Glad its come in handy already Carl2, there are times that I do need to do some converting myself; it should have its uses over time, thanks for mentioning it.
Aren’t these external drives getting, well I was going to say cheap, but value for money sounds better.
Personally I think external drives are the way to go to save your work these days, no real over-heat problems and mobile to move from one computer to another, and in the perfect world an SSD for windows and applications.