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Freecom 500GB External Hard Drive USB-2 (Silver)
 
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Freecom 500GB External Hard Drive USB-2 (Silver)

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4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (65 customer reviews) More about this product
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Technical Details

  • Fast, low noise external USB 2.0 Hard Drive
  • Winner of the iF Product Design Award 2007 for outstanding design!
  • Stylish aluminium design, including LED hard drive capacity indicator
  • No cooling fan = no noise!
  • The easiest way to add extra storage capacity to your computer
  • Hot swappable, no need to turn off your computer
  • No device ID's or terminations to worry about
  • High quality, sleek design, only 20 x 11,5 x 4 cm
  • Two years manufacturers warranty, free helpdesk support
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Manufacturer Data Sheet [PDF]
  • Product Dimensions: 25 x 21.8 x 8.9 cm ; 799 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 2.3 Kg
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  • Item model number: 28604
  • ASIN: B000LQA652
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 3 Feb 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,150 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)
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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description
Stylish and cost-effective external hard drive solution

Today's world is all about Gigabytes. Programs and data take up more and more storage space. The need for installing an extra hard drive on your PC or Mac is more present than ever. Opening your computer case and installing an internal hard drive can be a difficult job. So why not take the easy route? Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgrade for your computer: the new Freecom Hard Drive, a no-nonsense external hard drive in a stylish new design. No need to open your computer;just plug the Hard Drive into the USB (2.0 or 1.1) port of your PC or MAC and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space. The Freecom Hard Drive is pre-formatted so you're ready to use your drive seconds after connecting it to your computer. At Freecom we create storage solutions from a consumer's perspective, where convenience, design and quality are key factors. Free your mind!

Box Contents

  • Package includes:
  • Hard Drive (FAT-32 pre-formatted (Win/Mac))
  • Power Adapter
  • USB cable (USB 2.0 & 1.1)
  • Manual on CD & Quick Install Guide
  • Free unlimited helpdesk support
  • Two years manufacturers warranty

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    116 of 118 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Hard Drive, 28 Jun 2007
    By J. Yeow "darkspark88" - See all my reviews
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    The response time is great, fast transfer times.

    For an estimation, I transferred around 5.5gb to the hard drive (formatted to NTFS using "Quick Format") in aroung 5-6 minutes. Make sure you format this drive to NTFS as soon as you get it.

    The enclosure is sturdy aluminium, and feels VERY well made. It is very cool to touch, and with moderate usage, gets mildly warm. It is super quiet. Barely audible even when listening to music.

    This is a lot better than a WD Mybook, which is plastic covered and offers a less effective passive cooling. Aluminium acts as an excellent heat dissipater.

    The real bonus is portability. The power brick is extremely small. Plus, included is a UK plug and a worldwide plug, so it can be used anywhere.

    When I run out of space on this drive, the only drive I will be looking at are going to be Freecom. One purchase I won't regret.
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    69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great little drive, 22 April 2008
    By Martin Allen "marcooni" (Cheshire Uk) - See all my reviews
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    Firstly it is nice looking but quite heavy drive, but heavy means good quality, right.

    I paid extra for the silver over the plastic as you never know what is going to happen to plastic. Plugged in and my PC found the drive immediately. Clicked on the new drive letter and found that the drive was in FAT which can become a problem as FAT drives have a limit of 4Gb per file, meaning a whole movie will not fit in one file. So I changed it to NTFS. This was easy to do. In `My computer' right click on the Freecom drive and select `format'. This will open a little window, make sure you tick the little `quick format' box (or it could take up to an hour, as it is looking for bad sectors in a brand new drive) press OK and a few seconds later your drive is now NTFS. You need to do this before you have started transferring files otherwise the formatting will clear everything.

    So, why only 465gigs? This is to do with the way in which the hard drive manufacturers measure free space. They use 1000 bytes = 1KB whereas Microsoft use 1024bytes = 1KB hence the difference. If you right click the drive and select properties, the capacity will show as the correct amount (500,000,000,000+ bytes). Your PC internal drive works in the same way.

    It is nice and quiet and turns off when your PC is off (but the blue 500GB light remains on, so power of sorts is still going through it).

    This is my second Freecom drive and both are better than the first one I bought (Envisage). If you do get problems, which I haven't, it has a UK phone number unlike the Western Digital.

    Very fast, very cool and very very quiet, superb buy.

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    102 of 104 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best external hard drives in my opinion., 10 Jul 2007
    By K. L. Wren (Herefordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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    I have several of these drives and will soon be ordering more.

    They're smaller than many others, very well made, almost silent and come with a 2 years Bristish warranty. I had one with a faulty power supply unit - I emailed Freecom's Customer Service and a replacement was sent the same day - giving me complete confidence in the company (with no need to return it to an overseas address).

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