OnSale.com has reduced the price on the Toshiba 500GB portable USB hard drive (model no. HDDR500E04XL) from $139.99 to $89.99.  That's a $50 price cut, making this the lowest price we have seen on this hard drive by about $17.  Shipping rates start at about $10 and vary by method of delivery.  Sales tax applies for residents of CA, IL, MN, TN, WI.

The Western Digital Elements portable hard drive is similar in size and has a 500GB capacity, it has been reduced to $84.99 with FREE shipping at Dell.com.  Transcend's 500GB 2.5-inch StoreJet portable hard drive carries a slightly higher price tag of $106.95 with $8.45 for shipping.  Get double the storage capacity with the EdgeTech DiskGo 1TB portable hard drive, which is now $147.17 with FREE shipping at PCNation.com.  Save big by going with a desktop external hard drive like the 1.5TB Western Digital Elements desktop hard drive, which is now $147.99.

The Toshiba external hard drive features 500GB of storage space for photos, music, movies and documents. It comes preloaded with NTI Shadow Backup Software that installs automatically when it is plugged into the USB port on almost any Mac (OS X 10.3.9+) or Windows (XP+) based computer. It is backed by a three year warranty from Toshiba. Dimensions: (H) .65" x (W) 3.2" x (D) 5" ; weight 6oz.