Product ReviewsHITACHI XL Desk 1TB 3.5" External Hard Drive
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 Rating: Review Date: 05/01/13 |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/07/13 |
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I like the external enclosure. Powers on with device on, turns off when the device it is connected to turns off. Extremely affordable challenging drive. Only lasted for four hours. If you get this be sure to have every thing on it backed up to yet another drive as it WILL fail on you. If not in a few hours, inside a couple of months tops. Would be far better off paying twice as considerably for a drive that will last you a couple of years. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/06/13 |
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Enjoy it. IT does every thing I want it as well, and for a darn great cost.. Can\'t believe of any right now. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/03/13 |
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Enormous and cheap as! Has lasted me far more than a year and now I am promoting it to get a thing larger. I utilized it for Time Machine with my MacBook Pro for the past year and due to the fact I not too long ago upgraded my laptop's really hard drive I have to get a bigger external for Time Machine. Needs a energy supply. When my MacBook Pro falls asleep the drive ejects. You only have the solution of employing USB. None of these are poor for me but some folks may see them as cons. Enormous drive for a affordable cost. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/24/13 |
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Effortless. Entirely plug and play. Roomy, plenty of room to use as a backup drive. I had it hooked up and operating a backup in seconds. Utilized the Windows Vista backup software, what came in the drive did not seem to want to run. 1 additional pack on my power strip. Cheap insurance for somebody whose mainframe HDD is acting a tiny shaky. I just wanted to preserve the pics and music, but put the whole shebang on this and it's not half full. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/02/13 |
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none The drive died after 3 months taking with it 700gb of photographs, vm photos, music.its like i was stripped of anything i personal... dont purchase it, i will by no means acquire hitachi yet again |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/08/12 |
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Nice looking. Good value. None None |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/02/12 |
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It has been excellent to me. Easy set up, Easy usage, Straightforward transfers. Haven't truly had any problems with it except the small stand it comes with the little pegs broke, so I just can't move it that a lot. I've even dropped the issue and nothing went incorrect with it. The stand is affordable. My wire set up is a tiny unusual so my External is backwards and the wires are in my way from time to time. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/24/12 |
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So far so good! Just had my Maxtor OneTouch (containing Seagate 7200.ten) die on me. Have a two TB Hitachi Deskstar that I'm working with as an internal backup drive I'm really pleased with. Read a few critiques on these getting unreliable, but for the sale price tag I got it for ࿑.99 with free of charge shipping), figured it was worth the risk. In addition to, anything's much better than a Seagate! None however but will update if my sentiment modifications. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/06/12 |
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I bought this drive at a local retailer in California. The drive died right after ~ 6 months of use, so I contacted Hitachi for RMA on April 14th, 2010. It is now June 23rd, 2010 and I just received an e mail that they are shipping a replacement drive and it will be another 10 days prior to I get it. two+ months to replace a drive? That is Quite poor service Hitachi and it will avert me from purchasing Something Hitachi most probably forever (that consists of LED TVs, BluRay players, and so on). Newegg removed my original critique with no explaination. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/27/12 |
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I love this product, the value, quick delivery and quality. Extremely pleased with it so far. not genuinely any with regards to this product. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/02/12 |
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Lots of space for not lots of cash. Plug and play. No characteristics. Cheap plastic situation. |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/30/12 |
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Difficult drives picks up speedy really fast, even has a power saver shuts off when not in use, I use it to install operating systems by means of usb and it performs fantastic non that i think of Would advise to other people |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/16/12 |
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Didn't get time to locate out any pros. I ordered the drive and it died The day right after I received it in shipping. At least I know Newegg stands by it's refund policy. I can replace the info, but |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/03/12 |
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Price Dont get this item . I utilised it for 2 months and one particular fine day it suddenly stopped working. It gave a scratching noise thereafter whenever i connected to any computer and they wont recognize it. Please see other evaluations just before going for this |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/19/12 |
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It was large and low-cost! Died on me following 2 months. It was never ever dropped or mishandled. It just sat on my desk connected to my desktop. Then a single day when I plugged it in, it made a beeping sound, and my computer couldn't detect it. I replaced the cord, and tried on my laptop: nothing.Only lost 100 gigs, but most of it was bsides and concert MP3s I've had for years. Gone. Don't obtain this drive...devote the extra ฤ and get a thing much better. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/24/12 |
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Bottom Line: This factor is fast! It competes with e-sata speeds, and for the cash its the greatest deal out there. Plus, its hitachi, they make great anything. None at this time. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/05/12 |
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Lots of space for the money. That's it. It WAS a noticeably slow drive - from 7ቨ till currently. And then it died... (didn't even last 3 months). No light, nothing. I don't even WANT a replacement; I won't go for the "bargain" subsequent time. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/27/11 |
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Affordable, fast drive STUPIDLY created box that has no flat surface to, e.g., stack various drives. Powers off and spins down following some ྯ minutes) of non-usage. Cannot prevent this from happening. Spends ㅂ seconds ahead of it comes ready following spinup. I thought this was supposed to power down when NOT CONNECTED to a USB port; nope -- just when it isn't accessed. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/07/11 |
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Good sleek appear. Didn't perform. At all! when I plug it in, it takes time for the light to come on, but even following it comes on, it makes some clicking noise and absolutely nothing takes place right after that. I tried it on various PCs and the same factor, it's like it's not reading it. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/17/11 |
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Straightforward. Lots of space. Works. Low cost. Modest cache but functions fine for periodic backups. Plastic enclosure and stand are weak. Energy supply is wall wart Hitachi drives generally work for me -knock on wood-. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/06/11 |
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This external difficult drive has a terrabyte of storage, runs quietly, has sufficient ventilation, and looks good. The transfer rate is also good. Absolutely nothing significant. The instructions are merely an illustration, with no text, but realistically, anyone who is knowledgeable sufficient to shop Newegg need to know how to connect an external USB drive. The power supply has the plug built into it, so it may possibly take up far more than 1 space in a surge protector. I have one which I use as a backup and external storage drive at function, and a second drive which we use as external storage on our DVR, at residence. Each perform quite properly. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/15/11 |
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plenty of space, really fast transfer didn't like the stand tips over to quickly light kept on flickering and after two weeks of owning began creating a clicking sound and no longer worked wont be buying hitachi merchandise anymore |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/05/11 |
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QuietQuickCost ࿑.99)Hooked up with zero problems.Working fantastic so far, if that alterations I will add one more post.Stand comes off effortlessly for portability.Goes to sleep nicely my Seagate will come on randomly so I have to unplug it. Extremely short usb Ɠft) most externals come with at least 4ft or longer. Pretty considerably require the stand but even although it looks flimsy it is really steady, nonetheless would have preferred not to use it. Lives up to the Hitachi name. I now own four internals and an external and have had 100% satisfaction. The brief usb cord lost an egg for this item. I contemplate that a main oversight on the component of Hitachi. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/25/11 |
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Great Drive with an great price!! Backup software program effortless to install and use. Set it up for a friend who has "Beginner" level encounter with computers - quite user friendly! None Has to lay flat or in a small stand that snaps on to the case but not genuinely an issue. |
Picked up two of these for backups for my partner's Mac and my own. Dead uncomplicated to format and get running. They energy themselves down when they're not in use. They also look to run cool. The stand is a bit flimsy, but I've in no way had a dilemma with them falling over.