Buffalo 250GB Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive/TurboUSB |
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BUFFALO
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Buffalo
CPU Type: Intel Celeron
EAN: 5060126032380
Hard Disk Size: 250
Label: BUFFALO
Manufacturer: BUFFALO
Model: HD-PF250U2
Processor Count: 1
Publisher: BUFFALO
Release Date: 2008-06-30
Studio: BUFFALO
System Memory Type: DRAM |
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Quickdraw UK's Pack Size: 1
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Product Description
Buffalo's MiniStation TurboUSB Portable Hard Drive offers a compact, lightweight, shock resistant storage solution that fits in your pocket. Store, backup and transport digital images, music and other files without taking up room on your computer's main drive. With TurboUSB technology, MiniStation's transfer rates are up to 64% greater than those of standard 4200RPM portable hard drives.Main Features:Buffalo MiniStation TurboUSB Portable Hard Disk Drive250GB CapacityHigh-Speed 5400 rpm Hard DriveTurboUSB Da...
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Good little drive, 2008-10-19
Got this drive to back up my photos taken on a safari. It is connected to a Vista run laptop. It works very well, fast transfert and the turbo software is ok. It is light, silent but the usb connector is not encased properly and as mentionned in other review the gap around it could led to a damage drive, so protect your drive with a case. I have drop it twice while in a neoprene case and the drive is still working. So so far so good. Now I am looking at a 1TB drive from Buffalo.......... will keep you posted. And yes I would buy another one if I lose it. Cheer
Not As Good As It Could Be, 2008-02-03
Had this drive for a few weeks now working with the drive normally its ok not bad transfer speeds.
Forget the software buggy as hell!! Contacted Buffalo tech support and was bluntly told the turbo transfer software is crap yet another denied this of course they would!!!
There answer to me was to try it on another Pc but the fact I was told by one of there support staff that it was crap that was enough for me!!!
If you're lucky enough to get an Irish speaking tech support agent then you're laughing.
Although not all very helpful they fail to admit there software is buggy and will simply mess up your PC!!!! No one seam to have an answer to the software problems.
I installed the USB Turbo transfer software and boy did I have problems, it doesn't recognise the drive you can't disconnect from the computer had to use system restore.
Take it out the PC and the drive works fine.
Not bad price but for get there tech support use the drive with out the software and it will work fine.
Small and compact and runs very quiet the I find using the Ac extra cable is better as it draws a lot of power from my laptop.
All in all good little drive mobile quiet petty about the tech support and there crap software bundled with it you have been warned.
Excellent, 2008-12-14
Fast, portable, looks nice, quiet, does not get hot. Had it for a month so far so good.
Rubbish, 2008-12-10
Does not work with Vista, even if you update drivers as manufacturors website suggets. Just rubbish!!
Bargain backup drive, 2008-05-23
I've only just installed this drive on my Vista PC. You will need to install the dotnet framework version 1.1 and the Service Pack 1 update to get the supplied backup software working. But that's all free from Microsoft so I can't really mark it down for that.
I have not tried out the "turbo" stuff yet - I'm inherently skeptical of badges like that. I subscribe to the theory "If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is". And besides, that's not why I bought this drive.
What I wanted was a portable drive with no external power supply and software that's easy to use. On all counts this package scores highly. And Amazon scores bonus points for undercutting the competition by over a tenner, which all adds up to making this a bargain!
There is an additional USB lead that appears to provide extra power if needed. Personally I do not need it, which is good. The data lead tidies away very neatly by wrapping around the drive unit. Having another cable hanging loose would have been a bit of a disappointment.
Lastly I recommend ignoring the Case Logic pouch that is advertised. I checked the measurements and the pouch looks way too large for this drive.
In short this is a very good drive at a competitive price. Two thumbs up!
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