Buy Platinum 104101 MyDrive 1TB Usb 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive - Transparent BluePlatinum 104101 MyDrive 1TB Usb 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive - Transparent Blue Product Description:
Product Description
Those who seek a small and particularly rugged external hard disk for personal or business files will not be disappointed by the 2.5 inch Bestmedia Platinum MyDrive with 1 TB storage capacity. Apart from the hard disk, a USB cable is also included in the delivery. You will not need anything more, since the Bestmedia Platinum MyDrive 1 TB is supplied with power via USB cable. The disk is ready to use. You just have to connect the USB cable to your PC or notebook, the device will be recognized and can be used. There is a mini USB port at the front side of the Bestmedia Platinum MyDrive 1 TB and a green LED directly next to it. When the device is ready for use, it lights up - and the LED flashes during writing or reading.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent portable, well built and fast external HDD
By Neil Ritchie
I had not heard of the Platinum brand before so did a bit of research and found they were a well known brand in Europe. A few other customers had written some useful reviews so I decided to give it a go.I've had quite a few external HDD over the years with varying success:- WD My Passport Essential SE 750 GB Silver Portable Hard Drive (USB 3.0/2.0)- WD Passport 250GB WE- Iomega (name escapes me)The Platinum 104109 is the fastest drive to date. Its virtually silent and is powered by a single USB cable. I've tried transferring large files as well as multiple concurrent files and performance is very good.I would have given it 5 stars but the picture of the drive is a bit flattering. The plastic used and the logo actually look a bit cheap but I would't let that deter you if your not bothered how it looks.One more thing, i had no trouble getting this to work on both my Mac's and Windows PC. I just formatted the drive when it arrived and it worked a treat. The same cannot be said of my WD My Passport Essential.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
excellent for Mac backup
By Maddy
Before buying, I checked the brand as I was not familiar with it and I discovered that Best Media - the manufacturer for Platinum MyDrive, is a German company who is quite popular in Europe and it offers a 2 years warranty for their hard drives. Counting on the german reputation for perfection, I decided to just buy it and see how it works. I did not try it on a Windows system so I cannot comment on that but I used it for my Mac for back up. When first connected to my Mac, it did behave like a USB memory stick. It was easy to format it and use it immediately. When backing up, it was so silent that I had to touch it and feel the vibrations to know that it works, without looking at my screen. I think it was really fast considering that it did its first back up of a 250Gb hard drive in approx. 15 min.It is very thin and it looks better in flesh than the WD My Passport or the latest Samsung. If color counts for you, I can say that the red color is very much like in the picture - a poppy red. All in all, I am very pleased with my purchase. I don't know how long it will last but I hope it won't disappoint.It comes with a black High Speed Cable 2.0.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.platinum 1tb hard drive
By brianhola Gran Canaria
A fabulous storage system i have a total of 5 off these and there greattotaly reliable and easy to work [...]
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