Product Description

Todays world is all about Gigabytes. Programs and data take up more and more storage space. The need for installing an extra hard drive on your PC or Mac is more present than ever. Opening your computer case and installing an internal hard drive can be a difficult job. So why not take the easy route? Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgrade for your computer: the new Freecom Hard Drive XS, a compact, no-nonsense external 3.5 hard drive. No need to open your computer;just plug the Hard Drive into the USB (2.0 or 1.1) port of your PC or MAC and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #489 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Freecom
• Model: 31973
• Released on: 2009-04-30
• Dimensions: .55 pounds
• Hard Disk: 1TB

Manufacturer's Description
Today’s world is all about Gigabytes. Programs and data take up more and more storage space. The need for installing an extra hard drive on your PC or Mac is more present than ever. Opening your computer case and installing an internal hard drive can be a difficult job. So why not take the easy route? Freecom offers you the perfect storage upgrade for your computer: the new Freecom Hard Drive XS, a compact, no-nonsense external 3.5“ hard drive. No need to open your computer;just plug the Hard Drive into the USB (2.0 or 1.1) port of your PC or MAC and you instantly have a substantial increase in storage space.

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Customer Reviews

even quieter than the aluminum 1TB version I bought a year ago
I had a couple of requirements: quiet, spin down when not in use, spin down when my laptop goes to sleep. This drive along with my other freecom drive meet the requirements. I was worried this one would not be fanless and so not be as quiet because it's not in an aluminum enclosure, but it is fanless and it is utterly silent.

This drive is so quiet and it's hard to even tell when it is on unless it's doing some I/O.

I have Apple computers and I use the drive for Time Machine backups. I also had the drive (briefly) hooked up to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station and was doing Time Machine backups over the network for a while. It worked fine in both circumstances. Awesome drive. I am thinking of getting another one but I don't quite need it yet...

Freecom Hard drive XS 1TB USB2
Superb drive. Practically silent in operation and pretty fast. Windows XP and Ubuntu64 pick it up straight away without the need to reboot. Even the boot option menu offered by my motherboard includes the drive complete with the 'FREECOM HDD' volume label.

Although the drive comes preformatted to FAT32 (best option for flexibility), I ended up using NTFS. I should add that although the description states the presence of a Power/Activity LED, I haven't seen one - yet. I just need to find out where it is. Even if there isn't one, the drive is still excellent.

No Problems so Far
Been using this hard drive for just over 1 month. Opened the box, plugged it into the back of my desktop via the USB cable, switched it on and started backing up my files using Norton Ghost. No problems so far with the hard drive (can't say the same for Norton Ghost sadly).