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INOi 20GB Photo HardDisk USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ( HD182-20 )
 
 

INOi 20GB Photo HardDisk USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ( HD182-20 )

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2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)


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Technical Details

  • Small enough to fit in your palm or pocket
  • Direct copy from flash media to internal hard drive without a PC
  • Convenient external hard drive and card reader for PC or notebook
  • Reliable backup for digital photos and personal data
  • High speed USB 2.0 interface
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Product Details

  • Item Weight: 1 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B0009GYTI4
  • Item model number: HD182-20
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,021 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the manufacturer

The PHOTO HARDDISK is the perfect companion for digital photographers as well as mobile computer users. You can easily use this product to back up the most popular type and high-resolution of digital camera flash media.

If you fill up your flash card with pictures and would like to keep shooting. No worry. Just transfer the entire contents of your flash media card to the PHOTO HARDDISK with on one press of a button. Your photos are now safely stored on the internal 1.8" hard disk, allowing you to erase your flash card so you can take more pictures.

Also, the PHOTO HARDDISK can be used with any PC or MAC computer for additional mobile storage of your data files. All your computer need is a USB port. Just plug in the unit and you can quickly upload files to your computer or download to your PHOTO HARDDISK. What’s best is that you don’t even need external power. The PHOTO HARDDISK gets all of its power from your computer, making it a truly mobile device.

Features

  • Direct copy from flash media to internal HDD without a PC
  • Smallest form factor on the market: less than 0.8" thick and weight only 5.1 oz.
  • Rugged design with dust cover for I/O ports
  • Delayed power button to prevent accidental ON
  • Auto-OFF to conserve battery power
  • Battery charged via USB bus power or external power supply
  • High speed USB 2.0 interface
  • Battery charging mode setting to maximize operation or battery life
  • Bus powered external HDD and card reader for PC and Mac
  • Stylish design with 7-color LED status display
  • User changeable startup screen
  • Intuitive user interface with multiple language support
  • Reliable backup for digital photos and personal data

Product Description

The INOi 20 GB PHOTO HARDDISK is the perfect companion for digital photographers as well as mobile computer users. Easily back up your flash card on its internal 20 gigabyte (GB) hard disk! When you fill up your flash card with pictures and want to keep shooting, just transfer the entire contents of your flash media card to the 20 GB PHOTO HARDDISK with one press of a button. Also, the PHOTO HARDDISK can be used with any PC or MAC computer for additional mobile storage of your data files. Its high speed USB 2.0 interface quickly and easily uploads files from your computer to the Photo HardDisk.Take high resolution photos without worrying about lack of memory space! Order today!

 

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104 of 104 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Iffy, May 28, 2005
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This review is from: INOi 20GB Photo HardDisk USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ( HD182-20 ) (Personal Computers)
This photo hard disk seemed like a really great deal. 20BG of storage for $199. Much cheaper than 20 1GB cards. But when put into use, the device gives a message stating that the copy failed when in actuality it didn't. This is a very basic device. You cannot preview your images or edit them. There is a log but it doesn't really give you any information other than when a copy was made. It doesn't allow you to name the log. During copying, the device would lock up about half of the time. On one occasion, the device kept giving the failed message and later I discovered that only about half of the images from the card actually copied onto the hard disk. It also doesn't seem to be consistent as to the memory it has left. It dropped 5GB when I had only copied one 512MB card. There is no way to check how much memory there is left on the device unless you are about to make a copy. Also, I sent the company an email over two weeks ago asking how to delete the logs and as of this date, still have not heard back from them.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars INOI Photo Harddisk HD182 review, July 26, 2006
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This review is from: INOi 20GB Photo HardDisk USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ( HD182-20 ) (Personal Computers)
I bought this photo hardisk for my trip, mainly because of its small size - it is no bigger than my subcompact digital camera. I have no problems backing up 600 photos, 950 mb in 8.5 minutes, from a 2 gb SD card.

But since I've read some negative reviews on this Inoi card reader drive, I ran some tests on it.

First, I backed up 1.3 gb of data in 750 folders, 5000 files, from my 4 gb sd card, to my computer, then I tried to copy the card to the HD182. After 4 minutes it stopped. I found that it copied only part of one subdirectory and stopped at 350 mb. Not all files in that directory were copied. I suspected that the HD182 cannot handle so many folders and subdirectories.

Then I deleted some directories from the computer, and copied the backup to a blank 2 gb SD card so I can copy it again to the HD182. But as I was coping the 4gb backup to the 2 gb SD, the computer saids some files are corrupted and gave errors during the coping process. SO I removed those corrupted files, and the HD182 successfully copied 1.1 gb of program/data in 22 folders, 110 files, without problem, in 11 minutes.

I do not have problems copying photos straightly from a digital camera SD card at all.

So, IMHO, this is a very practical photo backup drive. It is very small, and self-contained, plus you can replace the battery if you are on a long trip when recharging the battery is not an option. Granted, the 20 gb hard disk is not much in today's standard, but I think you can replace it too (I haven't tried.) It is perfect for travelers to back up photo memory cards, but if you like to back up computer files too, you have to make sure none of the files are corrupted.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars INOi 20GB Photo HardDisk USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ( HD182-20 ), July 5, 2007
This review is from: INOi 20GB Photo HardDisk USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ( HD182-20 ) (Personal Computers)
Very highly reliable digital picture storage device. Get this one, it will become an element of your camera set.
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