Customer Reviews

SmartDisk FWFL60 FireLite 60 GB 2.5-Inch FireWire Portable Hard Drive

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I've had one of 20GB versions of this drive for a long time and I love it. Small, very quiet, and I've never had a problem with it. I'm thinking about getting a bigger one, though. I use it with a Mac PowerBook G4, which has a six-pin connector, so mine draws power from the computer just fine. As for Dustin's frustration, it's not really SmartDisk's fault if you don't know that a four-pin connector won't supply power (that's the purpose of the extra two pins).

I've been using this hard drive for over 2 years with no problem. I travel for a living so it has been through a lot of abuse. It actually outlived 2 powerbooks that haven't been able to handle the wear and tear. It also survived 2 waist-height drops.
The small size and light weight make it ideal for my lifestyle.
The dual firewire ports make it convenient to daisy chain to my ipod.
Definitely recommended!

I learned the hard way about the need for regular backups. I'm using this drive to back up my entire computer on a regular basis. It's big and fast and, so far, absolutely plug-and-play dependable.

This compact external FireWire hard drive has performed flawlessly as a backup device. I use it with Mac OS X Leopard's Time Machine application to make hourly backups of my files and it never skips a beat. I'm thrilled to have purchased it.

This seems like a nifty cool little lightweight drive... the price is great for a reason though. The drive comes with nothing but a 6 pin to 6 pin firewire cable, and an install CD.

That meant I had to go back out and buy a 6 pin to 4 pin cable for another $29.99 so that i could plug it into my laptop. So I finally find one locally and go get one.

THEN, it turns out that the drive is no longer bus-powered when it's plugged into a 4-pin port, like the one on my laptop... so now I'm expected to buy yet another $29.99 for an 'optional' AC Adapter so I can finally try using this drive. I ordered from Amazon so I could get the drive right away, in 2 days expedited shipping... so I got it, and now 3 days later I'm still having to buy more stuff to find out if the drive even works.

If these things are necessary to operate the equipment, they need to either include the accessories, or make it CLEAR that you have to buy these things before you use the drive.

NOT COOL.