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Philips SPE3091CC 1TB 3.5" External Hard Disk Drive USB2.0

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Plug and play offers easy installation of components without time-consuming installations
The Hard Drive is equipped with USB 2.0 and a Prolific chip for super fast file transfer
High quality aluminium casing protects the hard drive from wear and tear - protecting your data and guaranteeing a long working life
It also insulates the sound of the drive to ensure quiet operation.

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Philips SPE3091CC 1TB 3.5" External Hard Disk Drive USB2.0

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Brand	Philips
Item Weight	1.05 Kg
Product Dimensions	39.2 x 11.9 x 3 cm
Item model number	SPE3091CC
Form Factor	3.5 inches
RAM Size	32 MB
Hard Drive Size	1 TB

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ASIN	B000WDXUES
Customer Reviews	17 customer reviews
Best Sellers Rank	260,473 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) #3561 in Computers & Accessories > External Devices & Data Storage > External Hard Drives
Shipping Weight	1.8 Kg
Date First Available	23 Jun. 2008

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Plug this hard drive into your computer for additional capacity instantly. Stylish and robust, it gives you extra capacity to store and safeguard your valuable data. Enjoy the high transfer speed and the plug and play simplicity.

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Charles Lowe

So easy to set up and use

17 July 2008

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The hardest part about setting this storage device up was getting it out of the (tight fitting) polythene bag. Other than that, my four-year-old Dell recognised and installed the device in seconds and was transferring data at a rate of 1GB/minute immediately. Initial impressions are that it does exactly what it says it does and does it quickly and quietly. I'd recommend it to any Microsoft user thinking of buying such a size of disk drive.

The only slight surprise to me was size - from the picture on Amazon, I was expecting something a little bigger and this is very compact.

One possible caution for Mac users is that the storage format is NTFS. This is ideal for Microsoft but Mac users are told to reformat to FAT32. The very brief paper instructions don't say how to do this and whilst the information is doubtless somewhere on one of the two Philips URLs given for further information, it wasn't clearly visible on a short visit.

Having read the customer reviews of other storage devices on Amazon yesterday, I very nearly chose one of the smaller storage volume devices that get a full five stars. Somehow my awe at owning a 1TB storage device coupled with the attractive price and the fact that Philips has quite a reputation to lose convinced me to go for it.

Those same reviews of other devices also talk of premature failure of some devices so I'll be glad when the next month is past and will be careful to duplicate storage elewhere of anything import.

To summarise therefore, initial impressions are great and it seems good value for money. Let's see how the reliability stats work out.

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taskman

Hot and bothered

22 December 2008

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A few problems with this hard drive. I originally bought the unit in September and it ran well until the beginning of December when my computer began to register read write faults. By chance I put my hand on the drive and found it was too hot to handle. Amazon supplied to me a replacement for which I was grateful however the replacement was even hotter than the original and I have asked for a refund rather than wait for the failure. As I have two 1TB drives I was able to compare and contrast with the western digital unit which by comparison runs barely warm. Just in case the thought goes through your head, I do not work for WD and this is the first review I have written although I have purchase many items from Amazon

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Slow to start up

21 August 2008

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This drive is brushed aluminium with plastic at either end surrounded by rubber that helps it stay stationary when on a flat surface.

The drive comes pre-formatted with NTFS. Something that is welcome by a windows user that regularly transfers single files larger than 1gb.

In all, the reliaibility cannot be commented on this early on, but the drive does operate quite speedily and file transfers are maybe 5-10 seconds faster than my other external hard drive. Perhaps this is to do with what Philips calls the "prolific chip" for accelerated file transfers. The drive remains quiet throughout operation.

Onto the issues I've found. One, is that the drive takes maybe 15-20 seconds to initialise. My other external hard drive is usable after 5 seconds or so. This may be down to low spin speeds to extend the life of the drive and reduce power consumption, but other than that, the drive sleeps when the computer is put to sleep and wakes when the computer wakes.

Secondly, it gets wildly hot. This may because of the smaller form factor, or a thinner layer of aluminium. Think of when you played who could keep their hand on the radiator for longer...it gets that hot occasionally...

At the moment, for £95 it's certainly good value for money. If the reliability holds up, this is certainly a drive I recommend.

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Mr. J. D. Mitchell

Buy 1 today!

31 October 2008

Yes! Great value, quality product. Indeed external hard disk enclosures get HOT. To help you to keep things cool, use old resalvaged heat-sinks! I always collect and keep these, all sizes. Mostly alloy but copper is even better. Simply place your drive on a flat lump of alloy, or a heat sink if you have 1. The alloy will suck the heat out of the drive, spread the heat and your drive will get warm and not overheat. Get some heat transfer paste (for cpu) from local computer store, use some between. Never place your drive onto a carpet or soft upholstery, as doing so will have the opposite effect, causing thermal insulation, NOT what we need. Hope this helps friends.

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E. C. G. Mukhopadhyay

Excellent external drive for the price

2 October 2008

I have bought this external drive about 2 months back and till now havent had any problems. It works as expected and for the price, I think this is better than few others available in the market. However time will say.
Few things that I feel Philips can improve on this drive are:
1. Noise
2. Heating problem (It heats up to quite a high temperature)
3. Problem while taking it out. Windows sometimes gives a message that Drive is not responding/busy and cannot be stopped at the moment.

Other than these I cannot really think of anything.
I would definitely recommend this drive to everyone.

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Mrs. C. E. Robertson

Compact - Fast - Quiet

31 July 2008

This is a fantastic external hard drive to use with Windows. It came formatted as NTFS so I had no problems setting up.

It is quite small and quiet however it does get hot after extended use.

I have had it for a week now and no problems so far however external hard drives have a habit of malfunctioning after some time.

As long as there are no future problems I would recommend this product to all Windows users - I don't own a Mac so I can't test it on one. Excellent value for money and fast delivery.

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Fayway

Works for me

8 August 2008

Works just fine with Vista Ultimate. Very fast but does get hot. Some notes: This runs off mains and is obviously set up for PC users. As the instructions warned, some computers won't boot up with the external drive turned on. So turn it on afterwards. Also, run a disk error checking utilily on your C drive and on the Philips before attempting a Vista Ultimate mirror backup, or you might have problems. Good practice anyway.

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Why does my review need a title? It's a review not a screenplay for Pete's sake.

This item is good in as much as it has as much space on it as it says it does. Transfer speed is a little slow for my liking but, being the only external hard drive I've ever had,...Read more

Published on 29 August 2009

Steven Barclay

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Great product, seems to get a little hot when it has been left on for a while. Would recommend it to anyone.

Published on 1 June 2009

Suraj Prakash Makhijani

100 percent value for money

hey guys i have been useing this product since 5 months ,this is a the best one you can find in the market, small n handy , very fast dosent get very hot even after hours of use ,...Read more

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Simon

Started well but failed after 3 months

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