Advantages: Value for money, massive storage, great design, decent speeds! Disadvantages: Bright flasing blue/red/purple light on the front.
My laptop is fairly old but has served me very well (it's a Toshiba incidentaly) , it has about 27GB of storage space which nowdays isn't enough for all my work as well as movies and music.
I decided to look at some external hard drives so I could store everything that I wanted and more. This particular model appealed to me, not just because it was the cheapest, but because it had very good specs (1TB of storage to say the least) and was a Toshiba. A very good brand that I trust.
So I forked out the cash and had it delivered to my door. Opening the box, I saw that it was slightly longer but overall smaller than it had apeared online. This was fine as I am not bothered about space.
It comes supplied with everything you need to get it running and took me about 2 mins to read the quick start guide and get it going. I then decided to ...
Advantages: Huge storage space, Looks beautiful, Very easy to install and use, Loads videos very quickly. Disadvantages: None really.
I had previously owned other previous external hard drives, however my previous one which was 250gb, was getting a bit cramped so I decided to make the leap to an external with 1terabyte of space. I put my faith in the Maxtor Basics 1TB and I was not disappointed.
Capacity
Having 1TB of space means that most will struggle to fill it, even after having it for three months and constantly putting large video files and music albums onto it I have yet to fill a third of it. My average music album is 50MB, so therefore on the Maxtor 1TB I could fit?20,000 albums on the hard drive, which is an incredible amount. Whilst I am sure there are people who will fill this space, even my excessive video and music collection is nowhere near filling the Maxtor and most users will never fill the terabyte of space.
5/5
Reliability
I ...
Advantages: 1 Terrabyte Disadvantages: not portable - but who cares
This is a bargain that i couldn't pass up without buying. 1TB should keep me going for several years and more.
I bought this hard drive for £101 and it has been a pleasure to use. It's a doddle to set up and install and the fast rate of transfer makes file sharing very efficient and easy.
Design
The portable hard drive comes in an attractive silver case that has USB2 and FireWire 400 ports. It is a desktop drive and cant really be moved around due to its size.
Installation
The instructions were easy to follow and it installed by windows wizard as soon as i plugged it in, so within 20 minutes i was backing up my files.
Performance
Performance is good for a portable hard disk, and there was no real difference in speed between the two interfaces. T
Features
It doesn't ship with backup software, just file ...
Product Information for "G-Tech G-DRIVE COMBO 1 TB" »
Hard drive
Capacity
1 TB
Interface Type
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB
Performance
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Manufacturer's product description
G-DRIVE external storage solutions from G-Tech offer industry leading performance and are ideal for digital audio and video editing, graphic design, and high-speed data backup. G-DRIVE is also a great place to store your digital photos, MP3s and other important files that you can’t be without.
