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Mine is a 500 GB. When I FIRST CONNECTED the drive to an EXTENDED USB cable (b/c the included cable is too short), the drive kept making ticking sound (tic tic tic tic). I was so worry and kept thinking that the drive might be defective. However, when I tried to connect the drive directly to the USB port of the case (not through an EXTENDED USB cable), Windows just recognized the drive instantly! SO, THOSE PEOPLE HAVING TICKING SOUND (I see many complain about this on the internet) WHEN TRYING TO CONNECT THE HDD SHOULD TRY TO CONNECT IT DIRECTLY TO THE USB PORT OF THE CASE. Also, people who complaint about their drive not being recognized by Windows after some times using it should know that when you disconnect the hdd, you MUST use the function Safely Remove Hardware of Windows. If you just disconnect the drive by unplugging the usb cable without ejecting it through Safely Remove Hardware first, the drive may still usable after the first time doing it but will die eventually after 3 or 4 times doing so. I have used many flash drives and portable hdd and I've encounter this problem many times.
P/s:
* Tips for copying files to flash drives/portable drives faster:
- When moving large amount of small files (such as 100+ files and each files is ~ 1mb), ZIP or COMPRESS the files into 1 zip/rar file first, then move the large zipped file will be VERY MUCH faster. One time,I copied 3000+ files (each file is < 1MB) to my Kingmax 4gb flash drive and it just froze when copying halfway. Then I tried to remove it through Safely Remove Hardware but couldn't, and I just unplugged the drive -> Guess what? Windows couldn't recognize the drive the next time I plugged it in -> the drive was absolutely death.
- Transferring files from HDD to the portable drive is always slower than transferring files from the portable drive to HDD.
* You should reformat the drive using NTFS system.
* Also, remember that all commercial HDDs/flash drives' capacity is calculating base on 1gb = 1,000,000,000 bytes (not 1gb = 1024*1024*1024 = 1,073,741,824 bytes in Windows). So the actual capacity of the 500gb verbatim is actually 465gbs.
Pros:
- Very small (less than palm size) with glossy surface.
- Fast transferring speed (average 30Mb/s when copying a 4.7gb file from hdd sata 2 Western Digital Caviar Black to Verbatim drive).
- Quiet operation (hardly hear any sound when the drive is running).
Cons:
- Extremely short cable (mini USB to standard USB).
- Attract finger prints easily.
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Product Description
Experience Verbatim's performance-driven Acclaim - this USB portable hard drive is one of the smallest in the industry. Compact and stylish, Acclaim™ features a sleek piano-black finish and storage capacities of 320, 500 and 640 GB. Acclaim is compatible with all USB connections and includes Turbo USB software and Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials software for full-system backup and restore functions. Acclaim boasts special bonuses from Norton Online Backup and eMusic as well as a 7-year limited warranty
Product Details
- Size: 500 GB
- Color: Piano Black
- Brand: Verbatim
- Model: 97165
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 5.51" h x 1.77" w x 6.89" l, .46 pounds
- Hard Disk: 500GB
Features
- 500 GB, USB 2.0 High-Speed: 480 Mb/s (max), USB 1.1 Full Speed: 12 Mb/s
- One of the industries smallest hard drives
- Windows and Mac compatible
- Nero BackItUp software, Bonus Norton Online Backup (5GB) and eMusic offer of 35 MP3s included. Software compatible with Windows operating systems only
- Backed by a 7-year limited warranty
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