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fantastic value, great so far
I've now had the Fantom Green Drive for about 3 months. Wanted to use it a while and try a few different things before writing the review. Also my G5 Mac tower did not at first have an eSATA card... If you try transferring a couple hundred GB over USB 2.0, you can pretty much start it and go to work, it may be done when you return. With the MAC, the set up was seamless and with the new Tempo Sonnet eSATA card (see my other review), the transfers were lightning fast. The fanless operation ha...
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review can be read at Amazon.com]
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11/14/2008
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eSATA is Fast!
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: -3 times faster than my standard usb external HD
-Quiet
-Steel Casing
-Looks great
-1 TB!
Cons: -With eSATA you must have it plugged in before you start your computer. Not a big deal.
-Did not come with an eSATA cable, had to buy one.
Other Thoughts: I did some tests with HD Tune because neweg...
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by N/A can be read at Newegg.com]
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01/21/2009
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94%
(17 of 18) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Updated Review
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: When I got it, it worked great. Did just what it was supposed to.
Cons: After a couple months or so, the drive disappeared. BIOS couldn't see it. XP couldn't see it. I tried several eSATA cables and several usb cables. Windows recognized when the usb cable was plugged in but couldn't recognize it as a drive. It was, for i...
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by sxacho can be read at Newegg.com]
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sxacho
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12/05/2008
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92%
(12 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Not so hot
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Runs cool and quiet. A little faster transfer than my internal Sata HD (my chip is sata1 at 150kbps). Did some comparisons. Copying 688Mb folder of mp3s:
This drive on 150kbps esata - 17secs
This drive on usb2 - 33secs
Internal 150kbps esata - 20secs
External abit usb2 - 40secs
External abit on firewire - 36secs
Internal eide 6 - 25secs
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by bro can be read at Newegg.com]
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bro
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10/03/2008
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(16 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Extremely Fragile
I had this hard drive sitting on a carpeted floor and it fell on its side while running and hasn't worked since. It didn't drop any distance at all, and no cords were pulled out, or anything else happened to it. I don't recommend buying it unless you have an extremely safe place for it where it can't even tip over. had it for about 6 months before it failed.
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/07/2009
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60%
(6 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Unsupported item/rebate
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: looks like it works with USB2.0 It DOSE NOT have eSata cable!
Cons: BEWARE - you need to register on some site to get rebate - which is unavailable.
manufacturer's siteis unavailable too.
so, it is probably better to find product with supoprt which is alive (and dont count on getting rebate either)
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by N/A can be read at Newegg.com]
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01/14/2009
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46%
(6 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful
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D.O.A. on Christmas day
Tech Level: average
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: No pros,didn't work out of the box.
Cons: Enough said
Other Thoughts: Shouldn't someone plug these in and test them before they put them in the box?I have 2 GF1000EU Fantom drives that work great.I bought this for Christmas for kid and it didn't work.
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by Butch616 can be read at Newegg.com]
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12/26/2008
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45%
(5 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Avoid this at all costs!
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: The drive was cheap and worked flawlessly for several months.
Cons: The drive would not power up one day (out of the blue), so I returned it for repairs and hopes at data recovery. The company quickly sent out a new drive, although without my data. When I called asking for my original drive, they offered to sell it to me for $99...
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by Wade Sticht in OC CA can be read at Newegg.com]
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Wade Sticht in OC CA
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08/18/2009
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45%
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12 % Alive, 88 % Dead ....
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Let's just say' " I'll give it another shot when my re-order arrives ....."
Cons: To be fair to the Manufacturer, the box in which the unit arrived (NOT THE OUTER BROWN UPS BOX IT HAD BEEN SHIPPED IN) had been blatantly breached. There was a box cutter / knife mark right across the 20th anniversary New Egg seal, ...
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by N/A can be read at Newegg.com]
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02/05/2009
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42%
(8 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Rebate problem
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This is a great drive. Fast, quiet, cool and lots of storage.
Cons: None.
Other Thoughts: Submitted all the paperwork for the rebate. A month ago. The promo process web site said they have not received it. Emailed them several times about this. No reply to date. So I would not buy again.
[Fantom GD1000EU GreenDrive 1TB USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive - 2 Year Warranty! review by Finger Lakes Art can be read at Newegg.com]
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Finger Lakes Art
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01/29/2009
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28%
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