Verbatim Titan XS 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive with Rugged Rubber Casing 97179 (Black)
Verbatim Titan XS 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive with Rugged Rubber Casing 97179 (Black)
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List Price: $ 85.99
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- Industries smallest hard drive (5.2 x 7 x 1.87)
- Outfitted with a shock-resistant rubber casing
- Windows and Mac compatible
- Bonus Norton Online Backup (5GB) and eMusic offer of 35 MP3s
- Data Transfer Rate – USB 2.0 High-Speed: 480 Mb/s (max), USB 1.1 Full Speed: 12 Mb/s
The Verbatim Titan XS, the industries smallest portable hard drive, lets you backup your laptop on-the-go! This rugged and sporty drive offers a shock-resistant rubber enclosure that protects against rough-and-tumble use. The Titan XS is compatible with all USB connections and includes Turbo USB software and Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials software with full system backup and restore functions. The Titan XS is big on storage with 320GB, 500GB and 640GB capacities. The Titan XS boasts special bonuses from Norton Online Backup and eMusic as well as a 7-year limited warranty.
List Price:$ 85.99
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about 10 months ago
easy to use, super intuitive and effortless for Mac users!,
First of all, I’m using this product on a MacBook Pro, so my review will address that particular experience.
I found this hard drive incredibly easy to use, from unpacking it (no clamshell packaging- hallelujah!!) to set up, to use, and even to store after I was done with my backup.
The drive measures 4×3″ (a little bigger than a playing card or an iPhone) and is very thin. It runs completely silently- the only way I knew it was working was by feeling it gently “whir” when I put my hand on it- and has stayed cool to the touch in the several hours I have had it attached to my MacBook and have been using it.
When I received the Verbatim drive, I simply pulled it from its box, attached the included USB cord (which is nice and compact at about 3.5 inches- just enough of a cord to give the product a bit of leeway but not enough to get tangled up in the rest of the cords I’ve got going on around my laptop) and plugged the drive into my MacBook.
The “Time Machine” application, included with all recent Apple computers, popped up automatically and set-up was a snap. My MacBook instantly recognized the drive, formatted it, and began a back-up of my computer automatically. I had never run Time Machine before and always put it off because I figured it would be a hassle, requiring a lot of set up and deciding which files to copy and which files to update, etc. But it was more or less completely automatic- all I had to do was click on the “okay” prompt on my screen and the backup did its own thing. I left the computer for about an hour and when I got back, my entire computer (about 200 GB) was backed up. As long as I leave the drive connected, Time Machine will automatically continue to update all the files I have backed up.
I also tried a “manual” backup (without the use of Time Machine) by dragging and dropping files onto the hard drive’s icon and it worked perfectly, just as if I were moving files around on my computer. The transfer of data was quick and required no prompts, permissions, etc.
Even though my husband has numerous computers, data servers, and hard drives strung throughout our home network (he’s a software engineer), I really wanted my *own* hard drive to keep with me and tote it around. This drive is the perfect solution. I really can’t believe how easy this is to use, and it makes me wish I had gone ahead and gotten an external drive sooner instead of trying to manage the size files I kept on my computer to save on disk space and trying to move things around the network in an effort to back important things up.
There is only one issue I have noticed with this drive so far, but it’s with the USB cord and not the drive itself- if you move it around, the computer will wrongly assume you’ve ejected the drive and you will get a pop-up warning about the drive no longer being available. I don’t know how much of a problem this will be down the road, but since I don’t really plan on moving the computer around while I back it up, I’m not too concerned. Also, USB cables are not exactly in short supply around here (we have a bit of a computer parts graveyard collection building up in a spare bedroom…)
If you have a Mac, and are looking for a SIMPLE, compact, and effortless way to back up your files, whether its your entire hard drive or important documents, media, or digital photos- look no further.
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|about 10 months ago
No frills and no problems, make this a great drive,
Recently I have been looking at purchasing an external hard drive to lighten the load on my laptop. When I was given the opportunity to try out the Verbatim Titan XS 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive with Rugged Rubber Casing I was happy to do so. My need for a external drive came from all the home videos and pictures stored on my laptop. It’s an 4 year old Dell, at full capacity and not as quick as it used to be. Not to mention that I can’t install any new programs.
When it arrived I opened it and inside the packaging was the hard drive, usb cable and user guide. (*See customer image) I decided to just plug it in and read as I went along. When I first opened the drive I found Turbo USB software, Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials software, a .pdf Quickstart Guide and quick links to eMusic and Norton Online Backup. I knew I was not going to want eMusic or the Norton Online Backup, so I immediately deleted those. After reading a bit of the user guide I decided to go ahead and install the Turbo USB Software. Whether or not this actually helped in my transfer rate I can’t say, but I figured it couldn’t hurt.
Because I was worried about the possibility of losing important pictures and videos, I did back everything up onto disks first, but once I was done I started the transfer. My first grouping was about 5.5 GB of pictures, including multiple zipped files and it was complete in less than 8 minutes. The next grouping was approximately 14 GB of video, this took just a little bit longer than the pictures, but was done in less than 13 minutes. The difference in size and times doesn’t really compute for me, but I’m not the most technical person. Once this was done I was so thrilled at freeing up some space on my laptop that I continued looking for documents and files that could be moved over to the Titan XS. In the end I was able to reclaim almost half of my laptops hard drive. This was exactly what I was hoping for and I am extremely pleased with the product.
A few other items to note:
* The rugged rubber casing is nice. It does feel very protected and it also offers better grip when you pick it up.
* The USB cord in my opinion is too short. I understand that you don’t need a foot long cord, but 5-6 inches not including the plugs would have been nice.
* The size of the drive is nice. I have a netbook that has a rather small carrying case and this still fit easily inside.
Overall I am very pleased with the Verbatim Titan XS 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive and will definitely consider purchasing a second one, either for myself or as a gift.
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