Sep 21, 2016 04:51 PM
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(Updated Sep 21, 2016 04:47 PM)
This portable harddrive is so small I could fit it in one of my pockets. It's lightning fast with USB 3.0, but it also works if your USB port is only 2.0. When I clocked the transfer of some very large folders, it clocked at close to 50 MB/sec.
When using as a backup drive, Dell provides Seagate Dashboard, which puts YOU in control. You can use it to upload pictures and videos to social media(like Facebook), or you can download pictures and videos from social media sites to the harddrive. You can set Seagate Dashboard to automatically backup whenever your files are changed, or you can schedule a backup hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.
I really like that my wife can use for extra storage on his Acer Iconia Tab W500-BZ467 10.1-Inch Tablet, which only has a 32GB harddrive. Even with the SDHC card installed, that only gave her 64GB of storage space. Plugged this baby into the USB port on her tablet, and now she can save as many files as she wants without worrying aboutever running out of space.
Now for my only complaint about this Dell harddrive. There is a link on Seagate Dashboard to download the owner manual, but that link took me to Dell's website, where it required software that would have scanned my system to see which model harddrive I have before it would let me download the manual! I already know the model number is 784-BBBE, but even going to the product page, I have to let Dell scan my computer before they'll let me download the owner manual. Not cool. I can't think of a valid reason Dell wants to scan my computer before allowing access to the manual, so I'll just do what I can figure out on my own. This means I can't find any other cool features this drive might have. This is why I deducted a star.
