This review is from: Buffalo Technology MiniStation Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive with Shock Protection HD-PNT1.0U3BB (Black) (Personal Computers)
Just got this in the mail.
I wanted an external drive to meet the following requirements - Backup both a mac and pc - no backup software that i had to use - usb 3.0 cause my desktop pc has a usb 3.0 motherboard to take advantage of this
Nice to have - look good - small in size
At first I was a little worried cause I thought that it was only going to end up working with only one or the other (mac or pc). Looked on the internet but didn't find any help, but no matter I just went with what I thought would work. In Windows I went to disk management and shrunk the drive in half, then formatted it in exFAT. Then I plugged it into my mac (with os x lion) and immediately it asked it I wanted to use one ) or both of the partitions for Time Machine. I said yes to one of the partitions and it started running a backup right away.
So very happy it worked just as I wanted
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This review is from: Buffalo Technology MiniStation Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive with Shock Protection HD-PNT1.0U3BB (Black) (Personal Computers)
After my WD passport died I was looking for an external drive that was more solid as the USB connection the WD was very flimsy and kept falling off. The drive feels very solid, the USB connection fits tightly and it was recognized by my Asus router. The external drive has been connected to my Asus router for the last two weeks and it hasn't slowed down one bit. The HD is a bit expensive compare to other 1TB drives but I think its worth it after feeling how solid it is.
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After having it shipped to my house, I loaded it up with movies and sent it to Iraq. I was worried about the handling of the package, but it made it and works just fine. Once I downloaded DVD ripping software, it was easy to put te movies on the drive. The speed was limited (significantly) by the DVD drive on my computer, not by the drive.
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