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| Brand: | Formac |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Interface: | USB 2.0 |
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- 250GB Storage capacity
- 8MB cache
- High speed USB2.0 connectivity
- Superb performance
- Pocket sized
- Bus-powered operation, no need for a power supply
- 2 year manufacturer warranty
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Product Description
Product Description
The Formac disk mini range was developed as a solution for storage portabillity,flexibility and performance. Available in large capacities of up to 320GB the Formac disk mini is an ideal companion for everyone.A durable, sleek design with fast USB 2.0 that also power the drive (so no need for external an power supply*), the disk mini series also feature an integrated shock absorption suspension system to protect the drive from the affects of day to day portable usage prolonging the life of your drive.Whether using your Formac disk mini for backup and transporting of important data, or for simply housing your music archives, the Formac disk mini fits everyone who attaches importance to their data, portability, first-class performance and a stand out design.
Manufacturer's Description
Formac disk mini USB 2.0 - Portable data storage;The Formac disk mini a portable data storage solution for PC and Mac;Up to 320GB of data storage space;USB 2.0 high speed interface;PC and Mac compatible;Bus powered, no need for a mains power supply;Save your work, digital music, photos or just simply back up your files.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I just wanted to say that I recieved the Formac 250gb External hard drive
from Amazon today came in a nice box that is obviously designed to be
displayed on a shelf. There was only a USB 2.0 cable included and I expected to recieve a Y cable as well, as some reviews said it was included in the box - but it wasn't. This means that I might have a problem connecting to some computers which don't provide enough power out of a single USB port, my laptop and desktop are both almost new so I shouldn't run into this problem. If you require either the Y cable or a seperate power supply they are available.
So firstly I connected to single USB 2.0 port on the desktop machine and Vista went off and installed drivers no problem I then went into disc management and created and formatted a 232.8GB partition to NTFS using the quick format option. The drive itself is quite small and very light and when placed on top of a 3.5" IDE drive it is smaller all round and thinner. I am pleased with its size and the fact I don't need a seperate power supply.
Then I tried to copy a 3.42GB video capture onto it, it took 2m 15s which
works out to about 25mb/s or a full 200mbit/s and about the same in the
other direction, this is a lot faster then a 100mbit network connection
which can only manage around 6mb/s. I think though that if you transfer a larger amount of data the transfer rate will slow down to around 15mb/s or 120mbit/s and thats what the manufacturer quotes.
Later I connected it to my new laptop with no problem and transferred a 13.8gb image onto it in 11m 44s that works out to 19.60mb/s still impressive, but I think as the files sizes get larger it gets slower but perhaps no lower then 10mb/s which is still fast enough for DV capture.
from Amazon today came in a nice box that is obviously designed to be
displayed on a shelf. There was only a USB 2.0 cable included and I expected to recieve a Y cable as well, as some reviews said it was included in the box - but it wasn't. This means that I might have a problem connecting to some computers which don't provide enough power out of a single USB port, my laptop and desktop are both almost new so I shouldn't run into this problem. If you require either the Y cable or a seperate power supply they are available.
So firstly I connected to single USB 2.0 port on the desktop machine and Vista went off and installed drivers no problem I then went into disc management and created and formatted a 232.8GB partition to NTFS using the quick format option. The drive itself is quite small and very light and when placed on top of a 3.5" IDE drive it is smaller all round and thinner. I am pleased with its size and the fact I don't need a seperate power supply.
Then I tried to copy a 3.42GB video capture onto it, it took 2m 15s which
works out to about 25mb/s or a full 200mbit/s and about the same in the
other direction, this is a lot faster then a 100mbit network connection
which can only manage around 6mb/s. I think though that if you transfer a larger amount of data the transfer rate will slow down to around 15mb/s or 120mbit/s and thats what the manufacturer quotes.
Later I connected it to my new laptop with no problem and transferred a 13.8gb image onto it in 11m 44s that works out to 19.60mb/s still impressive, but I think as the files sizes get larger it gets slower but perhaps no lower then 10mb/s which is still fast enough for DV capture.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
I was recommended to get one of these by a colleague. I'm glad I did. I'd been planning on backing up my laptop for ages, but hadn't got around to it, now I have this I can do it every day, and I also use the drive to transfer work files to and from the office when I'm not using my laptop. The drive is very quick, and worked straight out of the box, but I have reformatted since. I'd thoroughly recommend this drive to anyone who needs a drive to back up their files to.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
It's never fair to judge on a single drive, but this has failed within a week, taking some important backups with it. There is no support tools via Formac and what good is a warranty? Users want their data back, not a replacement drive. Very poor, I'll stick with freecom from now on.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Waste of Money
I bought one of these in order to be able supply clients with large pictures. It lasted about a year then stopped working without any warning. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. P. R. Eden
would never buy from formac again
I bought my Formac Mini 250 GB in May 08. It did not mount on my Mac OS X. I contacted Formac who said sometimes this happens. Read more
Published 19 months ago by r
Poor Build.
Be very careful with plugging the connecting lead into this device. The connection on the internal board is not supported and held on by a few tiny bits of glue. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by Mr. R. H. Southworth
Good product let down by nonexistent support from Formac
Good product at a good price, but Formac do not respond to e-mail support queries, even after registering. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2009 by AndyG
Beware
I intended to buy a hard drive to back up pretty much all my music as I was running out of space on my laptop hard drive. Read more
Published on 11 May 2009 by B. Abraham
STOP - THINK CAREFULLY!!!!
This a great drive while it works. Mine was fast, quiet and kept cool. I bought it in April 08 and it lasted until Dec 08 at which point the micro USB socket lost its grip on the... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2009 by Mr. I. J. Tyas
