Customer Reviews

ClickFree HD701 120gb Automatic Backup USB External Hard Drive - Deluxe Edition

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Works exactly as promised. Just plug it into the USB port and it will do the rest for you! It saves common files, which includes pretty much anything you use on a regular basis unless you are doing very specialized work. Documents, spreadsheets, email files, photos, videos, you name it. It also saves files according to which computer they came from, so if you back up more than one computer in one device, it will keep everything organized. I used to be a slacker about doing backups, but with this it just takes two seconds on your part and the device does the rest! I also like that the backup process can run very smoothly in the background while you keep using the computer, without making the computer sluggish.

Although I'm pretty technically adept, I have been dreading backing up all my old photos and files from my two home computers. After a recent scare, I decided I had to get the backup done. Although I already own an external hard drive, I purchased this product a couple of days ago and it arrived last night. I opened the box, plugged the hard drive into my laptop and it worked just as promised and started automatically backing up my files. A while later it was DONE....I never had to do anything else.

Then, I went upstairs to my "ancient" desktop to back up those files. For some reason, there was a small problem but I followed the trouble shooting directions in the package and within a couple of minutes I was backing up a second computer. Now, I have almost 10,000 photos of the last few years safe and sound on my new hard drive.

I would recommend this product to anyone. Even if you know how to back up on "standard" hard drives or CDs, the time and effort it takes makes the process painful. If you are not someone who is not comfortable with computers and are worried you'll "do it wrong", this is DEFINITELY the thing for you!

Sorry to sound like a commercial, but this hard drive made a task I'd been dreading for weeks very easy. Now I'm so relieved to have all my photos and files backed up and safe.

When first connected to the USB hub the device did nothing. Nice blue light came on but my computer didn't see it. After multiple shut-downs / reboots with no success, I e-mailed ClickFree's website and within an hour (!!!) received a reply. I had to disconnect all other USB devices and plug it directly into the computer rather than the hub and it fired right up and backed up everything. Another problem I had was that my hard drive is partitioned into 3 drives and it backed up everything in no particular order. Eventually I'll go back and try to reorganize it but I think it will work beautifully on a single drive when plugged directly into the computer rather than hub. I was most impressed with ClickFree's almost immediate response to my questions...few manufacturers do that.

The Clickfree HD701 worked as advertised. The good news is that after plugging it in (and that's all you do) it went ahead and backed up over 7000 files in under twenty minutes. It appears that restoring or moving those files is just as simple. Now the bad news. After having a problem updating the software, I contacted product support. My phone call ("leave a message and we'll get back to you") as well as an email were not returned. This is a good product, but if you need support you may be on your own.

The best back up product I've ever used, period. The word "clickfree" says it all... Plug it in to a USB port, wait a few minutes, unplug it, and you're done! You won't be disappointed.

Very easy to set up and to use; brief instructions/troubleshooting because it is so simple. Unfortunately, I could not get my computer to recognize it, and could not actually back up my data. However,I believe the problem was with my computer as I have had similar problems with other electronic devices and my USB port. Phone support was excellent while I tried to solve my problem; and when I thought the fault was with the ClickLess, they immediately shipped me another one out to try.

I had previously purchased a - Clickfree Automatic Backup for PC for my office and wanted one for home. It was impossible to find it anywhere else so I decided to try Amazon.com and there it was. I received it in a couple of days. It is so wonderful to just plug in and back up. One of the men at work was transferring from one computer to another and something happened and he was unable to retrieve his info so all he had to do was go to the clickfree and click on restore and it put all of his work on the new computer. After the initial backup it only takes seconds to backup as it only looks for new files. I highly recommend everyone purchasing this lifesaver. you will not regret it.

I bought this item after seeing a 'bigger' version offered on a home shopping channel. I knew I didn't need all that memory that they were offering. This product worked EXACTLY as it said it would. I literally just plugged it in and it worked (which was a big deal cause I have had other things that were supposed to start automatically but they wouldn't on my computer). It took it about an hour to back all of the files on my computer, and I checked and everything was on it. Over all this is probably the most happy I've been with a 'technology' item in a long time. This item makes me feel more confident in going to buy a new computer, I feel much better about the big switch, knowing that I will have my 'old' computer in my hand.

This was very easy to use and easy to set up. I should have gotten the one with more space. I just saw there is a 250GB ClickFree. I only wished I had read that it only works for Windows XP and higher. I had planned to put my old computer data on this device, but found out it doesn't work for Windows 98. It may have said that, but I didn't seem to read that info before buying. Also I wish you could upload videos directly to Youtube or wherever directly from the device. Maybe this is possible, but so far, I haven't been able to do this.
But it is great for the average person, they can just hook it up and you're done.

This product could not be simpler. Just hook it up to your PC and sit back and watch while all of your files are copied to a separate hard drive. It's a secure feeling to know that my documents (and IPOD music) will not be lost.