Author's product rating: 
| Advantages: |
Looks good, quick |
| Disadvantages: |
Poor software, not for computer illiterate |
| Recommend to potential buyers: |
no |
A 400gb one touch backup device 7200 rpm and 8 mb cache(click button on front to back up)
When i first open the box on this product and installed the software i thought wow what a good looking product, and it seems to be quite easy to install, but the the problems started to arise if i tried to use the firewire connections, the whole operating system on my computer would freeze and take 8 mins before i could use my computer again. to ensure that it was not my computer i have tested it on other computers and again the same problems.
For a backup device i would not recommend this product as after a few months the harddrive failed meaning that all the data that i had backed up was lost.
though (even though its a bit bulky) you could use it as a portable drive if you required a 400 gb to be transported around....
issues:
after a few months of the application backing up my work on a weekly basis and storing it in a directory based on the week number. the device suddenly locked up and the harddrive was no longer visable via Windows explorer, so i found the only way to get the device to work again was to delete the partition via the windows administrator and split it into 2 smaller partitions. this enabled me to get 1 200gb partition that i could format and the other 170gb that i can not format or use( so i have now got half the size i originally have) so now the device is back up and working again though i do not know how long for.
i contacted freecom via a telephone number on their website to recieve the following ..."The number you have dial does not subscribe to a mail box please press 0 to go to reception.." from which i got cut off. after trying this a few more times i have currently given up, so will try later on in the week hopefully they are able to sort out there phone problems.
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