Freecom 56156 1TB Mobile Drive Sq TV Slim USB 3.0 2.5 Inch Hard Drive

I have been using it for around 2 years, & have had no problems with it so far.I am still using a Freecom 500GB hard drive from many years ago with no problems.which is an extra reason for choosing a hard drive from the same company.easily installed. I use 1 partition for backups & the other to mainly store video's on. (to avoid filling up my main pc drive)I rarely move it around. so don't know how sturdy it would be, if I did this regularly.windows sometimes has problems detecting large drives, so I recommend leaving it partitioned.as it recognizes them as individual smaller drives, with no problems. (maybe windows / Microsoft will solve this in the future ?)but I altered the sizes of the partitions, to fit my needs, with no problems.(I backed up the software on the drives 1st. & after completion replaced the software)also remember also to backup the software onto another drive, if you are going to alter the drives format.or you will loose everything on there.

I have deliberately waited to review this product as I wanted to wait some time in case the product was deteriorating over time. So far so good.I use this hard-drive as a back-up drive, so it does not have regular heavy use. The case feels nice and solid. It handles well (not slippery, too bulky, heavy, light or weight unbalanced) and does not feel fragile at any point. The rounded corners, metal top instil a sense of solidity. Installation is as easy as could be. The product is quiet and works reasonably fast on my equipment.To this point this hard-drive has given me excellent service and only time will tell how many years it will continue to do so.Would I recommend it? For back-up purposes it seems perfect. I cannot tell what effects heavy daily use and much transport would have.I've now had the machine for well over a year and it's still going strong. Mind you - I've not been carrying it around much, but used it for back-up purposes only.

This drive will work with both Macs and Windows out of the box. The drive comes pre-formatted with 2TB and 1TB partitions both formatted to FAT32. I have formatted the 2TB partition to NTFS and left the 1 TB partition as FAT32. Really impressed with the data transfer speeds of this drive, much faster than other drives of a similar spec. The supplied USB 3 cable is a little short,(600mm end to end) I use a USB 3 extension cable. (If you decide to get a longer cable the type you need is USB 3.0 Type A Male to B Male Cable.) Overall am impressed with this external hard drive, it is no slouch and have found Freecom products to be very reliable.

Works very well for me. Set-up took a bit longer than expected because it wouldn't re-format for my mac until I'd turned off the Intego anti virus and shut down the other open programs. Once I'd realised I had to do this (by trial and error as set up instructions are minimal) it was fine and since then has worked well. It did seem to slow down some programs on my laptop if I used them at the same time as doing a backup so now I only backup selectively, once a day or after putting a lot of new stuff on the computer. I don't know if it would slow things down if it was plugged in all the time and was doing regular back-ups throughout the day. Maybe it would work better doing continuous back-ups on a desktop

The HD arrived very quickly and was well packaged. It looks very well, it is compact and stylish. Very easy to install. It works very quietly and it is fast.However! The blue LED light in the On-Off button stopped working after only a few uses, which is very disappointing, as this light is the only way to tell whether the drive is on or off once you've turned your computer off. The result is that the drive is very easily forgotten turned on all the time. I did not expect this kind of problem from a Freecom product. I just hope this doesn't mean that the rest of the drive is as flimsily built... Time will tell.Also, the USB cable is very short, so if your computer is going to be further than approx. 50 cm away from the drive, you will have to buy a longer cable.

Won't be buying one of these again. Worked great for two years and then nothing. Dead in the water. No warning. Nothing. Good job (???) I was only using it for backups and so the impact is limited (unless of course I need to do a restore). Pity because up to the point of failure it had worked really well.

Positives:This product works perfectly on my Samsung Smart TV, just plug into the USB & your working t couldn't be easier.The price is excellent for the quality of the product.Negatives:Really need a twin tuner for recording & watching a different channel at the same time!

Got this on a deal for £29. Absolutely awesome at that price. Uploaded 3500 pics some mp4 video only took couple of minutes. Fastest drive i have used and very small. Would buy another if it was same price, always check other buying options under price