I bought this external hard drive back in February 2010 to back up data on my iMac using the 'time machine' feature. I wanted to be very careful about the product I chose as the photos and videos I've recorded over the years are priceless to me, so I needed something with a good track record. On Amazon, the 1TB and 1.5TB version had many, many positive reviews from owners who were pleased with it's reliability so I was confident it would serve me very well, and (touch wood) it has for the past 10 months. The drive arrived promptly and I was pleased to see there was no unnecessary packaging, the drive was packed in one piece of sturdy 'egg box' style cardboard ...  Read the complete review

About a month ago I researched into reliable external hard drives so I could relieve my heaving internal hard drive from a bulge of photos, videos and other documents. I looked into Seagate, Packard Bell etc. for the right solution- something that wasn't going to pack in after a week or had tendencies to malfunction. I read countless consumer reviews and many horrors stories where a external hard drive had dumped all the information that had been stored or had crashed sending cherished memories into oblivion. I'm sure all manufacturers have problems with defected returns but I was looking at the percentage of negative reviews against all products. ...  Read the complete review

The Samsung story station is an external hard drive. It is completely plug and play, and works with PCs and Linux (ubuntu), and works with macs, although i have never tested this. It has an external power supply and connects to the computer using a USB cable. I know, i know, USB 2.0 is slow for a 1TB drive, however drives with esata and especially USB 3 cost so much more at the moment it is ridiculous, and not that many computers in the world actually have esata or USB 3. In practice, USB 2.0 is fine 99% of the time, and you wont notice the difference. It is only when loading huge amounts of data onto the drive in one go when you notice the difference. I use ...  Read the complete review

I originally bought this to keep copies of my downloaded films on, for streaming to my television. I liked the size it provided and trust the brand to provide quality. I did have to reformat the drive for it to take the size files I wanted it to, but this was not a problem, and easily done upon reading the instructions to establish why it wouldn't originally take the files. The two minor issues arising with it, are the constant light coming from under the on dial whilst it's turned on, which can be quite distracting in a dark room. The other being the slight humming noise it produces - but that can be expected from most products of this type. This ...  Read the complete review

Excellent hard drive. 1TB, 1000GB, for a very affordable price. Very reliable, quiet, good looking and robust. If you are looking for a hard drive this is definitely the one to buy in my opinion. Having been through many hard drives that have fallen apart or died through overheating, it is nice to finallly find one that doesnt break when dropped and that I can feel confident in. Analmost silent fan keeps the unit cool and doesnt annoy you with loud whirring noise. It has a huge amount of memory, enough for all your music videos and photos. 1000GB is basically enough space to store 1500 standard films or 250 blue ray films, god knows how many tunes and an infinite number .  Read the complete review