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Freecom Mobile 160GB 2.5" Hard Drive USB-2, silver | 
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| Brand: Freecom
Category: CE
Buy New: £45.00
New (12) Used (1) from £44.99
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 1346
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 75.2 x 54.7 x 31.5
MPN: 28146
Model: 28146
EAN: 4021801281463
ASIN: B000J0K9JI
Release Date: September 23, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / CapacityGB160Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Average Seek Timems13Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Spindle Speedrpm5400Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Buffer SizeMB8Technical DataStorage Controller / TypeNoneTechnical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm8.3Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm13.2Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm1.8Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightg300Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Interface TypeHi-Speed USBTechnical DataStorage / TypeHard driveTechnical DataStorage Controller (2nd) / TypeNoneTechnical DataStorage Hard Drive / Form Factor2.5 "Technical DataHeader / Product LineFreecom Mobile DriveTechnical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / Country KitsUnited KingdomTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerFreecom TechnologiesTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Hard Drive TypeExternal hard driveTechnical DataExternal Hard Drive / Power SourceUSB bus
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Perfect for Mac July 15, 2008
Ruby Foot (England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not being very technically minded, and owning an Apple Mac, I always get a bit anxious when buying peripherals because all the blurbs I read seem to be geared to the PC market.
However, there was no need to worry with this Freecom hard drive. I just plugged it into the USB port on my laptop and it was immediately ready for action.No need to consult the CD manual.
How fabulous.
Also, brilliant delivery service from Amazon.
Looks good and works well. July 8, 2008
G. Robertson (Lincolnshire)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wanted an external hard drive mainly to back up my modest collection of music and photos.
This item does the job with the minimum of fuss. It comes formatted in FAT32, but I easily reformatted in NTFS using Windows. This took 50 minutes.
The supplied software is very easy to use, no instruction book required really. I like the number of options where you can decide exactly how often you want to back up and under what circumstances. I set it at every two minutes, when a file change is detected.
I am also impressed by the metal case and weightiness, it feels really sturdy.
Would I buy another? Yes.
Sturdy and portable hard drive - recommended July 5, 2008
Mr. S. Man (Lincolnshire, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
149 Gb of storage when formatted, this portable drive is has an aluminium outer casing.
Other brands tend to have plastic enclosures but I prefered the metallic look and the hard drive is cool to the touch, doesn't get warm at all!
Whisper quiet when in use, cannot hear it at all.
Comes with a short ~40cm USB cable and my Macbook Pro laptop powers the drive from the USB port no problems.
For those who are interested: inside is a Samsung HM160HI SATA 5400rpm hard drive with 8mb cache (the model may vary though, this is just what is in mine.)
Fast transfer speeds over USB 2.0, ~30mb/s
I would recommend this for its aluminium casing, cool and quiet operation, small size (literally fits in the palm of your hand), fast access speeds and its powered by USB.
Very good price too!
 Needs an adapter for Mac Powerbook May 1, 2008
J. D. Adcock
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
This worked fine the one time I tried it on my PC. However, I bought it for the wife and her Powerbook doesn't provide enough power for the hard drive to run without an adapter plugged into the mains. Adapters giving 5V power supply are not very abundant and therefore cost 15-20, so you should either factor in this cost or buy another hard drive if you want to use it with a Mac. I'm very disappointed that this fact was nowhere to be seen in the product description.
Perfect little thing April 6, 2008
Martin J. Stanton (Lutterworth, Leicestershire United Kingdom)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ordered on Sunday, despatched on Monday, arrived Tuesday.
Worked perfectly out of the box, easy as pie to install, runs like a dream.
Quiet, effective and small.
Remember what this type of thing used to cost about 2 years ago ??
Worth every penny.
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