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Freecom Classic 500GB External HDD, USB2 Black | 
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| Category: CE
Buy New: £58.49
New (6) Used (1) from £52.98
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 741
Media: Electronics
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.5 x 1.6
Model: 29492
EAN: 4021801294920
ASIN: B000UVRA34
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Very Serious IO Errors September 22, 2008
A. Phillips (London, UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've had this drive for about 4 months and I am just starting to get very serious IO errors. The drive is clicking away on certain sectors, which are now unrecoverable. the data is lost.
These drives *might* be ok if you leave them in one place and don't ever touch them. But don't ever try to move them. They seem to be extremely fragile. Don't trust your data to them.
 Does what it says in the spec - Very good VFM September 19, 2008
K. D'SOUZA (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having had two Western Digital HD's previously (which are a tad temperamental), I opted to go for the Freecom HD, after reading the recommendations on Amazon.
So where do we start? The first drive actually suffered a hardware failure - a clicking sound could be heard, and the drive did not show up on two different PC's. No matter - I rang the Freecom helpline who confirmed that the drive was indeed faulty. They offered a replacement, but I had to pay the postage - so I opted for the Amazon returns procedure instead - within 24 hrs, I had a replacement!
Getting started is very easy - I am using Win XP, so it is just a case of plug and play - no drivers are required. Unlike the Western Digital (WD) drives, the Freecom one operates in virtual silence. It does get warm, but that is nowt to worry about. The actual size of the disk is around 465GB, so not actually the full 500GB. It is worth partitioning the drive using NTFS as you would not necessarily want to keep all your files on one partition in case of drive failure.
Performance is quite good - about 5-7 mins to transfer 4.5GB worth of data. I can also access the drive via my PS3, so I can watch DivX files directly from the drive via the Media Server functionality - not need to unplug anything, cart it over and the re-plug everything back up again. I have not tried to plug the drive directly to the PS3, nor have I any intention to do so - the streaming works just fine
Overall, a good product. I wasn't that bothered about the drive failing when I first got it - I am simply transferring files from DVD to the drive as a back-up only. Again as with all things, such devices can fail - so remember to back up your data where possible, otherwise you may lose it permanently.
 Excellent Choice September 14, 2008
Joe MCMXLVII (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been buying and using hard disk drives for very many years and I've had only good experience with Freecom. This is one is no exception.
What I like in particular is that there's no fan so it's blissfully quiet and there's no annoying delay while I wait for the drive to spin up.
I've been using this model hard for months now and it's proved reliable, same as all my other Freecom drives.
This particular version is in a plastic case. If you like things to have a good engineering feel about them then I suggest that you consider the alternative with a metal (silver-coloured) case ... but not if the price is very much higher: the plastic doesn't seem right but in fact it works.
.... September 5, 2008
l.mcg
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this harddrive is small and just what i wanted
sleek design and works fine no problems what so ever.
i would be confident in recommending it to anyone
Does what it says July 20, 2008
J R Hartley (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Managed to back up all my files on this hard drive and free some valuable space on my computer. Had this item for about a year now and so far no problems with it. Great value for money and the itme is about the size of a small book and blends in with the computer.
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