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When you need pure storage muscle, choose a drive that makes backing up your life a little easier. Because nothing should ever get in the way of your memories, movies, music and entertainment. Backed by Hitachi’s reputation for quality, reliability and a world-renowned R&D heritage, the Hitachi XL Desk USB 2.0 external drive is the ideal solution to store, preserve and manage your most valued data.
Pros: For the price, this external hard drive is hard to beat. I hooked it up to an available USB port on my homemade NAS system (FreeNAS OS). Being that this is a "green" drive, my usage is geared more towards long-term storage.
Cons: Slow write speeds. I knew this going into this purchase, though, so no loss of eggs.
Overall Review: Overall, this is a good drive for the price.