How to back up an iPhone through iTunes with an external hard drive?

I just got a replacement iphone and I am trying to transfer data.  I read that it could be done through icloud or itunes.  Icloud doesn't have enough storage and neither does my computer.  CAn I back up the old iphone onto an external harddrive?  How about another way?

You backup an iPhone to either (or both) iTunes and/or iCloud.
How to BackUp  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
What gets Backed Up
iTunes http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
iCloud http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2584

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