SimpleTech SP-U25/250L 250 GB Portable Hard Drive - Blue

by SimpleTech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 3 x 0.6 inches ; 13.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0011Z7VAK
• Item model number: SP-U25/250L
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 30, 2004

Product Description

Designed by Pininfarina, the very same design firm that gives Ferrari sports cars their stylish lines, SimpleDrive Portable hard drive is the easiest way to add fast, reliable storage to any desktop, laptop or notebook computer. With USB 2.0 setup is a snap and data transfer speeds up to 480Mb/second. StorageSync automatic backup software makes full or incremental backups fast and easy every time. And every SimpleDrive Portable hard drive comes with a free 2GB account on myfabrik.com so you can store, manage, and share your media online.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast, very compact, March 22, 2008

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Albatross (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SimpleTech SP-U25/250L 250 GB Portable Hard Drive - Blue (Personal Computers)

This drive is pre-formatted as NTFS (PS3 owners will need to reformat to FAT32 if they want to use it with the Playstation 3).

Transfer speed is very fast.

Simpletech advertises single click backup... well, if you use the enclosed backup software. There is no physical button on the drive, you click on the software backup button. A little misleading.
The software is O.K., but I uninstalled it. I am using it as drag-N-drop.

This unit powers from USB/USB 2.0 port. It will power and transfer data using 1 port, if you use the correct USB plug on the enclosed "Y" cable. Read the directions!

No need for a power adapter, but you can use one (not included).

This drive fits nicely in the CaseLogic Small External Hard Drive Case PHDC-1.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing software, May 22, 2008

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Jennifer "Jennifer" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SimpleTech SP-U25/250L 250 GB Portable Hard Drive - Blue (Personal Computers)

I ordered the Simpletech SP-U25/250L 250 GB external hard drive primarily to back up my music and pictures. Amazon got it to me very quickly. Both the Amazon site and the SimpleTech site clearly state this comes with software CD (StorageSync). No CD was included with mine, and when I contacted SimpleTech and I was told there was no CD and the software was preloaded onto device. Nope, no software on the device. After several communications with them I was finally sent the CD, but the process was a bit frustrating and their customer service was terrible. Having said that, the device works just fine. Transfer rate is pretty fast, and the software lets you do incremental or full back ups.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Purchase, April 21, 2008

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K. Prince "HappyCustomer" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SimpleTech SP-U25/250L 250 GB Portable Hard Drive - Blue (Personal Computers)

I am very pleased with both the service provided and the product itself.
The product arrived earlier than I expected.
And there have been no problems with the hard drive.
Well worth the price to have peace of mind - using it for regular backups.