Smartdisk XF160F CrossFire USB 2.0 / FireWire External Hard Drive - PC / Mac

by SmartDisk

Product Details

Product Manual [173kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000ZOLLO
• Item model number: XF160F
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 13, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The CrossFire external hard drive instantly adds high-performance storage in an attractive design for your PC or Mac. Connect it to either a FireWire or USB 2.0 port and you're ready to store thousands of digital photos, videos, MP3 songs and other electronic files.

Powered by a 7200 RPM hard drive, the CrossFire blazes through the most demanding audio/video applications allowing you to work more and wait less. CrossFire delivers outstanding quality, performance and reliability for both professional and home use.

Features

• CrossFire's combo interface can connect to either a USB 2.0 or FireWire port
• Store thousands of digital photos, videos and MP3s and backup all your system data
• Fast, high-performance 7200 RPM hard drive
• Can be "daisy-chained" to your other FireWire peripherals
• Quiet "no fan" operation
• Plug-n-play operation for most operating systems

Product Description

SMARTDISK XG160F 160 GB CROSS-FIRE FIREWIRE/USB-2 HARD DRIVE - 7

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It really is plug-and-play, November 12, 2004

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iscreamliz (Pacific Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Smartdisk XF160F CrossFire USB 2.0 / FireWire External Hard Drive - PC / Mac (Personal Computers)

All you have to do is plug in the power cord, the USB or FireWire cable and your computer will do the rest. The only reason I gave it four stars and not five is that it comes formatted in the FAT32 file type, which means it will accept only 4GB at a time. But I wanted to back up the complete system of my two computers. So what you need to do in that case is to right click the icon for the Crossfire and format it into NTFS and it will accept any size file (of course up to 160GB).

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Value, October 16, 2004

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Midwest Mac User - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smartdisk XF160F CrossFire USB 2.0 / FireWire External Hard Drive - PC / Mac (Personal Computers)

I was looking for a hard drive for use in editing home movies pulled from a DV camcorder. I originally considered a Lacie d2 Triple Interface (referring to compatibility with Firewire, USB 2.0, and USB 1.1). Unfortunately, these have become somewhat hard to come by. I then considered a Lacie d2 Firewire and found these are also becoming scare. These older models seem to be being replaced, in vendor inventories, by the d2 Extreme and d2 Extreme with Triple Interface. My only complaint is that whereas the older models had two Firewire 400 6-pin ports, the Extreme models have two Firewire 800 9-pin ports and only one Firewire 400 6-pin port, thus necessitating the purchase of relatively pricey Firewire 800 to Firewire 400 cables or adapters in order to daisy-chain the my DV camera through the drive to my computer which has only one Firewire port. Going for several dollars cheaper than a comparable Lacie product, the SmartDisk goes one better with its 7200RPM drive, compared to the Lacie's 5400RPM device.

In terms of use, I connected the drive, per the instructions, and my PowerBook recognized it with no problems. A quick visit to Disk Utility had it formatted to Mac OS in less than a minute - with it's out of the box Fat32 format, it had trouble copying some files from my Mac OS formatted primary drive. It has been working great for both DV editing and backups. No fans mean that it doesn't make any noise beyond the normal chatter of a hard disk. Having used external drives from Maxtor, Western Digital, Micronet, and Lacie on the job, I am very satisfied with this purchase for my personal use.

The SmartDisk gave me the most bang for my buck, partly due to not requiring me to purchase any additional expensive cables or adapters. The Crossfire is the perfect external storage solution if you aren't working with Firewire 800 peripherals.

50 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is inexpensive and smooth, April 12, 2004

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A. K. (Vienna, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Smartdisk XF160F CrossFire USB 2.0 / FireWire External Hard Drive - PC / Mac (Personal Computers)

Dear Harddisk seekers,
This was the cheapest 160GB harddisk I was able to locate of the web. It is around 2 weeks, that I have been using it and I am really happy with my purchase. It is fan less disk therefore is not noisy as compared to one with fans. It is easy and painless to install on XP. I have kept it running for 24 hours straight with constant downloading and it works without any problems. I am still puzzled with the $5 difference between 120gb and $160gb version. Does it only cost $5 more for 40gb more space? I sincerely recommend this to any one looking for a affordable external firewire/usb storage.