Thanks for pointing me to Dabs.com DVD-BOY. Their prices are a lot better than i had seen. I had one of PcWorlds external drives and thats the one that packed up a few months ago. it was only a few months old & still under guarantee and they refused to refund or replace it saying that i over-used it (total cop-out excuse) so i won't be getting one from there.

Two 320Gb ones would be ideal but thats £40 more than a 500GB one and everyones been so kind with their donations (which i seriously can't thanks them enough) and i feel that holding out til i have enough money to get 2 drives would be taking advantsge of their generosity when i stated that i just needed 1 drive.