Probably the best external hard drive I have ever owned. It requires no fan, It's 2 terabytes, and it doesn't get hot, even though I keep this thing running for up to 60 hours at a time because I rarely turn my computer off. I've had no problems with it out of the box. It is truly plug and play. The company tested it and already formatted the hard drive in Ntfs. Also it's smaller than my other boxes. It comes with a USB cord but it doesn't come with an esata cable. Unfortunate but I like USB more in the first place. This unit does require you to plug it into the wall, and it's fairly small so it's easy to pack around.
Fortunately I got this nice piece of hardware on Tiger Direct for $99.99 during their Black Friday special. I rate this product 5 out of 5. It was exactly what I expected and for the price you can't really beat it. No fan to replace in the future un-like my other drive even though fans rarely die.
For an added $14.00 I was able to get a 2 year warranty plus the manufacturer warranty. Some people would like to think I wasted the $14.00 but Hard drives normally die at the begginning of their life expectancy or they die at the end. I just want to have a little safety net just in case.
The one thing that is kind of annoying is when the hard drive doesn't do anything for about an hour then you begin to transfer something onto it or download a file " my downloads folder is located on the external " You hear it kick on. It kind of sounds like an engine but it's not so annoying I would return it. Also it's an energy saver. That's most likely the reason it does that.
Comments are welcome, as well as suggestions to other products.
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