Traveling goat pictures | HP PD1600 Pocket Media Drive 160 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive

Ideal for my needs | HP PD1600 Pocket Media Drive 160 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive

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	• HP PD1600 Pocket Media Drive 160 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Going First Class

I really like my Portable Hard Drive....
Works good...Small...Nice case
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Traveling goat pictures

This is a nifty drive. I have a Maxtor external drive as well as the other HP Personal media drive in My HP computer. This drive is a little slower to read/write to than the other drives but it is so portable that the difference is not a big deal. No external power required just plug it in to a USB 2 port and you are good to go. Lots of data volume (149 GB) in a small package and it docks easily out of the way in the computer.

So if you want to carry photos, videos or data around this is the ticket.

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Ideal for my needs

I recently purchased a new HP Pavilion and noticed the two media drive bays, one for the "pocket" drive and the other for the "personal". In the interest of upgrading my backup options, I bought one of each. As the name implies, the pocket drive's form factor is smaller...by approximately half, I'd say. It plugs straight in to a port on the front of the Pavilion and is recognized in short order by Windows Vista. On the front panel, a blue LED lights up and flickers away during data transfer.

I'm using this with the GoodSync Pro utility to keep all of my files backed up. What can I really say, other than to praise the great design and functional excellence of a high quality product. The folks at HP really did a nice job with this drive. If you need an onsite external drive backup solution, I'd recommend this as ideal for the job. If you need more storage space, the personal drive version provides 500GB and 750GB options.

Of course, these drives will work equally well on non-HP PCs...you just won't have the convenient port built-in to the computer chassis. But the included USB cable will allow you to connect to any compatible system.

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Very nice miniature drive. Works with Macs!

First let's get some technical details out of the way that were unclear to me before I purchased this drive. 1: It works with Macs perfectly after a quick formatting with Disk Utility which comes with Mac OS X. 2: The supplied USB cord is "Y" shaped and has two USB plugs at the computer end. The second plug is only needed if your machine lacks USB 2 in which case a second port is used for additional power to the drive. I'm not sure how to tell if a given port is USB 1 or 2 as they look identical to me, but I can use the drive with both my 4 year old PowerBook and my new MacBook Pro using only a single port. 3: The drive has no power cord. It is powered solely by the USB cable (very cool).

Included with the drive is a nice black padded "wallet" case within which the drive can remain while in use. The case has enough extra room to store the included USB cable. The drive is a great price and seems very well made. It is (importantly for some) plenty stylish enough to be seen next to a Mac!

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EASY!

This drive really compliments my HP Computer. Great add and it doesn't get any easier for installation. . . just slide it in the socket.

Use this high-speed, wallet-size drive alone or connected to your PC via the included USB cable, or save space by sliding it in the chassis slot of select HP Pavilion PCs.

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