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SimpleTech FV-U35/500 SimpleDrive 500GB External Hard Drive - USB 2.0
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SimpleTech FV-U35/500 SimpleDrive 500GB External Hard Drive
SimpleTech® Simple Drive™ by Fabrik®, a smart choice for simple storage and unbeatable backup. With local backup and Fabrik Ultimate Backup™, you get the same two-level protection the pros use. So, no matter what happens to your drive-a spilled drink, a curious toddler, a theft or a natural disaster-you know your files are still safe and secure online and off-site. Free 2GB online account, or for less than five dollars per month, upgrade to unlimited online capacity that's fast, affordable and secure. A stackable design ensures a snug fit with Fabrik's Simple, Pro and Duo Pro Drives, so you can add more storage without taking up more desk space. High speed USB 2.0 interface.
This Drive Holds
- 212 two-hour DVD-quality movies or
- 750 hours of VHS-quality video or
- 440 days of around-the-clock MP3 audio or
- 186,500 vivid digital photos or
- 1066 action-packed games!
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Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Features
- Simple, plug and play storage
- Stackable with Pro and Duo Pro Drives
- Fabrik Ultimate Backup for unbeatable online protection
- Fabrik local backup for onsite protection
- Security lock slot
- High speed USB 2.0
- PC and Mac compatible
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Latest Owner Reviews
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| REVIEW BY: Max Gillis Reviewed
Sep 19, 2008 |
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| This is my third Simpletech Drive, I have them backing up my wifes laptop, our family PC and my work laptop. I cant say enough good things about these drives. Never had an issue with quality or reliability (they use WD and Seagate HDD's in them Im told, so these are especially a good deal as they run less expensive than those external brands). Plus with the online backup service they offer, I know my pictures and videos are safe, two backups are better than one! Love these drives |
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| REVIEW BY: SimpleTech Reviewed
Sep 18, 2008 |
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| Welcome to my nightmare...I bought two of these frick'in drives as Christmas gifts and both quit working. This was devastating for my wife as she lost years of scrapbook design work. Now if we're lucky it might be recovered but at a cost. |
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Sep 11, 2008 |
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| I bought this hard drive about two months ago and it already quit working. I tried to contact the company to get the hard drive replaced and it has been quite a pain. Everytime I call the company I am on hold for at least 20 minutes. I would not recommend anyone buying this hard drive!!!! |
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| REVIEW BY: Matt H, Ch Reviewed
Aug 18, 2008 |
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| I just bought this hard drive to back up my laptop, which crashes constantly. I have tons of photos, videos, and music that would be devastating to lose if the laptop ever went down for good. The plug-and-play design made use absolutely simple. It was very easy to just copy and paste my files to the new drive. Just left it running overnight and by morning I had peace of mind. |
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Jul 20, 2008 |
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| I have had it for over a month now. I love it, I use it for backup and also for storing certain files I need access to when performing a specific task. It works great. It sure beat opening up computer to install a regular second hard drive inside. |
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What You Should Know
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Even The Best Hard Drives Die.
Do You Back Up?
Businesses of all sizes
are witnessing an explosion in the volume of data they hold. Whether it is
the result of the Internet, email, or increasingly heavy and media-rich
application software, there is a massive growth in the volume of data all
around. Conservative estimates place data growth at approximately 80% per
year. Data is increasingly being recognized as one of the real assets of a
company, and losing this data would cause severe damage to any organization.
Data loss can be very costly, particularly for
organizations in the small and medium business (SMB) market where the
difference between survival and closure can rest on the ability to recover
from a disaster. At the very least, critical data loss will have a financial
impact on companies of all sizes:
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Data type |
Time to re-create 20 MB |
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Sales and marketing |
19 days |
$17,000 |
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Accounting |
21 days |
$19,000 |
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Engineering |
42 days |
$98,000 |
The financial impact on a company is a combination
of loss of business, low productivity, legal action, and the cost of
re-creating data. A study showed that the cost of re-creating just 20 MB of
data can be extensive!
Your best solution, is an external drive as a
backup. You can have multiple drives, and it is much easier restore
from a portable external drive, as opposed to CDs or DVDs.
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Why Do I Have
Less Drive Space?
Your hard drive may show less space than the published specifications due to
a number of reasons.
- The way size is calculated and
displayed.
- Any "Partitions" on the disk will
change the total in a specific partition.
- Hidden files and folders decrease
available space.
- Compression increases the apparent
size, but not the physical size.
- Drives larger than the OS or Drivers
natively supports.
 First, the definition of a megabytes
(or gigabytes) is a unit of data storage capacity measured in 1,048,576
bytes (or 1024KB). The larger the numbers, the more apparent the size
difference will be when listing the size as megabytes (or gigabytes) versus
bytes. Actually, both numbers are correct. The noticeable difference is due
to the 1024KB definition of a megabyte. This is why a 95.3GB hard drive can
also be listed as having 102 billion bytes of total space. Just think
of it as "round off" In the screen shot at right:
The first number is the total number of bytes,
the second number is based on the number of megabytes or gigabytes.
Second, some computers have a
non-DOS hard drive partition that is used for features such as Save to Disk,
Hibernation, or Recovery. This partition is not normally reported by the
operating system, although it can be viewed using a disk partition utility.
This is very common on desktops and laptops. NOTE:
Partition information will be created or
formatted automatically during initial system setup and a system recovery.
Third, by default, all system files
are hidden and cannot be seen. This may adversely affect the reporting of
available hard drive space. You can set your Folder Options so you view
system and hidden files and folders, but do be careful as changes to system
files can adversely affect your system.
Fourth, if you turn on Compression
for a drive, it will increase reported free space and used space, but since
compression is based upon the actual contents, this number is not fixed, but
will change as files are added or changed.
Fifth, older operating systems did
not support some of today's larger drives, so the total space reported may
be much smaller than the drive specifications.
It is also worth noting that bad sectors
are corrected by your operating system and can change the total drive space,
free space, or used space as well.
So as long as a drive is reporting a value
approximately close to the specification value, you can be comfortable that
you received the right drive and that you are getting to correct data
storage. Of course, tuning of your drive's partitions and options can
yield optimal values, but this is not something for the average user to
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What Are BUS POWERED USB Devices?
USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a standard
interface port, and to improve the plug-and-play features of PCs by allowing
these devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the
computer! Another convenient feature includes providing power (also known as
Bus Power) to low-consumption devices without the need for an external power
supply. So Bus Powered means the device is powered by the USB Port, and not
an external power adaptor.
Bus Powered devices offer a lot of flexibility, particularly when used on
laptops and other portable devices. However, you need to determine when “bus
power” is best.
When is Bus Power best?
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You have a desktop with ample USB ports, or
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You have a laptop and you need to take your
Bus Powered devices with you, or
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You only use the device intermittently and
want the simplicity of no external power adaptors, or
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You want to keep desktop clutter to a
minimum, and want to eliminate power cables.
The best example of a USB Bus Power devices
are: USB Thumb Drives, or Passport style USB Hard Drives.
Rules for best results with Bus Powered
Devices:
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Use a good quality USB Cable two feet or
less in length.
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Be sure to directly connect the device to
your computer, instead of through a hub or other device - unless the USB
Hub has its own power.
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Make sure your laptop battery is fully
charged.
Generally speaking, you do not want many
Bus Power devices connected at once, especially on portable devices or
laptops running on batteries. So consider unplugging unneeded devices if
necessary.
Some devices can be powered both by an external adaptor or by Bus Power. As
a general rule, you should use the external adaptor to power the device,
except when you need to use it and external power is not available. However,
higher-consumption devices, such as external optical media burners, and
large hard drives, may work best with external power.
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Limited Warranty
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Manufactured by:
SimpleTech
Mfg Part No:
FV-U35/500
UPC No:
705487175110
Box Size:
( Length:
11, Width:
9, Depth:
4 )
Shipping Weight:
2.5000 pound(s)
Limited Warranty:
12 months parts;
12 months labor
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
S21-7310
TigerDirect.com
Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144
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