Advantages: Small smart looking and light, easy to use Disadvantages: none that I have found
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You can get desktop hard-drive which are bigger and need an external power supply but usually have more storage capacity. But my Samsung is a portablehard-drive with a storage capacity of 160GB
MY PORTABLEHARDDRIVE:
This little Samsung harddrive is really compact, with a neat aluminium body and does not require external power supply. I bought my Samsung hard-drive online from Ebay not in an auction but a Buy it Now seller.
It has 160GB storage capacity and costs me under £40. It weighs around 150 gram and easily fits in my bag or a jacket pocket. It is just a sealed aluminium box with a mini USB port at one end ? nothing else at all. The actual item is 11.5cm x 1.0cm x 7.0cm (only 0.5" inch thick) which is amazing I think.
All I did when it arrived was take it out of the box, plug the mini USB into the item then plug the 2 ...
Advantages: Portable, easy to use, never failed on me yet! Disadvantages: Perhaps only the disc size, but it has taken me 2 years to fill it!
Wester Digital, a respected brand name, and i agree!
I have owned the unit now for around 2 years, and have 0 problems. My internal harddrive has died on me twice but my external one, never!
This 80gb HDD is perfect for storing large files, home movies, photo albums, music etc. It's ideal when transfering data from one place to another, simply unplug it, plug it in elsehwre and hey presto!
It supports drag & drop so moving files couldn't be easier.
Standard power adpater with 3-pin plug, and USB2.0 connection to your pc, mac, server etc.
It is easily recognised by each operating system and i have yet to find one that doesn't support the unit. Plug it in, wait around 30secs and it's up and running.
Can be stored horizontally, and if you have 3 like me, you can stack them perfectly, or store them vertically ...
Advantages: Fast, high capacity storage. Well built, looks good. 2 year warranty, No fan. Disadvantages: No fan.
and certainly smaller than my other two externalharddrives by quite a margin.
The back has sockets for power, USB2.0 and an on/off switch which is also feels nice when flicked on/off, nothing half baked there. Unlike some units, this one has no fan, both a blessing and a curse. More on that later.
So, connect it to a spare USB2.0 socket on the PC, plug in the power supply and switch on...
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I used it on an XP based PC and one with Vista. In both cases it was recognised correctly as a Freecom externalharddrive 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 harddrive. Having used various different makes over ...
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Toshiba's range of portable external hard drives epitomizes its belief in enhancing yet simplifying our lifestyle: artlessly remove the external hard drive from the package and just "plug and play." As the Toshiba Portable External Hard Drive was designed to be placed on the desk or taken on the go, careful attention was invested in the overall aesthetic and technology. To the touch, the sleek and highly glossed ergonomic design fits neatly in the palms of the hands or can be slipped smoothly into the pockets or even in the small internal sleeve of a briefcase. An anti-slip underside ensures that that the external hard drive stays fixated to all surfaces but can be easily and quickly removed. Last but not least, Toshiba's shock protection and ramp load technology helps protect your drive from unexpected rough handling.
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