It is particularly important to protect valuable and sensitive data when moving it around. ... more
The Freecom ToughDrive Pro 2" is a robust, mobile hard disk with an integrated USB 2.0 cable. Internal springs and the shock-absorbent silicon casing mean this h...
This was bought to replace my old freecom 40gbdrive. Once when using it on a desktops front usb port, i knocked it with my knee and it snapped the connector.
Due to this I thought I would go for a toughdrive and I have not been dissapointed. I use it weekly and keep it loose in my laptop bag with no real concern for its safety. No chance of the connector breaking here as its a sealed floppy rubbery affair! also there is a magnet on the clip so it wont become loose wherever you keep it.
I have used it on several pc's, laptops and servers without any issue. I often use it for my work on a server that will only have one or two USB ports and neither are in a good postion so I have to leave the drive hanging from the USB port and still no issues.
Never needed to use supplied software. ...
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 Freecom hard drive. My PC is a good one and it has a 250GB hard drive which I thought would always be plenty for me but I was soon proved wrong and had to get myself an external hard drive and after a few recommendations I settled on the Freecom 320GBtoughdrive.
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 hard drive was needed.
As this hard drive ...
Advantages: Extremely durable, vast capacity, simple to use, reasonable price Disadvantages: Not always plug & pay ; needs software installation on a few PC's
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A product I like very much, use regularly and have had no problems with whatsoever is the FreecomToughDrivePro Hard drive 120 GB. This was given to me as a present by the man in my life (who in truth could be described as an IT geek) I have had several memory sticks in the past as I frequently carry projects to and from home, work, meetings and conferences and they have become a real part of my life and one that I couldn?t manage without ( sad but true)
I?ve had problems in the past from loosing memory sticks ( not too bad if I can find them again !) because they are small or because the fiddly little clips break away (I used to keep them clipped to my car keys for safety (ha ...
Product Information for "Freecom ToughDrive Pro U&F 500 GB" »
Performance
Interface Transfer Rate
400 Mbps (FireWire) / 480 Mbps (Hi-Speed USB)
Seek Time
12 ms (average)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms
Average Latency
7.14 ms
Spindle Speed
5400 rpm
Reliability
MTBF
50,000 hour(s)
Manufacturer's product description
In today's world mobility has become a key factor. People who are on the road carry their whole office with them. Notebook, mobile phone, PDA, external hard drive. Imagine what can happen when you're late for a flight, running to the gate, and your external hard drive accidentally falls from your notebook case or out of your jacket pocket onto the floor - it breaks. Hundreds of hours of work, gigabytes of spreadsheets, documents, photos - all gone. Not anymore! Freecom introduces the ToughDrive - the ideal external storage solution for people on the move. Fitted with an internal anti-shock frame and a unique soft silicon cover, it can withstand bumps and drops so your drive is still fully functional after it has dropped. The ToughDrive ensures you can still access your valuable files.
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