announcing the world's first 3.5-inch HDD featuring 1TB of storage capacity per disk platter. Seagate's accomplishment should pave the way for more capacious and higher performing hard drives.