I am a web developer and have several very large software packages installed on my laptop which take up a lot of memory when being used simultaneously. My machine was running very slowly. I bought a I portable external drive as it was small and light so I could carry it with me (very important ... Read review
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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 use the Mobile Drive XXS on your notebook or PC. Gone are the days where multiple connection cables create a mess when stuffed inside your notebook bag. The Mobile Drive XXS is USB bus powered, no additional, long cablesor poweradapters are needed to use the drive.
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Whether you are a professional or a home user, these days being able to carry your ... more
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 use the Mobile Drive XXS on your notebook or PC. Gone are the days where multiple connection cables create a mess when stuffed inside your notebook bag. The Mobile Drive XXS is USB bus powered, no additional, long cablesor poweradapters are needed to use the drive.
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It's all about Gigabytes. Programs and data take up more and more storage space. The need ... more
for adding storage to your notebook or PC is more present than ever. Freecom now offers the perfect upgrade: the Classic Mobile 2.5 Hard Drive, a no-nonsense external hard drive. No need to open your PC: just plug the Classic Hard Drive in the USB port (USB 2.0 or 1.1) and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space. The future is simple!Main Features:Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5 Inch Hard DriveFast, low n...
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Key features:- Based on leading HP LTO-technology- Saves up to 400GB of data on a single ... more
data cartridge in less than 3hours- Up to 172.8 MB/s data transfer rate- Lowest price per GB in comparison to other tape technologies*- Internal and external 5.25-Solution half height- OBDR: One Button Disaster Recovery- Dynamic speed matching adapts the speed of the Host in the rangefrom 8 - 24 MB/s native- MTBF at 250.000 hours at permanent use 100% duty cycle- Automatically cleaning of the recording head- Offers LTO2 Capacity to an affordable SMB pricing- Supporting most of the operating systems and platforms like e. g.Windows NT, NetWare, Linux,MAC OS, Unix, Sun Solaris, SiliconGraphics, IBM AIX- Complete Freecom Kit includes Media, Cleaning Cartridge andTapeWare-Backup-SoftwareFeatureProduct FeaturesEnvironmental conditionsStorage temperature range T-T-40-60¶øC Operating relative humidity range20-80% Operating temperature range T-T10 - 40¶øC Storage relative humidity range10-95% Storage mediaNative capacity200GBCompressed capacity400GB Media types supportedLTO Ultrium 1, LTO Ultrium 2 CertificatesCertificationCSA, TÇoV,CE, FCC, NOM,VCCI, C-Tick, RRL, BSMI, GOSH, CB Weight&dimensionsDimensions W x D x H292 x 208 x 70mm Form factor5.25 x 1/2H Weight4650g Energy managementPower consumption33W Power consumption standby13W Access timeAccess time64000ms Data transmissionBurst transfer rate performance24 - 48MB/s Corrected error rate1 x 10^-17 Technical detailsInternalN TypeLTO Compression ratio2:1 Logical recording formatUltrium Generation 2 Data compressionLTO-DC ColourColour of productBlack Operating system/softwareBundled softwareTapeWare MemoryDrive device, buffer size64MB ConnectivityInterfaceUltra3 SCSI EnduranceMean time between failures MTBF250000h
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Main Features:Freecom LTO-448i Internal Tape DriveCapacity : 200 - 400 GBData transfer : ... more
up to 48 MB/sBlack FrontbezelWhite FrontbezelTapeSCSI-cableCleaningtapeYosemite Backup SoftwareManual3 years exchange warrantyManufactuer's Warranty: 3 Year Warranty...
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Advantages: good size, cheap, great customer service Disadvantages: gets very hot
...the web and found the freecom website. I saw this 400GB drive for £74 and thought it would be perfect.
I would describe it as cheap and chearful. It's big, it's not that pretty and it's heavy. The fact that it has to be plugged in annoyed me at first as i was used to my portable one. However as it just sits on my desk none of that really matters. I have nearly 200 films and 100s of music files stored on it and i still have 100GB free ... ...know several people who have freecom drives and none of them have ever had any problems with them.
One other thing i feel is important to mention is the freecom customer services. after about 8 months the power lead frayed/ started to come away from the plug. I emailed the support team on their website and received a reply the next day. I gave them my address and 4 days later i had a free new replacement power lead. They didnt ask ... more
I am a web developer and have several very large software packages installed on my laptop which take up a lot of memory when being used simultaneously. My machine was running very slowly. I bought a I portable external drive as it was small and light so I could carry it with me (very important as my laptop goes everywhere with me). I thought it would take ages to fill. I was wrong!
I download lots of films and music etc which took up most of my memory but lets face it I don't need them with me 24/7. so I had a look on the web and found the freecom website. I saw this 400GB drive for £74 and thought it would be perfect.
I would describe it as cheap and chearful. It's big, it's not that pretty and it's heavy. The fact that it has to be plugged in annoyed me at first as i was used to my portable one. However as it just sits on my desk none of that really matters. I have nearly 200 films and 100s of music files stored on it and i still have 100GB free space. I did need to buy a new USB cable for it though as the one it comes with is not very long at all (if you need to do the same buy one from a small independant computer hardware store as PC world charge a fortune for them and they only cost 12p to make)
I agree with one of the other reviews that the software is a bit big and clunky but it was very quick and easy to set up. I really can't see the point of paying more for storage like this as lets face it you are paying for the brand name as the technology is pretty much the same. I know several people who have freecom drives and none of them have ever had any problems with them.
One other thing i feel is important to mention is the freecom customer services. after about 8 months the power lead frayed/ started to come away from the plug. I emailed the support team on their website and received a reply the next day. I gave them my address and 4 days later i had a free new replacement power lead. They didnt ask when i had bought it or argue in anyway. They could not have been more helpful, which makes a nice change!
If you are looking for a cheap reliable external drive then you can't go far wrong with this one, though for the price difference i would be tempted to go for the 500GB one instead, but maybe i'm just greedy! One thing i would mention is that you must remember to turn it off as it gets very hot.
Advantages: Fast, high capacity storage. Well built, looks good. 2 year warranty, No fan. Disadvantages: No fan.
...I've never touched anything from Freecom before as they've always looked a bit cheap and nasty so this would be an interesting experience. The box did feel reassuringly heavy though, a good start.
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Apart from the drive, the box contained a small light external PSU, a USB lead and a CD with some backup software.
The case is made of extremly solid and heavy aluminium with a silver plastic front ... ...was recognised correctly as a Freecom external hard drive and appeared as a new drive in Windows Explorer. No drivers needed, just Plug and Play, working as it should.
Due to the lack of fan, it is extremely quiet. I was very pleased to see that inside, it used a Samsung hard drive. Having used various different makes over the years, I'm a firm Samsung fan. These hard drives are seriously under-rated and perform well and more importantly, very reliably ...
ilaskey 10.04.2007
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Advantages: Supersized storage Disadvantages: Weighs a tonne
...all with any of our Freecom drives and when I worked in the industry I would recommed Freecom as in my opinion they are reasonably priced and are very reliable - thus good value for money.
Design:
It is quite a neat aluminium design - it lies flat and is easy to store away or hide and fits in with most colour schemes.
There are no external buttons or markings except on the face when the hard drive is plugged in 400GB lights up in blue to let you ... ...paid £80 for an 80GB Freecom Hard drive in October last year from Comet. Be warned I have just checked and Currys have priced this at £159.99 so shop around!!
Noise level:
There does not seem to be any noise emitted from the hard drive which is good as that on top of computer fans makes listening to the tv very hard indeed!
All in all a great product, great design, a storage capacity that would take forever to fill and very easy to use as you ...
sriches 29.11.2006
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Advantages: No fan noise Disadvantages: Annoying light when you turn PC off
Originally i wanted to replace my old 250GB external hard drive with something of at least 500GB, and was looking to spend around £200. But then I saw an offer at PCWorld for this drive for £109. I went to the store and then used my student discount to get it for (what I thought was an amazing) £98.99. I felt the loss of 100GB was worth a 100 quid saving! But still, 400GB is a massive amount of storage. Most people will have no problem fitting all ... ...plus about this drive I think is that it doesn't have a fan. Pretty much all other drives do, and this can make them quite noisy. This one on the other hand runs almost silently, with just the faint spinning discs being apparant. Store it under your desk though, for example, and you can't even hear this.
For anyone who has had external drives in the past, you may have found that they switch themselves off when you turn your computer off. I know ...
03bintls 02.12.2006
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Advantages: Cheap Large Portable Hard drive Disadvantages: Heavy, useless software supplied, needed half a day to configure.
I bought the Freecom 400Gb drive because I needed a lot of space to contain my backups and other files that I don't use that often that were clogging up the hard drives on the several computers that I own.
I bought the device from Novatech in Hampshire UK, for £98.69, they can be found at www.novatech.co.uk, and their deals are great. The device came with a USB cable, power supply, pictorial installation guide and software and manual on a CD.
When ... ...server running Windows 2000 Advanced server, the drive was factory formatted with a single large Fat32 partition. When I tried to drag and drop a file onto the drive it reported that the drive was full and that I would have to delete some files from the drive, but it was empty. The computer reported the available space on the drive as 372Gb. So at that point I thought I missed a step and looked at the instructions, which stated that I did not need ...
RodrigoLBandido 21.01.2007
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Runs VERY hot indeed and never spins down like the Seagate 400GB.
I have been using to store video on itbut I am now worried about its life expectancy as it is allways spinning and very hot to the touch.
So I am now working out how to crack it open and install the drive internally so I can power it down when not directly transferring data. Be very careful when buying \'cheap\' big external HDDs they are not all the same ...
Busta999 01.09.2007
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Advantages: Easy to install, easy to operate Disadvantages: Power plug is a bit bulky if using extention lead.
Having filled my PC memory with my databases, photo?s, hard copies of website content, and more recently using my PC as a media centre, the storage of 260GB which I once considered to be quite big disappeared. On a completely unrelated visit in search of ink I found myself in PC world, where they had the Freecom400GBharddrives on special, but ironically enough the Freecom 500GBharddrives which were not on special were actually only £1 more expensive. Realising I had seen a good deal I picked it up.
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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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