The wonders of the Hitachi Deskstar

Advantages: Reliable, Quick, Quite, Good value for money
Disadvantages: Not a very high capasity

...If you are looking for an 80 GB hard disk for your PC, you have found the one to buy! I have been using 2 of these Hitachi Deskstar's in my PC for a long time now. I have had no problems with them. For the price you pay to buy one, you are getting cheap and reliable hard disk, witch has a good capacity to price ratio (around 2GB per pound). I would recommend this hard disk to anyone whom it is making up a new computer, or just needs more storage space. This hard disk is probable one of the quickest disks I have used, its read speed is good, but I must say, the SATA (serial ATA) version is about twice as quick, but for them that don't intend to go down the path of SATA Can just stick with the ATA-100 version (or IDE as it is more commonly known). Instillation of this disk is like every other hard disk on this planet, if you know...

lowerboscadjack 23.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80 GB

The Hitachi Deskstar is really a star

Advantages: Value for money, great performance, additional drive utilities , SATA 300Gb/s
Disadvantages: Little noisy

...Product Description Hitachi DeskStar T7K250 - hard drive - 160 GB - SATA II Type Hard drive - internal Form Factor 3.5" x 1/3H Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.2 cm x 14.6 cm x 2.5 cm Weight 0.6 kg Capacity 160 GB Interface Type Serial ATA II Connector 22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps Average Seek Time 8.5 ms Spindle Speed 7200 rpm Buffer Size 8 MB This is one of the cheapest SATA 300Gb/s capable hard disk available in this capacity range. The hard disk has a SATA interface, regular 12v power connector, and also a SATA power interface. If your computer has the new SATA power connectors, you...

solaris1201 08.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160 GB

Maxtor 500GB EXTERNAL

Advantages: Maximizes the amount of data vs the cost of the product
Disadvantages: heat issues, cord connectivity, and small installation problems.

...Some people call me ignorant for using Maxtor, but I honestly only order Maxtor for my hard drives. Now the only downside to the Maxtor 500 GB is that it is an external drive that, if not careful, can overheat and cause connectivity problems, transfer speed issues, or just annoyance from when the usb gets knocked out. That being said, if you can get past the downside of have an external I would recommend this product to anyone not using a Mac. The only reason I do not recommend this to Mac owners is because Mac is the only type of computer that I myself will not touch. I have filled this thing up to about half it potential and when I do manage to full it up, I will write agian to let you know the outcome....

Tribunal18 24.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Maxtor Basics Desktop 500 GB

500GB External HDD Reviewed by the Geek !

Advantages: Portability, 500GB storage, Speed, Reliability, Warranty
Disadvantages: Slightly strange brown colour

...very easy to have the drive run from a different PC if I wanted to. The offer with DABS was actually very good, in that the cost of the drive was going to be less than that for an internal 500GB SATAII drive, bargain ! I placed the order ( and I have to say, was very happy with the ordering / delivery process ) and I received the drive within 2 days. Once received, you can see that the product is very well packaged ( which is something I am very keen on, it shows that the product will be well protected during transport - not very good for us Eco-Friendly people, but the majority of packaging was cardboard containers, so its all recyclable - which is a plus ) Once you open up the box, (which also has a security seal on to show whether its been tampered with - which is also good ) you see the following FreeAgent desktop drive...

projectneon 09.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of FreeAgent Desktop 500 GB

Seagate FreeAgent 500GB USB 2.0

Advantages: Hi-Speed, Sturdyness, Look, Performace, Reliability, Silent
Disadvantages: None in General. When being specific no On/Off Button

...Seagate FreeAgent 500GB USB2.0 External Storage Drive Bought this as a backup drive for my data and to play hi-definition movies using PS3 and it serves its purpose very well. Fully compatible with Hi-Speed USB( USB 2.0) with speed of 480 Mbps. I was able to transfer 7.95 GB Blu-Ray movie in just 6 minutes. It also has 8MB Cache for fast data transfer A 7200 RPM Hard-disk is used and is completely noiseless. Front Light ( Long Bar shaped, Looks Nice :-) ) indicates read/write process. Drive is powered on only when connected to usb irrespective its adaptor is switched on. This is a great feature. Perfectly shaped and compact, light and very sturdy. Disadvantage Would be better if it had no external adaptor. Its slim though. No On/Off switch. Only 475 GB usable space. ( Not a "con" but wanted to...

nishanthl21111987 01.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of FreeAgent Desktop 500 GB

Western Digital My book 500GB hard drive

Advantages: small, lots of storage and really reliable
Disadvantages: less portable than a small form hard disk drive, needs main to use

...This is my second hard drive. The first one I bought was a sony vaio that I bought off of ebay - a portable 120GB hard disk drive from the far east. It started giving me disk read and write errors about three to four months after I bought it. Moral of the story, buy from a reputable manufacturer and seller. So I bought this from Amazon co uk, who are by far a superior online seller. Prices have come down and i managed to get this for £60 including free delivery. The drive is compact, not portable. It needs to be plugged into mains as well as the computer which makes it less portable, but it is so quiet I can't even hear that is switched on even when it is writing or reading. I would highly recommend this product or even one of the bigger sized ones, though I couldn't afford the 1TB mybook. Remember 500GB is marketing...

jupiter28 20.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U5000 500 GB

MyBook 500gb - Very Good but One Slight Niggle

Advantages: Fast, Easy to Install, Quite cheap.
Disadvantages: Slightly Noisy

...I received this hard drive for Christmas last year and I've been using it as a time machine for my MacBook. It sits in my bookshelf about 45cm away from my laptop, and in my opinion it looks quite nice between hardback books. When I plug it in there is no waiting for it to 'warm up' like there was with my old external hard drive. 500gb is enough for backing up my whole laptop, and for Mac users it is great for Time Machine, because there is easily enough space for backing up everything you delete. It was very easy to set up, I just literally plugged it into my Mac and it asked me if I wanted to use it for Time Machine, and it immediately started backing up. For Windows users it is just as easy, you just plug it in and it recognises it, no drivers needed. The only problem I have with it is that when it backs up, especially when...

Stuey-Poo 07.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U5000 500 GB

Freecom 500 GB External HD Review

Advantages: Fast, Reliable, big capacity & amazing value for money!
Disadvantages: Doesn't look like it would take too many heavey knocks

...This is a pretty standard USB HD but with a whopping 500GB for under £100 it is amazing value for money. So far I've had no problems with it. I run mostly audio/graphics from it (which is very demanding). This HD has no problems dealing with the big files I Use, providing an excellent transfer rate. It is pretty quiet, the only noise it ever makes is a slight hum! I carry this every where I go with my laptop, it's taken a few knocks and survived OK, but I wouldn't want to test it too much, as the case doesn't look like it would protect the drive too well! The design is pretty funky and its size isn't too big either! I've had big portable drives before which were a pain to transport! this fits into my laptop bag perfectly! This drive is well worth the buy....

djdavep2007 02.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Freecom Hard Drive Hard drive 500 GB

My Book Premium 500GB - Recommended

Advantages: Simple setup, Quiet, Small size, large capacity
Disadvantages: none

...SUMMARY The Western Digital (WD) My Book Premium 500GB is a small, well built external hard drive which is quiet in operation, with excellent capacity and choice of USB 2 or Firewire connectivity. As someone who is interested in technology, photography and video editing, I often end up running low on storage space on my PC. I had been looking to get another hard drive for some time and had seen the WD advertised in a magazine at a reasonable price. I bought mine from an online retailer and as of March 2006 have been using it for 3 months and I have not experienced any problems with it. FEATURES Well without wanting to make it sound as though it's not a good product, because I think it is, there's not much to it, it's just an external hard drive, however it is stylish and feels well built. It is quiet as there is noisy fan, but it...

bananamanuk 06.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Western Digital My Book Premium Edition WDG1C5000 500 GB

FreeAgent Desk 500GB, Simple and Easy to use

Advantages: Easy to use, Quick, Painless, Plenty of memory for all you will ever need, Fast, good looking
Disadvantages: Slightly annoying light although this can look quite nice

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allyb24 30.08.2009 · Read review
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