The copy says these drives are "designed to intensify your PC experience". Just how intense will this experience be? Will I need goggles?
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No goggles needed. Just reliability. Remember all Western Digital start to loose speed after 3 years of use but do not seem to loose head integrity and crash until 5+ years
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Definitely. You'll basically be like that guy in the old Maxell commercials. Especially if you're playing Flight of the Valkyries through your PC.
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Lulz! I hate that marketese language stuff too. At least they are finally getting away from "Extreme!".
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I think the only meaningful way I can answer that is to say the I have (4) of these drives in a Drobo mini on my desk and hear no noticeable noise above my PC fan. I think they are plenty quiet.Hope that helps.
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No security. You'll need your security/antivirus system to be configured to scan/watch a mounted/external drive (or however its defined.) The ones I got have some software on it, but it's more of a privacy/encryption scheme than keeping you protected from downloaded nasties.
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I don't know, sorry. Perhaps you could contact DRIVE web site for further information.
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Performance wise, it's worth every single penny. When I purchased mine I swaped it for a 1TB M500 SSD and the boost in performance was phenomenal. Nothing sucks more than having a very powerful PC but a slow HDD. Doesnt really work well!
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All of these drives are good. It depends on the usage. I use mine in a Drobo array for video editing. They are fast enough, but not super fast. The more data you have stored, the slower they run. Probably need to make sure future drives are "enterprise" models.
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I've wondered about this too. When I purchased this drive all I wanted was a drive, not a lot of software. And I have no interest in their sharing capability on social media. Maybe someone can answer this, like Seagate themselves.
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That photo threw me off too. I've never seen an open hard drive like how it is pictured, with the title saying open box I was in full confusion mode. They really need a photo of the actual product, not a cutaway view showing us the internals. The actual product is like a regular hard drive, this picture here is just to show off the internals and not realistic to what will ship to you. It's basically a cutaway view to let you see the insides of the drive.
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Yes, you are. I did something similar with mine, moving the hard drive into a different enclosure, safer and more useful for me. The only thing is that I had to reformat the hard drive after making the operation.
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During the short period that I had the drive before returning it, I did not notice any active cooling system. The drive did appear to be adequately ventilated but I was not in a position to evaluate this under stress situations.
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You will need a hard drive. Very cheap right now on Newegg.com (2tB for $80.00 US.)
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You should never feel safe without at least two copies of everything that's important to you. This is the best flash drive I have ever owned but as an It professional I would still not trust it to be the only copy of data I'm worried about losing. I hope this answer helps. :-)
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I would not recommend doing that. Having owned two of these I can say that these "wanky" units do not respond well to any modifications. All the software is embedded in the unit/on a chip. Stick with Lenovo/Iomega's specs for the hard drives with regards to disk size and rpm. That is what I would do based on my experience.
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That's exactly what I'm doing and why I bought this; however I am certainly no hardware guru. It takes a while for it to show upon explorer (4-5 secs), windows needs to read it, etc. I would go to the internet and find a forum that has a topic for hardware, giving them the model, intent, etc. Let me know what you find out. I am interested. My final goal it to set up a RAID, still need one more hard drive.
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Dear Jose, These G-Drives come in 5400 and 7200rpm versions... read carefully! Luke
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YES -- I purchased this item just for that reason! And it is an "extra" drive, but the graphics improved when we upgraded.
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@Ron, Alienware systems, in my experience are built to very high standards. The frame is solid and it's rather heavy. I had an M14 about 6 years ago and my Seagate HDD failed. The Tech Support helped me to figure out the problem and replaced the drive no questions. They were very knowledgable and nice. I think when considering a purchase like this, it's much more than just a piece of equipment. The machine is well built and quite stable and support is top notch. I'm not a gamer but I have great confidence in the quality and have no doubt that this system will perform at or above expectations. I do however suggest an extended life battery or backup if you will be without an outlet for &gt;3 hours. So far, that's my only real complaint with this system.