AcomData PureDrive 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive PHD10000USE-72
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Manufacturer: AcomdataAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: PDHD1000USE-72
Product features:
- ESATA - Transfer Rates Up To 1.5 Gbps
- High-speed USB 2.0 - Transfer Data At Speeds Up To 480 Mbps
- Mac & Pc Compatible
- Security Lock Slot Physically Secures Your Drive
- Norton Antivirus 2010 1-User [OLD VERSION]
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard [OLD VERSION]
- Kroo CNDSZNP2-HD Western Digital My Passport Portable Hard Drive EVA Case (Hot Pink)
- Caselogic Neoprene LHDC-1 Portable Hard Drive Case (Purple)
- Kroo Zipper GLOVE 2 for 10.2-Inch Netbook (Black)
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Customer Review: Just got mine up and running. Here's the story.
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this to backup very large avi files that I create during video capturing and editing. The only thing worse than having to capture and store all this video would be to have to do it again!
Anyway, I've got a Dell XPS 420 running Vista Home Premium, and with that eSATA port that I paid for and was determined to use, so after almost tearing out my already thinning hair I decided to go for this one. One bonus is that the styling matches my new Dell perfectly. They look like they belong together.
So, I plug it all in and my computer immediately recognizes it, just like the start-up guide says. But this thing comes formatted in FAT format, so the main selling point -- backing up those huge video files -- cannot happen until the drive is reformatted as an NTSC drive. This is easy enough to do with Vista; it just took an extra couple hours or so up front.
So, now I've got it reformatted and I copied a folder with about 160 gigs of avi files and it took a bit over a half an hour. It seemed to do about 60Mb a second (I never thought that I was ever going to get 1.5 Gig a second). That's reality, and it's still by far the fastest external hard drive I've got.
The one bummer is that my Vista machine will not recognize it when I click on "Safely Remove Hardware". So, I can't dismount it and switch it off. I'll have to power it up or down when the computer is off, and that's an inconvenience. Perhaps that's due to the eSATA connection.
Finally, this thing runs hot. I've got it mounted vertically to maximize surface exposure and it really heated up while formatting and copying those files. I've ordered a mini desk fan that I'm going to run to circulate air between my computers and external hard drives.
So, as far a longevity goes, that remains to be seen, but if this thing dies before a year is up I'll be updating this review for sure.
Oh yeah, the bid blue bar light (blue when it's ready, red when it's not) is not cool. It's annoying. How many bright lights do I need in my face in my peripheral vision when I'me using my computer? A little "dot light" would have done the same thing. I'll probably end up covering most of it with electrical tape.
Postscript: I just purchased a second external hard drive. It turns out that one need not buy an "all in one" unit like this, but you can also get "package deals" where you get a hard drive enclosure with the eSATA plug, and then you can choose your own hard drive for the enclosure. I've got an eSATA enclosure with a Seagate Barracuda drive with a three year warranty inside it. That's cool!
After all, with this unit, you don't know what exatly you got for a hard drive in there. So, go for the hard drive you know, and find an eSATA enabled enclosure for it.
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AcomData pureDrive is the perfect solution for those who want nothing more than pure, high-performance data storage. Conveniently store all of your tunes, your pics, your flicks--and all of your other digital files--in one compact, portable package.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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