Freecom 2.5" 40GB USB2.0 Mobile External Hard Drive
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Freecom's Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive range are no-nonsense external hard drives. No need to open your PC: just plug the mobile hard drive into a spare USB port (USB 2.0 or 1.1) and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space.
One of the major selling points of these hard drives are that they are powered through the USB port on your computer and do not require an external power supply, meaning they really are portable.
Designed for: - Data storage - use all your data, like business information and digital photos, videos, MP3s and all other files directly from the drive - File sharing - share all your important data between computers and networks - Backup - protect all your data against calamity, human errors and virus infections - Archiving - archive all your data and lock up drive for extra data security - Installations - copy all your software onto multiple PCs
Features: - Fast, low noise external mobile USB2.0 hard drive - Buspowered, no external AC adapter required for most systems - The easiest way to add and manage extra storage capacity to your notebook or computer - No device ID's or terminations to worry about - High quality, sleek design, and small enough to be easy to carry with you - Aluminium heat absorbing enclosure - Two years manufacturers warranty, free helpdesk support
Specifications: - Interface: USB2.0 (backwards compatible with USB1.1) supporting transfer rates of up to 480Mbit/s. - Dimensions: 132mm x 83mm x 18mm - Weight: 300g
Minimum System Requirements: PC: Pentium III, 700MHz, 64MB RAM, Windows 2000/XP Mac: OS X or later
Box Contents: - Hard Drive (Windows pre-formatted) - USB cable (USB 2.0 & 1.1) - Freecom Software Media Suite* - Manual on CD & Quick Install Guide - Free unlimited helpdesk support - Two years manufacturers warranty
*Freecom Software Media Suite includes: - Freecom Backup software: Custom select file extensions; Freecom Backup automatically makes a backup of all files with these extensions. - Freecom Secure & Compress for Windows: Drag and drop files into folders and these files are crypted and compressed automatically. - Freecom Password protection: Protects your Freecom Mobile Drive with password protection. - Freecom Auto Run for Windows: Opens files, starts programs automatically if you connect your Freecom Mobile Drive to the USB port. - Freecom Sync for Windows: A synchronisation process starts automatically if you connect your Freecom Mobile Drive to your computer.
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Review by
BEN from
BEDFORD on
23/07/2008 13:51:59
Rating:
10 /10
Ours is good, suits Linux, too
We have had a 120GB version for most of this year, no known problems. Formatted with FAT it can be accessed from Win2K/XP and Linux equally well. This is handy for backing up all our systems, as well as for transferring stuff too big for USB flash.
We just use the built-in tools in Ubuntu Linux to backup whole partitions or folders.
Highly recommended.
Review by
Mark from
Blackpool on
10/06/2008 10:19:22
Rating:
10 /10
Recommended
I have 2 of these drives and they work flawlessly everyday. They
travel with my laptop all over the place and work every time. I
have used them on OSX,Linux,XP & Vista to move files around
any they are no hassle at all.
I would definitely recommend these to anyone considering
buying a portable drive.
Review by
Jaime from
Northamptonshire on
06/06/2008 09:43:03
Rating:
9 /10
Great little drive
Had my 80Gb one now for nearly 2yrs. Its been faultless, and just works every time. Like most 2.5" ones, it may not be the fastest drive in the world, but then we buy 2.5" for convenience, not performance. I do not use the backup software (have my own more robust backup strategy), so cannot comment on that. Although not a 'ruggedised' drive, this one has put up with its fair share of abuse, and stood up well.
Only 2 issues I've had have been not faults of the drive:
1) My old laptop only had USB1, so used a PCMCIA USB2 card, only this couldn't provide enough power. Rang Freecom, they sent me a PSU unit FOC to overcome these situations.
2) Couldn't work out why Windows was saying not enough free space when tring to copy a 6G zip file to it - its formatted to FAT so can only do 4G files.
Overall, very pleased with it. But don't run off a PCMCIA adapter, as you will need a PSU, which bypasses the point of a 2.5" drive (and no fault of the drive)
Review by
Stephen from
London on
01/03/2008 14:16:01
Rating:
1 /10
Hard drive died after a few months !
I bought a 40GB drive for my colleague in August 2007 - within a few months of normal usage the hard drive died, and a professional data recovery firm was unable to recover any of the data. My advice : back up all your important data regularly, and not onto one of these drives !
*** SVP Note ***
Wise advice - always backup your data. This hard drive should have lasted longer under normal conditions though - most will be good for many years - and anything that fails this soon will be a warranty replacement case.
Review by
Julian from
London on
10/10/2007 17:20:35
Rating:
9 /10
Ignore the included software - The drive is great however!
Got the 160GB version some weeks back for some backup and OS testing - and has worked faultlessly with Mac OS X.
Just here to buy another... :)
Review by
CJ from
Aarhus on
06/05/2007 09:04:06
Rating:
10 /10
OK with me
I bought 2 a month ago or so and they are as good as i expected for temp storage. I haven't used the software but for my needs they are purrfect. I'll recommend them to friends for temp stuff :-)
Review by
Robert Behan from
Dublin on
21/04/2007 09:38:26
Rating:
4 /10
Freecom 2.5
Poor software, poor sync system, customer support non existant- standard automated reply - then nothing.
Looks well, file transfares( when they work) are fast.
If you find a similar priced drive or cheaper intended to use simply as a portable drve, go for it
Review by
Steve from
Wellington on
20/10/2006 08:03:59
Rating:
7 /10
Does the job, but software is poor
I bought this for a mate hoping that the backup software would be user friendly. It isn't.
Although you start in 'wizard' mode, it still brngs up 'expert' mode at the end of a backup. This tempts/confuses you into doing the same thing again.
Also, the backups seem to duplicate everything, not replacing only newer files. This is poor and something my Maxtor drive does with ease. I'll investigate further, but I'm not hopeful.
Also, it completely failed to backup a folder which I added to this list. Grrr.
I had a couple of backups fail too, with no indication of why, just a 'backup failed' message.
Hardware wise it's fast, sylish and quiet so those bases are covered.
Overall then, the software sucks but if used as a basic portable drive then it's fine.
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