ADATA Superior Series 2.5" 500GB SH93 Water & Shock Proof External Hard Drive (Black) Model ASH93-500GU-CBK

Pros: It's sturdy, fairly reliable, unless you'd take it to a dangerous construction zone, sleek design.

Cons: Could have faster transfer rate, needs a longer cord, otherwise no problems here.

Pros: Holds EVERYTHING! Very nice transfer rate, and sleek design! Buy it now!!

Cons: None :D

Pros: Cheap enough. Comes with its own USB cord.

Cons: The laptop "sees" it. The desktop does not. Hmmm.

Other Thoughts: I am sure there is a simple reason. Just had not had this happen before.

Pros: I have been backpacking across Africa for 4 months and this drive has held up wonderfully! In addition to the relatively fast 300Mbps (30MBPS) transfer speed it also is true to its name when it says it's "Water & Shock Proof".

This gets thrown around the backpack and goes through torrential rainstorms on a weekly basis and nothing has broken. The insert around the edge for the cable helps keep the cable intact as well. Excellent build quality all around!

Africa Tested and Approved!! :)

Cons: To keep the rubber flap in (that protects the micro-usb port) you have to push on it with some force. I'm not taking off because it does a wonderful job at keeping water out

Other Thoughts: Tip: To keep the rubber flap in, and to give it more protection. Make sure the big side of the usb, the side that attaches to your computer, is fully covering the flap!

Pros: best external HDD and the company is always top of the line!

This external HDD is also great for LED TV that use USB 2.0 ports

Cons: N/A

Pros: Looks neat, stores the cable, and claims to be rugged.

Cons: Stopped working after 1 month of use. I had formatted it, loaded it up with files, and never moved it from that computer. Then one day, it wouldn't open and it kept asking to be formatted. I don't want to format it, I want my information. After contacting the company, I'm at a loss of what to do. Here's their response:

"We do not manufacture the internal hard disk so cannot offer data recover, and the companies that manufacture these drives do not offer data recovery as well. Our suggestion would be to use the one of the data recovery."

Thanks...

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

We are sorry that you had difficulties with our product. If the drive asks to be formatted the file system has gone corrupt. This is normally due to the drive not being ejected or properly removed. Since this uses a traditional spinning drive, please always remember to safely remove.

Data recovery is normally not covered by manufacturer warranties. Most our customer have had luck recovering their data using the program links below.

If you are still experiencing issues or need additional support please contact our office directly, one of support members will be happy to assist you.

ADATA Customer Service Phone#: 1-888-962-3282 Option 4

Support Email: support@adatausa.com

External Link(s):

Recuva|

Mac Disk Utility|

PhotoRec|

Pros: I have purchased these for several of my customers to backup their servers. They get a couple of different colors and alternate them. They look slick, have decent speeds, and are reliable.

Cons: Write speed could be a little faster.

Pros: I have purchased these for several of my customers to backup their servers. They get a couple of different colors and alternate them. They look slick, have decent speeds, and are reliable.

Cons: Write speed could be a little faster.

Pros: ADATA drives have interesting and sometimes convenient designs at a good price point

Cons: I use my external drives a lot - shuttling files back and forth from a sound studio. I've went through 2 of ADATA drives - first one failed within 4 months, I was sent a different model replacement and after about 9 months it refused to be recognized by my Mac - thank goodness I was able to restore the file table and copy the files, but this is not a good track record for a data storage device.

Other Thoughts: ADATA drives may be ok for storing non-essential files at home, but definitely not for frequent traveling, intensive or pro use.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

We are sorry that you have had difficulties with our product. IF you had difficulties keeping the file table, this is normally due to improperly ejecting the drive. We recommend verifying if there might be any registry in the background keeping the drive active and always making sure the drive is eject or safely removed from the operating system.

If you are still experiencing issues or need additional support please contact our office directly: Phone: 1-888-962-3282 x604; Email: support@adatausa.com. One of support staff members will be happy to assist you with your case.

Pros: The drive works perfectly

Cons: The enclosure is a bit chunky. The cable that is attached to the enclosure is a hassle to take off and put back on.

Other Thoughts: I'd like it better if they had made enclosure smaller and left out the capablity to attach the cable to the enclosure.