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Great drive for the price | SimpleTech SimpleDrive SP-U35/500 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (designed by Pininfarina)

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	• SimpleTech SimpleDrive SP-U35/500 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (designed by Pininfarina) SimpleTech SimpleTech average customer review:based on 78 reviews view larger image
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A Great Hard Dive

This Hard Drive Has Exceeded my expectations It is fast and easy to use just had to plug it in and its ready to use. I am able to store and run video and games on it and they run fine. I definitely recommend this product.

Very Satisfied with Simpletech

This is a very good and fast USB 2.0 hard drive. I would recommend this drive to a friend.

Great drive for the price

I've had this drive for a couple months now, and have been busy with it doing pretty intensive file analysis, moving data constantly to/from it. I've only turned it off a couple times, and it's holding up very nicely.

It's my first SimpleTech product, and by its performance and stability, I would recommend it and will likely be getting a second soon. I only wish it's form factor was easily stackable, as my storage needs increase with time.

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Won't Backup Programs

After running the backup of my C-drive all afternoon and overnight, computer memory was 100% occupied with no other programs open. I couldn't see the backup software window, so I began closing down processes till at 97% of capacity I could see part of the window - enough to know that 47 Gb of approx. 150 Gb had been backed up.

I rebooted the computer -- over and over and over. It wouldn't boot to Windows till I disconnected the 1 Tb SimpleTech.

Getting a support tech on the phone took only about 20 minutes. He asked for the model number. I told him SimpleTech 1Tb. Nothing on the device says "Model." Evidently "BOM No." is the same thing, a simple 13-digit number. Are you getting the picture? Not simple!

The drive was pretty much Plug and Play, and I could easily copy folders to it. But the backup - and hijacking my computer - were problems for a $200 drive.

I walked the technician through the steps I took in the ArcSoft Backup Software. Backup/Advanced/C-drive. "Oh that's your problem," he said. "You can't back up the entire C drive. It will hang up your computer." What? Where does it say that? "I acknowledge it doesn't say that in the software or on the packaging or leaflet, but it will not do it."

So I asked if I could backup my documents and the programs separately. "No, it will not backup your programs."

So I started with only the "default data" setting. In only 10 minutes...Yay! No, it hadn't backed up the data. It had found all the files it wanted to backup. They didn't appear to be in folders but I agreed to let it try. After another 30 minutes, the progress report was still on 0%. I told it to cancel. Another 10 minutes and it still says "Cancelling, please wait."

I like the design and the price. But it doesn't seem functional.

Furthermore, when are these manufacturers going to stay with one design so you can have a stack of identical external drives like they promise when you buy the first one? (My first was a Seagate One-Touch.)

If I decide it's better than I think, I'll modify my score. If I send it back, I'll do the same thing. For now, a mediocre score. The software does offer an image backup but SimpleTech supports only "part of" the software they package with the drive. Grrrr.

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Put style and speed on your desktop with SimpleTech's SimpleDrive external storage and backup solution. Designed by Pininfarina, it features sleek lines and a low profile in a high capacity, single-drive solution. Get the ability to store and backup tons of music, videos, photos and documents in a small footprint. Setup is a snap and with high-speed USB 2.0 data transfer rates are fast and reliable. One-Click backup software backs up and protects all your files and folders with a single click or automatically to provide the peace of mind for your digital world. A built-in light ring acts as a capacity meter so you can view utilized disk space with a glance.

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