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I eventually settled on a 250GB Freecom drive, which at the time seemed the best balance between cost and storage capacity, at just under £100 at the time of purchase, though I notice you can now get them for about £70.
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easily into your pocket. Capacity: 250GB. USB 2.0 buspowered. Conveniently compact USB 2.0 cable. Compact storage on the go! Whether you are a professional or a home user, these days being able to carry your valuable data with you is essential. The new Mobile Drive XXS is your perfect companion: ultra compact and extremely easy to use - this USB 2.0 powered portable hard drive makes transporting and sharing data easier than ever. Simply plug the Mobile Drive XXS, with its conveniently small USB cable, into any computers USB port and take your spreadsheets, documents, movies, photos or music anywhere you go. The Freecom Mobile Drive XXS is the latest development in Freecoms ongoing pursuit of making storage more accessible, useable and convenient. The enclosure is made out of rubber which will give you grip when holding the drive in your hand. It also comes with a compact sized USB Cable all you need to connect and usethe Mobile Drive XXS on your notebook or PC. Gone are the days where multiple connection cables create a mess when stuff ed inside your notebook bag. The Mobile Drive XXS is USB bus powered, no additional, long cables or power adapters are needed to use the drive. The Mobile Drive XXS, the worlds smallest 2.5 hard drive, is a no-nonsense mobile hard drive, which has all you need for easy and reliable expansion of your storage needs. At Freecom we design products for your needs. Free your mind!
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Advantages: Easy way to add storage Disadvantages: More expensive than internal drives
...eventually settled on a 250GB Freecom drive, which at the time seemed the best balance between cost and storage capacity, at just under £100 at the time of purchase, though I notice you can now get them for about £70.
Appearance: The external drive consists of a silver coloured plastic box, slightly larger than a conventional internal hard drive. As well as the drive a USB cable and power cable where also provided. To set it up is ... ...drive and the computer and connect the power cable up to the mains, and the other end to the drive, stating the obvious here really, but just shows how easy it is to set up.
Upon connecting the drive to my computer and turning it on, the drive was recognised by window, and within about 30 seconds was ready to use. To access the drive simply go to my computer and access the drive from their.
Having realised that on both of my internal drives had only a couple of gigs of storage free each, I realised that it was time to get an additional drive.
My first thought of course was another internal drive, however unfortunately however I didn't actually have the space inside the case to fit a new hard disk. (Only 2 hard disk bays in my computer), and so turned to external drives.
I eventually settled on a 250GB Freecom drive, which at the time seemed the best balance between cost and storage capacity, at just under £100 at the time of purchase, though I notice you can now get them for about £70.
Appearance: The external drive consists of a silver coloured plastic box, slightly larger than a conventional internal hard drive. As well as the drive a USB cable and power cable where also provided. To set it up is incredibly simple , connect the usb cable up to the drive and the computer and connect the power cable up to the mains, and the other end to the drive, stating the obvious here really, but just shows how easy it is to set up.
Upon connecting the drive to my computer and turning it on, the drive was recognised by window, and within about 30 seconds was ready to use. To access the drive simply go to my computer and access the drive from their.
The drive arrived formatted in FAT 32, and as a single partition, and as always the actual formatted capacity was less than the one stated on the box, and came in at 232 GB.
Transfer to and from the disk is quick enough for my needs, video and music playback for the most part. One word of warning while it is very unlikely that this is the case, check that you have USB 2.0, while the drive will work on a USB 1.1 port, the transfer speed is unsurprisingly slow, at about 5GB an hour, if as was the case for me you don't have USB 2.0 I would seriously recommend that you get a cheap USB 2.0 card, they can be got for about £5, and it is a worthwhile investment.
I have had the drive now for about a year, and so far have had no problems with it, although of course like any drive, it is always a good idea to have it backed up, just in case.
Is it worth buying: If you can I would recommend an internal drive over an external drive, however if like me this wasn't an option and you have need of an external drive, this one is certainly worthy of consideration.
warandpeace 11.01.2007 (11.01.2007)
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I didn't have any problems with this product i simply took it out of the packaging and simply plug and play. Yes, the plastic case does get warm, but not hot... no matter how long it's on for. Quiet? More like silent. Access fast enough for me to stream movies and music to various locations around the house without any stress whatsoever. I don't think I can add any more to this review. The brand freecom by itself is a excellent manufactures of external HD, Highly recommend HD. ...
Man1sh 04.02.2008
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Advantages: Plenty space, looks good and very tough. Disadvantages: None so far.
I love music, I love movies and as a model I have thousands of pictures all of which I store digitally on my PC well that at least is where I used to store them but I now choose to store them on my shiny new Freecomharddrive. My PC is a good one and it has a 250GBharddrive which I thought would always be plenty for me but I was soon proved wrong and had to get myself an external harddrive and after a few recommendations I settled on the Freecom 320GB tough drive.
My modelling pictures are all taken by professionals and using professional cameras that deliver RAW images which are huge in size (aprox 6MB each) when you consider I have thousands of them, space disappears fast. Add to this the thousands of music I store digitally and the tons of movies and you quickly see why the external harddrive was needed.
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Performance
Interface Transfer Rate
480 Mbps
Seek Time
9 ms (average)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
0.8 ms
Average Latency
4.2 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Reliability
MTBF
50,000 hour(s)
Manufacturer's product description
Today's world is all about Gigabytes. Programs and data take up more and more storage space. The need for installing an extra hard drive on your PC or Mac is more present than ever. Opening your computer case and installing an internal hard drive can be a difficult job. So why not take the easy route? Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgrade for your computer: the new Freecom Hard Drive, a no-nonsense external hard drive in a stylish new design. No need to open your computer; just plug the Hard Drive into the USB (2.0 or 1.1) port of your PC or MAC and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space. The Freecom Hard Drive is pre-formatted so you're ready to use your drive seconds after connecting it to your computer.
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