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Pros

It is password protected (although you can set it to recognise the main laptop / pc / mac you are using it with) so that you don't have to enter the password every time you switch it on. If you disconnect the drive or use it with another laptop it wil...  Read More

Overall it's a decent external drive even with the racket it makes! Had two western digital drives. Restored my backup to this drive and copied the other one over.



Cons

This of course is totally unsatisfactory. This company is keen to sell their product but when things go wrong, (even from brand new) they just don't care. Not a happy bunny.

Even if the drive is idle, it will start making noises. A metalic clicking noise could be heard. It is not robust enough for the application and suffers from wobble.

Sometimes the drive seems to stall for about a couple of minutes when transferring large chunks of data to it. Took over 24 hours to transfer my other data on to it and then crashed at 99% complete. Sending it anywhere with all my data is not really a...  Read More

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Quality


So i have purchased another to link to a second system, and i am as happy with the new one as my original purchase.


I’m happy with the purchase and managed to free up memory on devices which can now update and running efficiently.

Price


No issues and at a great price.

Shipping


Records not as fast as ssd but that is expected.

Competitiveness


Used to back up a synology nas.


For 8tb and a price of 110£ with a rebate, i can’t complain!

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  • This product had a total of 249,497 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 5 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However when i turn off my pc the usb external drive is still spinning


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Although it is easy to pick up and move around on the desk l would not describe it as portable


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is quite bulky and not the sort of thing you would throw in your rucksack for a day trip it does require a power supply


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Im sure tech support is excellent but because l havent had to use it l cant give it a rating


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was very happy with this until it failed yesterday and i lost all my data


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However 2m cables are easily available from a variety of suppliers and they dont cost much so its a minor issue but one thats cost this a star in the rating


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Cant comment on tech support as ive not needed any and touch wood i wont


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I use it only couple of times per month to sync between internal pc storage

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