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Fantom Drives G-Force MegaDisk 1.0TB External Hard Drive
Fantom Drives G-Force MegaDisk is the latest storage innovation offering double the capacity of existing hard drives in a compact heat dissipating aluminum enclosure with the universal compatibility of FireWire800 FireWire400 and USB 2.0. This model is exclusively integrated with fast SATA II hard drive technology. An integrated Security Lock Slot allows the user to physically secure the unit in one location. Featuring bus speeds of 80MB/Sec this high capacity disk storage offers speed along with ease of use with no software installation for Windows XP and Mac OS X users - just plug it in and you're up and running. G-Force MegaDisk is ideal for storing and backing-up of all your Photos Videos DVDs MP3s and important Documents.
This Drive Holds
- 424 two-hour DVD-quality movies or
- 1500 hours of VHS-quality video or
- 880 days of around-the-clock MP3 audio or
- 373000 vivid digital photos or
- 2132 action-packed games!
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| REVIEW BY: peetyweety Reviewed
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| well, I bought this drive as a replacement to two new Seagate 1TB drives, which both got the same fatal (Bit Tree) errors. I was told by a Seagate rep. that they get those problems with Macs sometimes.
Oh, well, this Fantom drive looks and worked like a charm, until one day after the 30 day warranty. and then it died. It just didn't turn on, just no juice. I don't know, you tell me. I have huge projects on this thing, and I am about to explode. I'm praying it's the power supply. Fantom hasn't called me back, so, i don't know how they are as far as their tech support. Is this bad mojo, you tell me. Mr. Fantom, what's up. I payed retail for this sucker and it's dead after a month. |
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| REVIEW BY: P-Dub Reviewed
Oct 03, 2007 |
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| I've been using the 1.0TB drive for a good while now as a network drive for back-ups. It works very nicely. My only criticism is that its fan is quite noisy, which is a problem for me since my work involves audio recording. Other than that it's a great value. |
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| REVIEW BY: aqualung99 Reviewed
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| I got this drive about a week ago. I immediately transferred about 250GB to it, which took a couple of hours. During that time (of constant activity) the drive did get fairly warm. But it hung in there just fine. Performance is decent -- it seems perfectly capable of maxing-out the USB 2.0 bus (I don't have a FireWire800 port so I'm not sure if it can max-out that bus as well.)
Overall, I'm quite pleased with this drive. I'm already considering buying another one! :) |
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What You Should Know
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Even The Best Hard Drives Die.
Do You Back Up?
Businesses of all sizes
are witnessing an explosion in the volume of data they hold. Whether it is
the result of the Internet, email, or increasingly heavy and media-rich
application software, there is a massive growth in the volume of data all
around. Conservative estimates place data growth at approximately 80% per
year. Data is increasingly being recognized as one of the real assets of a
company, and losing this data would cause severe damage to any organization.
Data loss can be very costly, particularly for
organizations in the small and medium business (SMB) market where the
difference between survival and closure can rest on the ability to recover
from a disaster. At the very least, critical data loss will have a financial
impact on companies of all sizes:
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Data type |
Time to re-create 20 MB |
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Sales and marketing |
19 days |
$17,000 |
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Accounting |
21 days |
$19,000 |
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Engineering |
42 days |
$98,000 |
The financial impact on a company is a combination
of loss of business, low productivity, legal action, and the cost of
re-creating data. A study showed that the cost of re-creating just 20 MB of
data can be extensive!
Your best solution, is an external drive as a
backup. You can have multiple drives, and it is much easier restore
from a portable external drive, as opposed to CDs or DVDs.
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Why Do I Have
Less Drive Space?
Your hard drive may show less space than the published specifications due to
a number of reasons.
- The way size is calculated and
displayed.
- Any "Partitions" on the disk will
change the total in a specific partition.
- Hidden files and folders decrease
available space.
- Compression increases the apparent
size, but not the physical size.
- Drives larger than the OS or Drivers
natively supports.
 First, the definition of a megabytes
(or gigabytes) is a unit of data storage capacity measured in 1,048,576
bytes (or 1024KB). The larger the numbers, the more apparent the size
difference will be when listing the size as megabytes (or gigabytes) versus
bytes. Actually, both numbers are correct. The noticeable difference is due
to the 1024KB definition of a megabyte. This is why a 95.3GB hard drive can
also be listed as having 102 billion bytes of total space. Just think
of it as "round off" In the screen shot at right:
The first number is the total number of bytes,
the second number is based on the number of megabytes or gigabytes.
Second, some computers have a
non-DOS hard drive partition that is used for features such as Save to Disk,
Hibernation, or Recovery. This partition is not normally reported by the
operating system, although it can be viewed using a disk partition utility.
This is very common on desktops and laptops. NOTE:
Partition information will be created or
formatted automatically during initial system setup and a system recovery.
Third, by default, all system files
are hidden and cannot be seen. This may adversely affect the reporting of
available hard drive space. You can set your Folder Options so you view
system and hidden files and folders, but do be careful as changes to system
files can adversely affect your system.
Fourth, if you turn on Compression
for a drive, it will increase reported free space and used space, but since
compression is based upon the actual contents, this number is not fixed, but
will change as files are added or changed.
Fifth, older operating systems did
not support some of today's larger drives, so the total space reported may
be much smaller than the drive specifications.
It is also worth noting that bad sectors
are corrected by your operating system and can change the total drive space,
free space, or used space as well.
So as long as a drive is reporting a value
approximately close to the specification value, you can be comfortable that
you received the right drive and that you are getting to correct data
storage. Of course, tuning of your drive's partitions and options can
yield optimal values, but this is not something for the average user to
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Issues With Your PC?
Here Are Some Common Problems And Solutions!
Of course, there a thousand little things can go wrong with an average
PC. But many problems are common, and have common solutions.
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What Are BUS POWERED USB Devices?
USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a standard
interface port, and to improve the plug-and-play features of PCs by allowing
these devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the
computer! Another convenient feature includes providing power (also known as
Bus Power) to low-consumption devices without the need for an external power
supply. So Bus Powered means the device is powered by the USB Port, and not
an external power adaptor.
Bus Powered devices offer a lot of flexibility, particularly when used on
laptops and other portable devices. However, you need to determine when “bus
power” is best.
When is Bus Power best?
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You have a desktop with ample USB ports, or
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You have a laptop and you need to take your
Bus Powered devices with you, or
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You only use the device intermittently and
want the simplicity of no external power adaptors, or
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You want to keep desktop clutter to a
minimum, and want to eliminate power cables.
The best example of a USB Bus Power devices
are: USB Thumb Drives, or Passport style USB Hard Drives.
Rules for best results with Bus Powered
Devices:
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Use a good quality USB Cable two feet or
less in length.
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Be sure to directly connect the device to
your computer, instead of through a hub or other device - unless the USB
Hub has its own power.
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Make sure your laptop battery is fully
charged.
Generally speaking, you do not want many
Bus Power devices connected at once, especially on portable devices or
laptops running on batteries. So consider unplugging unneeded devices if
necessary.
Some devices can be powered both by an external adaptor or by Bus Power. As
a general rule, you should use the external adaptor to power the device,
except when you need to use it and external power is not available. However,
higher-consumption devices, such as external optical media burners, and
large hard drives, may work best with external power.
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| Fantom Drives G-Force MegaDisk 1TB 3.5" External Hard Drive - 7200 , 32MB, USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 |
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Manufactured by:
Fantom Drives
Mfg Part No:
MDC1000
UPC No:
749656134386
Box Size:
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11, Width:
6, Depth:
7 )
Shipping Weight:
5.9000 pound(s)
Limited Warranty:
12 months parts;
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
M261-8108
TigerDirect.com
Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144
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