Clickfree Transformer

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 2.5 x 5.5 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001P3NUNA
• Item model number: CAB101-1003-100
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,702 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 16, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

The Clickfree Transformer is an innovative computer backup solution that enables a user to convert any external USB hard drive into a Clickfree backup drive. You won't believe how easy this is - just take the Clickfree Transformer out of the box, plug it into your computer, plug in any USB external hard drive to the other end and you're done. All of your precious photos, music, video, email and so much more is automatically backed up. It's true, you just connect it to your computer, plug in an external hard drive and the backup will automatically start. All the benefits of Clickfree, using your own hard drive. As with all Clickfree products, you don't have to install or set up any software. Clickfree will do it all for you right out of the box. It automatically searches for over 400 file types, no matter where they are on your computer. One Clickfree Transformer can be used with multiple external hard drives, and can backup multiple computers!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clickfree Transformer, June 11, 2009

By	Phillip Olson (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Clickfree Transformer is amazing. The advertising said just plug it in and it will do the rest and I was not dissapointed. After the initial connection it took about 30 minutes to back up 29 Gigs of data. Since then I spend less than 2 minutes a week keeping my backup up to date. A simple reminder pops up weekly to keep me honest. I have wished for a user friendly back up system for some time and I have finally found it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Data Transformer, May 13, 2009

By	Bill Weinberg "wmweinberg" (Yonkers, NY) - See all my reviews

This product makes downloading and saving data a breeze, especially for someone who is tech-challenged. Transferring record from my laptop's hard drive to an external drive for data backup and storage is as easy as plugging in the device. I highly recommend this tool.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing so far, September 12, 2009

By	T.willy "T.willy" (CA) - See all my reviews

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I am not a fan of this device up to this point, especially from a user-friendly standpoint. I have spent more time with this backup device than any other backup program I have used over the past 5 years. Maybe I just got a bad one. First, the cable software would not load and start -- took 5 tries, two different USB ports (it failed to load via direct ports, but loaded via a USB hub,) finding and reading the troubleshooting tips, and two re-boots of my XP system. It then took 4 hours to "backup" about 50 GB to an external hard drive, not including the system crash/freezeup about 2 hours into it, requiring starting all over. Also,after the backup was "completed," when I explored the external hard drive to confirm the transfer, I could not locate the files anywhere on the drive. It occurs to me that the info that comes with the ClickFree transformer cable, as well as the website, gives no information as to WHERE on the receiving external hard drive the files are sent! I found no info as to how to designate where the files are sent, either. I guess I am missing something, and I will contact the company. My point is: this device may not be the perfect simple solution after all. Think twice before you buy.
UPDATE: Tech support informed me that the backed up files on the destination external hard drive are "hidden" to avoid consumers messing them up. They can be viewed only by enabling the "view hidden folders" option on the "tools--folder options" menu for the external hard drive. The backed up files are all in a folder named "s".