How can you tell how fast a hard drive can write and read?

I am looking into getting a new hard drive and I need one that can at least read and write at 4Mbs (but I want to make sure it has more) but I can't work out from the info I am five about the hard drive it can do that.

I have been looking at this one so would this be able to do 4Mbs?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=110535

If not can you put me in the direction of a external hard drive with USB connection that will read and write at this speed?

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most hard drives will go fast enough to meet your expectations depending on how new the hard drive is(ie:if it was released in the past 2-3 years your fine). I think this one should be fine i cant tell you for sure.

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