Wester Digital External Hard Drive 80GB USB 2.0

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 hard drive 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 USB 2.0 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...

blackhawk204 04.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital Essential External Hard Drive USB 2.0 80 GB

Maximising Storage

Advantages: Brilliant way of using spare hard drives
Disadvantages: a tight fit, with little ventilation

...WHY ? """"""""""" Why, you might ask, would anyone want a NEWlink USB 2.0 IDE & SATA Hard Drive Enclosure ? And even more to the point, why would such a person buy one, admit it and then go ahead and review it? The answer my friend, is not blowing in the wind.! It was sitting on my shelf. It was a spare 80GB hard drive, that I had taken out of my PC when I put in a larger drive. It annoyed me that this major investment when I first built my PC was now sitting idly by, giving me no return for my money. Neither was there much point looking to dispose of it through Exchange & Mart, Ebay or the local shop window ads - who wants a redundant hard drive ? - especially when mine is SATA. So for a little while, I had looked for an enclosure like this, into which I could place my hard disk, plug it into my USB and have an extra...

trevorbrock 31.01.2007 · Read review
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Toshiba 1TB Desktop Hard Drive (USB)

Advantages: Value for money, massive storage, great design, decent speeds!
Disadvantages: Bright flasing blue/red/purple light on the front.

...format it so I could have a blank canvas to work from. The booklet said that the drive has already been formatted to NTFS but I did it again anyway. A full format took all afternoon but I expected it to take that long seeing as my computer is a bit behind the times. It took about 10 minutes to move my movies and music (about 13GB) across via USB 2.0 and that seems fairly acceptable to me. The full instruction manual is saved to the disc itself (as a PDF) and has a good troupleshooting and FAQ section. My one peeve with the drive is the bright blue LED on the front. It changes to red when transferring data and flashes purple when formatting. This is blinding and lights the whole room but turning the drive off solves that. Ha! 1 Year warranty is standard but I don't expect anything to go wrong. Great drive and highly reccomended!...

Orangeman19 25.04.2009 · Read review
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Freecom 400GB external USB Hard drive

Advantages: Fast, high capacity storage. Well built, looks good. 2 year warranty, No fan.
Disadvantages: No fan.

...and certainly smaller than my other two external hard drives by quite a margin. The back has sockets for power, USB 2.0 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 USB 2.0 socket on the PC, plug in the power supply and switch on... ############### # In Use ############### I used it on an XP based PC and one with Vista. In both cases it 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...

ilaskey 10.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Freecom Hard Drive Hard drive 400 GB

Viking USB 2.0 Flash Drive 1GB

Advantages: Small, High Capacity, Quick Transfer Rate
Disadvantages: None As Yet

...I bought this pen drive when I came across a website that I found on google by accident. They were selling it in their sale for £14.99. So I though that I would give it a try. It cam in the post, and I opened the bag that it came in, and I was shocked by the size of the pen. It was the smallest pen that I had ever seen. I was worried at first because it is so small that it would be easy to lose it, and I thought that I would very quickly. Although there is a hole at the end where you can put a clip through so you can attach it to something, i.e. around you neck, on a key ring, etc. It has a lid to keep the USB connection clean and so that it can not be broken. Once it has been taken off, you can plug it straight into the USB port on you computer. It works at its best via the USB 2.0 port. This allows high speeds of data transfer...

bindie 24.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Viking USB 2.0 Drive USB flash drive - 1 GB

External Hard Drive Fun

Advantages: Size, Easy to Use, Quick, Simple
Disadvantages: Could be a little bigger in capacity

...from the device. Width - 4.8cm Depth - 4.4cm Height - 1.4cm Weight - 40g Once again this like some of the flash drives that are going around at the moment this hard drive is also plug and play with most operating systems however encase it doesn't install automatically a driver is included in the package but I haven't really had to use this very often at all unless your using an old operating system like Windows 98 which was well before this time of hard drive or portable device. Specifications ***************** Capacity - 4GB Interface - USB 2.0 OS Required - Apple MacOS X 10.2.4 or later, Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/VISTA System Requirements - 64MB RAM Conclusion ************** I would definitely recommend this external hard drive to anyone that need to carry files around with them for things like work purposes...

burns2007 13.08.2008 · Read review
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Freecome DVD RW Recorder USB 2.0

Advantages: ummmmm
Disadvantages: Doesn't work very well, slow, intermitently recognises disks, poor back up service, need I go on?

...I ordered my Freecom DVD Recorder LS USB 2.0 after my CD/DVD drive packed up on my 15 month old HP Desktop. I wanted it mainly to load CD ROM and burn DVD's from movies already converted to DVD format on my hard drive. Being that my PC had no disk drive I relied upon this external drive to load the bundled DVD burning software (Roxio 9). This took several days and many attempts. Then I tried burning my first DVD. After taking 3 hours to do a task that previously took about 30 minutes, this recorder produced a disc that no dvd player in my home recognised (and I have 4). I found the user interface very unfriendly and it simply didn't work. Needles to say, I'll be getting a refund!...

RMcCartyhy 16.06.2008 (15.06.2008) · Read review
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Review of Freecom DVD RW Recorder LS USB 2.0

No Fuss, No Click Backup Hard Drive

Advantages: Easy to use even for beginners.
Disadvantages: None that I have found.

...or to select open to view the files. The ClickFree drive doesn't require any external power source as it takes it power from your computer's USB port, but there is a socket at the back for plugging in an optional power cable (not supplied), or a second USB should just one USB connection prove inadequate to run it. But I must admit, I didn't have any problems with powering it up. My desktop being my oldest computer is around 5 years old and it works without a problem at all. I have owned the ClickFree drive now for around 2 months, and I must admit, it has taken the hassle out of backing stuff up, and provided good peace of mind....

derek-j-a 18.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Clickfree 120GB USB Integrated External Hard Drive

300GB: What will you do with it?

Advantages: Sleek, quiet, ability to automate backups when files are modified
Disadvantages: Desk space: cannot stand vertically

...Run out of hard drive space and need a quick external fix, or simply want an easy way of backing up your data? For either purpose the Iomega Desktop Silver Series Hard Drive does the job, available in variety of sizes. APPEARANCE Its sleek silver casing is visually pleasing in a subtle way, not relying on glowing lights like many other external drives at similar prices. It does not draw attention to itself, with two simple green lights at the front, one to display power and one for hard drive access. It is slimmer than expected for a 3.5" drive but it is also surprisingly long. Its chief drawback is the lack of a vertical standing position which can be a real space-saver on cluttered desks. However the flat position is probably better/safer for external drives where possible. The branding is a simple, small Iomega logo...

PriyanPhoenix 13.11.2006 (14.11.2006) · Read review
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Review of Iomega Iomega Desktop Silver Series Hard Drive 300GB 3.5? USB 2.0

Best external USB hard drive.

Advantages: Fast, super-stylish and near-silent.
Disadvantages: Difficult to detect activity.

...I have owned this drive for a few months and have found it to be excellent. But I disagree with a previous review in several areas. This is the most stylish external hard drive I have seen. It is also one of the cheapest per GB, currently available for just £93 at Misco.co.uk, for example. It works with Macs and PCs and is almost silent. It comes with a USB cable and a driver CD for old Windows operating systems. The external design is superb minimalism and looks like it could have been designed by Apple themselves. The case is all aluminium except the front and back. The front face is black except for the capacity indicator of ?500GB? which lights up in blue and flickers during activity. The rear has the power and USB ports and a small power switch. The 500GB box value translates to 465GB under Windows due to the differing ways...

ruggero 20.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Freecom Hard Drive Hard drive 500 GB