Hitachi External Hard Drive (1TB)

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CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
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Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 13 reviews
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Product summary

The good: Fast performance; low price; includes backup software.

The bad The bad: Support hours could be extended.

The bottom line: The Hitachi Easy Hard Drive packs a lot of capacity and fast performance into an easy-to-use external drive. We recommend it.

Price range: $169.99 - $356.99

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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Ryan Belonga
Edited by: Felisa Yang
Reviewed on: 07/24/2007
Released on: 06/06/2007

We finally got our hands on one of the new single-disk 1-terabyte hard drives--the Hitachi External Hard Drive (also referred to as the "Easy Hard Drive" on Hitachi's site). Hitachi packaged its Deskstar 7K1000 1-terabyte, 3.5-inch hard drive into a small and simple external USB storage device. It has one-touch backup capability, and the whole package performs quite well. It was the fastest drive we've recently tested over a USB connection, and at $400 for the 1-terabyte version, the price versus performance is well-justified. This drive is a good buy.

Drive type	External hard drive
Available capacities	500GB, 750GB, 1 terabyte
Capacity of test unit	1 terabyte
Drive speed	7,200rpm
Cache	32MB
Dimensions (WDH)	2.5 x 4.75 x 6.75 inches
Notable design features	Backup button
Connection options	1x USB 2.0
Operating systems supported	Windows 2000/XP/Vista; Mac OS X
Software included	ArcSoft TotalMedia Backup
Service and support	One-year limited warranty; toll-free phone support available weekdays from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT; e-mail to tech support; FAQs; troubleshooter

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User reviews

Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 13 reviews
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4.5 stars

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

"A nice drive with a huge capacity"

by ESUNintel on August 18, 2007

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1.0 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

"WARNING - shuts down every 30 minutes!"

by 2BeHonest on November 25, 2007

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0.5 stars

"So bad it's laugh out loud funny"

by mightywizard73 on October 1, 2008

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