250GB Beast!

Advantages: 250GB of internal memory!! At a reasonable price, too!
Disadvantages: No major disadvantages. Not as quiet as I believed it would be.

...I purchased this drive as an upgrade of my Acer Aspire laptop's 60GB 2.5" internal hard drive, and so far I have been delighted with it! The reason I chose this drive in particular, was due to the fact that it is an ATA drive (not SATA). ATA is the older drive technology, and as my Acer laptop is a few years old, it unfortunately does not support the more recent (and higher capacity) SATA internal drives. SATA drives are far more widespread now and are a bit easier and cheaper to find than the older ATA drives, but if you have an older laptop model, you will probably have to buy an ATA drive such as this one. After searching high and low, this 250GB drive from Western Digital was the highest capacity ATA internal drive I could find at a reasonable price, and so far it has not let me down! It took a bit of effort to clone my...

buckyohare 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Review of WD Scorpio Blue WD2500BEVE 250 GB

My Book 250Gb

Advantages: stying,price,reliability
Disadvantages: storage may not be enough for some people,FAT32 format from factory

...I suppose i bought this hard drive about a year ago. I chose it because it was reasonably priced,it had good capacity and it looked plain,simple but also stylish. I think i paid about £75 as i bought it on a trip to the states. I initially needed it to cope with my growing collection of MP3's that my 80Gb laptop drive was trying to deal with. Upon getting it home ease of installation was simple. Its pretty much a case of unpacking it,plugging the power cable in,plugging the USB cable in and hey prestowindows automatically recognizes it and you've got an additional 250Gb of hard drive space. The package comes with the hard drive,usb cable,power cable and a quick install guide although you dont really need it. The drive comes with built in drive management which means it both turns on and off with your computer which is very...

zakkman 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Review of WD My Book Essential Edition WDG1U2500 250 GB

Pika 250GB External Hard Drive

Advantages: Very compact, easy to store, very easy to install
Disadvantages: Heavier than you'd think.

...and drop files into it. All files move quickly whether they're going from the Pika hard drive or to it. Best of all, it provides me with an extra 250GB of much-needed storage....

lindsayjayne 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Review of PikaOne Flycase Silver 250 GB