Which USB external disk are you successfully using with TC?

I've seen various posts about attaching an external USB disk to the TC. Some people have been successful and others have had problems. I have tried 2 different disks without success.
The first disk (Seagate 300GB) went into sleep mode after not being used for a while and the TC couldn't wake it up! The second disk (Maxtor One Touch 300GB) worked most of the time but had problems when importing lots of pictures into iPhoto. iPhoto would complain it couldn't find files part way through the import (like it had lost the connection to the disk). Both of these disks work fine with a Linksys NSLU2.
If anyone has had success with an external USB disk could they please post the make, model and capacity?
Thank you.

It helps to 'wrap' URLs with code so they don't run off the screen, using UUB or HTML.... but that is minor for now.
Easier to search "ST94811U2-RK"
http://www.seagate.com
However I get "not found" on that drive. Your link comes up with "ST3300601U2-RK" There are some USB2 only PB 300GB drives listed.
I tend to stick to non-vendor drives, rather than Maxtor or WD or Seagate etc. Anything with Oxford 911+ or above work well with Macs.
http://www.macsales.com/firewire/
And avoid USB2 drives and get one with FireWire (and USB2), your drive should be formatted as GUID - check the drive (not volume or partition) in Disk Utility. It is changed by reformatting in Disk Utility: Partition -> Options.... (at bottom of screen) and there will be three options, you want GUID (not MBR).
Is it bus powered or does it have its own power supply?
It seems that your drive is older discontinued model?

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