Feedback on Targus ultra-slim hard drive

I have an 80 GB hard drive on my PBook but use only approximately 30 GBs. and that figure, of course, includes all contents of the operating system. At home (in Canada), I have an 80 GB. LaCie external hard drive, enabling me to back up on a regular basis for safety purposes.
We spend most of the winter months in Northern California and the O.S. instal disks always come with us. The remainder of the info is backed up on DVD-RW's.....a process I find to be very time-consuming. I have therefore been thinking of a very portable hard drive made by Targus, Ultra-Slim Pocket Model ADH01US 40GB, which weighs only 3.5 ozs. and fits in a shirt pocket and this would be perfect for our needs.
I would be extremely interested in any feedback—pros and cons—if anyone has any experience with this hard drive.
As always....thanx in advance!!
PowerBook G4, 768 RAM, 80 GB H.D. Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I was just looking around for some reviews on the drive, but I couldn't find anything comprehensive. I did come across a brief Cnet review here, which mentioned a few pros, cons, and alternatives. I've never heard of the drive before so I really can't give any advice on it aside from the fact that I think it looks nice and small (don't misplace it!). Good luck!

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88feederups wrote: HP Pavilion Desktop a350n with Windows XP. System went through a CHKDSK scan, had a bunch of errors, then when it was done checking, a American Megatrends screen came up with status and at bottom says "Master hard disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status: BAD, Press (F1) for Setup, (F7) to Continue". Want to know how to proceed before I start to press buttons and screw something up. Thanks in Advance for any help you can give.....
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