Buffalo Technology DriveStation Combo4 1.0TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 2.0/FireWire 800/400/eSATA HD-HS1.0TQ (Black)
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| Buffalo Technology DriveStation Combo4 1.0TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 2.0/FireWire 800/400/eSATA HD-HS1.0TQ (Black) |
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| Manufacturer: BUFFALO |
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| List Price: $164.99 |
| Sale Price: $143.79 |
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Product Description |
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DriveStation comes with a choice of interface types ensuring high-speed communication and data transfer rates for video and audio specialists. This combination of interfaces on a single product offers universal connectivity for both Windows and Mac users. Perfect for use within the home and business environments as in today's environment file sizes are getting larger and we have a need for faster data transfer and back-up solutions. transfer speed is further boosted by the use of Buffalo?s Turbo USB software, offering an improved transfer rate of up to 20%.eSATA is becoming the external storage interface for many video and audio specialists who require high transfer speeds. This combination of interfaces on a single product offers universal connectivity for both Windows and Mac users.
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Product Details |
- DriveStation Combo4; USB 2.0 Cable ;Setup CD Rom with Memeo Backup Software; FireWire 400/800 (IEEE 1394a) Cable; AC Adapter;Warranty Statement
- TurboUSB, FireWire 400/800 and eSATA! Connect with any laptop or PC and Mac. Fast transfer speeds! 1.0TB pre-formatted
- Connect your PC with USB 2.0, FireWire 400/800 or eSATA
- Unique "Heat Sink Chassis" keeps internal parts cool
- TurboUSB, Memeo AutoBackup, SecureLockware-with the SecureLock Encryption Software for Windows PC Prevents Unauthorized Access to Data
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Customer Reviews |
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| Review Date: January 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: RJF, TX |
| This product did the job, used on my mac as a time machine backup. I have always purchased Buffalo HD. |
Nice unit at a nice price
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| Review Date: April 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: G. McLaughlin, Chicagoland |
I purchased this unit to replace the system drive on my Mac Mini, since I was running out of HD space. I had been searching for FW 800 externals for a long time and finally chose this one because of cost, and the fact that it didn't have a fan that would create a noise issue like others I have had.
I don't think you'll find any drive out there that hasn't had a number of bad reviews, so at some point you have to plunk down your cash and take the plunge.
I like the fact that this is an aluminum case that helps keep it cooler and that I could remove the screws and replace the drive if it went bad, unlike some totally enclosed plastic ones out there. It does come with the different cables so you should be good to go.
Not sure what drive is in there, but I was easily able to install Snow Leopard on it and now use it as the main drive.
Although I can hear the drive, it's not an annoyance.
I also like the fact that it's blue indicator light is more subtle than others.
So far so good, but I would recommend this drive to others. |
Excelent product
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| Review Date: February 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Bayardo Aguilar Altamirano, Managua, Nicaragua |
I just bought one, excelent product.
In my case the internal mechanism is a Samsung Spinpoint F1 (HD103UJ) with a total capacity of 1000204886016 bytes.This mechanism is a very good one, maybe not the best in the market but it's an excelent option anyway (you may get a different one). Check this review at Tom's Hardware web site to see the comparison: [...] |
Failed after 9 months
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| Review Date: May 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Daniel W. Nelson, Los Angeles, CA |
| I bought this drive for my iMac (2008 model) and used it with Time Machine and it worked fine until it failed 9 months later. Disk Utility could not repair it. Sigh. |
DIDN'T EVEN LAST 4 MONTHS!!!
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| Review Date: July 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: de la selva, CA |
| I bought this hard drive in March and put about 500 gigs of info on it and last week, when I turned it on, a message came up on my computer saying, "The disk you have inserted contains no volumes that mac osx can read. Initialize, ignore, or eject". Called Buffalo Tech's customer service and they said, "You could try Disk Warrior and if that doesn't work send it to a disk data recovery service." Well I shelled out $100 for the Disk Warrior software and guess what? It did nothing. So now I'm either going to be out another $300-$600, IF I should be so lucky that my data isn't lost forever. So a $150 hard drive has now turned into a $250-$850 dollar hard drive AND is utterly USELESS to boot... all in less than 4 months!!!!! |
Good looking, Bad Product
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| Review Date: September 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Kuan Yu Chen, |
I had this drive for couple months, and I really would like to get rid of it.
My Mac OS sometimes freezes just because this drive.
When the OS wakes up, the hard drive doesn't wake up together,
and then I sometimes can't quit the applications until I turn off this drive.
This external drive sucks......It's the worst one I've ever had. |
Near useless in Windows 7
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| Review Date: March 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: G. Nagy, |
Worked well under Windows XP. The included backup tool was nice and easy to use.
But then... I upgraded to Windows 7. The included backup tool is NOT Windows 7 compatible (luckily I used a COPY ONLY backup.) The drive is unstable under Win7. It disconnects and cannot be remounted after only a few minutes. Large copies while restoring files freezes the drive.
I checked the Buffalo site for new driver and backup software. Neither has any update. |
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