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These days storage is one of those things we can’t get enough of. PC and Mac software asks for more and more space as months go on, and for those of us who like our media, space is something we can’t do without.
Enter the Buffalo portable Hard Drive, one of the many hard drives on the market that make extra storage space easier. It’s also the one I decided to go for after reading the reviews.
The advertising for this drive makes out that it’s pretty quiet and can go un-noticed on your desk. It isn't really as quiet as this might make out, but it's hardly what I'd call noisy either. Still, it’s something you might want to bear in mind if you’re thinking about buying it for an office environment.
Looks-wise, the drive itself is a nice white colour with a silver colour front. It's also freestanding, using 2 feet to keep it on its side. Nothing outstanding, but it should match most Desktops without looking out of place. A power light and access light show when its working, again, nothing out of the ordinary.
For under £70 on Amazon, 250gb is a pretty good size, though prices are coming down all the time. The machine is well built and looks like it could cope with a few knocks (though I’m not sure I’d want to test this theory!). It connects to the PC automatically and all you’ll notice is an extra drive icon on your desktop. Like internal drives it can be reformatted to NTFS (recommended when you first get it) and partitioned to give you more drives. The USB2 connection is pretty fast. I’ve written DVDs using the drive and it coped well with the task, something other drives haven’t managed.
As for reliability, so far my drive has been working fine, no problems. I've had the drive now for over a year and taken it around to friends’ houses too, so it hasn't been just left on the desk. You will need to reformat to get the best out of it on XP and above though, but it’s really easy to install and reformat anyway.
So, nice looking drive, no issues, recommended.
Enter the Buffalo portable Hard Drive, one of the many hard drives on the market that make extra storage space easier. It’s also the one I decided to go for after reading the reviews.
The advertising for this drive makes out that it’s pretty quiet and can go un-noticed on your desk. It isn't really as quiet as this might make out, but it's hardly what I'd call noisy either. Still, it’s something you might want to bear in mind if you’re thinking about buying it for an office environment.
Looks-wise, the drive itself is a nice white colour with a silver colour front. It's also freestanding, using 2 feet to keep it on its side. Nothing outstanding, but it should match most Desktops without looking out of place. A power light and access light show when its working, again, nothing out of the ordinary.
For under £70 on Amazon, 250gb is a pretty good size, though prices are coming down all the time. The machine is well built and looks like it could cope with a few knocks (though I’m not sure I’d want to test this theory!). It connects to the PC automatically and all you’ll notice is an extra drive icon on your desktop. Like internal drives it can be reformatted to NTFS (recommended when you first get it) and partitioned to give you more drives. The USB2 connection is pretty fast. I’ve written DVDs using the drive and it coped well with the task, something other drives haven’t managed.
As for reliability, so far my drive has been working fine, no problems. I've had the drive now for over a year and taken it around to friends’ houses too, so it hasn't been just left on the desk. You will need to reformat to get the best out of it on XP and above though, but it’s really easy to install and reformat anyway.
So, nice looking drive, no issues, recommended.
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These days storage is one of those things we can’t get enough of. PC and Mac software asks for more and more space as months go on, and for those of us who like our media, space is something we can’t do without.
Enter the Buffalo portable Hard Drive, one of the many hard drives on the market that make extra storage space easier. It’s also the one I decided to go for after reading the reviews.
The advertising for this drive makes out that it’s pretty quiet and can go un-noticed on your desk. It isn't really as quiet as this might make out, but it's hardly what I'd call noisy either. Still, it’s something you might want to bear in mind if you’re thinking about buying it for an office environment.
Looks-wise, the drive itself is a nice white colour with a silver colour front. It's also freestanding, using 2 feet to keep it on its side. Nothing outstanding, but it should match most Desktops without looking out of place. A power light and access light show when its working, again, nothing out of the ordinary.
For under £70 on Amazon, 250gb is a pretty good size, though prices are coming down all the time. The machine is well built and looks like it could cope with a few knocks (though I’m not sure I’d want to test this theory!). It connects to the PC automatically and all you’ll notice is an extra drive icon on your desktop. Like internal drives it can be reformatted to NTFS (recommended when you first get it) and partitioned to give you more drives. The USB2 connection is pretty fast. I’ve written DVDs using the drive and it coped well with the task, something other drives haven’t managed.
As for reliability, so far my drive has been working fine, no problems. I've had the drive now for over a year and taken it around to friends’ houses too, so it hasn't been just left on the desk. You will need to reformat to get the best out of it on XP and above though, but it’s really easy to install and reformat anyway.
So, nice looking drive, no issues, recommended.
Enter the Buffalo portable Hard Drive, one of the many hard drives on the market that make extra storage space easier. It’s also the one I decided to go for after reading the reviews.
The advertising for this drive makes out that it’s pretty quiet and can go un-noticed on your desk. It isn't really as quiet as this might make out, but it's hardly what I'd call noisy either. Still, it’s something you might want to bear in mind if you’re thinking about buying it for an office environment.
Looks-wise, the drive itself is a nice white colour with a silver colour front. It's also freestanding, using 2 feet to keep it on its side. Nothing outstanding, but it should match most Desktops without looking out of place. A power light and access light show when its working, again, nothing out of the ordinary.
For under £70 on Amazon, 250gb is a pretty good size, though prices are coming down all the time. The machine is well built and looks like it could cope with a few knocks (though I’m not sure I’d want to test this theory!). It connects to the PC automatically and all you’ll notice is an extra drive icon on your desktop. Like internal drives it can be reformatted to NTFS (recommended when you first get it) and partitioned to give you more drives. The USB2 connection is pretty fast. I’ve written DVDs using the drive and it coped well with the task, something other drives haven’t managed.
As for reliability, so far my drive has been working fine, no problems. I've had the drive now for over a year and taken it around to friends’ houses too, so it hasn't been just left on the desk. You will need to reformat to get the best out of it on XP and above though, but it’s really easy to install and reformat anyway.
So, nice looking drive, no issues, recommended.