Maxtor 2TB USB 3.0 portable hard drive,Black

Maxtor 1TB USB 3.0 portable hard drive.Fantastic Product with great storeage. Very easy to use, a great way to store and save all your Photos Music Dvds ocuments. Without using to much space on your Pc or Computer drive. I brought myself and my children for Chirsmas in 2017 and they still in use today.Great Value for Money. Sad to say they are not available for sale any more

It's small and quite quiet but worth buying a case to go with it as lightweight.Maxtor (Samsung) have a decent reputation so paying approx. £70 was OK.I bought this to back-up photos and videos which are sitting on an older USB 2.0 connected external hard-drive.So, even though the Maxtor is connected via USB 3.0, I realise I won't get the high-speed. The drive being backed-up does also have quite a few smaller files which impacts transfer rates (a LOT!!!)BUT, here is where a star is lost...I initially created a back-up job using the Drive Manager software provided. Backing up around 80gb took 31 HOURS!!!!I then changed a single file to check the incremental back-up of the software. After 10 mins it had gone through 1000 of 190,000 files with 0 bytes transferred. At that same rate we get.... 31 HOURS!!!Without using the Drive Manager software (i.e. selecting the disk name, right-click copy and then the Maxtor drive and right-click paste) the same task was achieved in an hour with max transfer rates of about 40mb/s for the larger files.There's no update available for the Drive Manager Software. The obvious solution is "Don't use the software and you have a 5-Star backup drive"but that's not really the point.I also did a quick check on transfer speeds for my internal HDD and my SSD. to see how close I could get to the 5gb/s.SSD : 10gb of data (admittedly many smaller files) took 10 mins with max transfer rates of (briefly) of 120mb/sHDD : 10gb of data (mainly music so larger files) took 2 mins with max transfer rates of 100mb/s (and hovered around 60 mb/s)Soa) not sure what you need to do/have to achieve 5gb/s transfer ratesb) the disk is good for transfer of large files from internal devices (photos, videos music etc)c) be prepared to leave it running for smaller files.d) Don't rely on the provided Device Manager softwareObviously once you have a base back-up you only need to copy across new files the next time which takes much of the pain away... which is where some decent software would have helped.Maths isn't my strong point so apologies for any calculation errors.

Really good, durable and will probably buy another

Ordered on a Friday, delivered on the Monday, thank you Amazon for being great as per usual.I bought this to use as extended storage for my PS4 Pro. I already have an internal 2TB HDD installed which is filling up fast, so this extra  Maxtor M3 2 TB USB 3.0 Slimline Portable Hard Drive - Black  2TB is just future proofing to get me through until next generation consoles arrive. Couldn't believe how easy it was to get up and running:One end of the supplied ~30cm long USB cable goes into the M3 External Drive, the other goes into the front right USB slot on my PS4 Pro (the USB port on the back of the PS4 Pro is now used for charging Headphones etc).The USB port is enough to power the Maxtor M3, no additional cables or power source required.The PS4 Notifications tell me there's now and External HDD device connected and that the PS4 wants to format it.Tell the PS4 to go ahead and literally seconds later you're ready to go.I've downloaded/transferred from the original System Storage all digital apps to it like Netflix and Indie Games, the small ones take seconds, larger titles take around 5GB/min to transfer, e.g. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare takes around 10 minutes. Games that used to require their disc to be installed still require the disc to be installed, digital titles (which don't require a disc in the first place) run just as well from the External HDD as they did when installed on the Internal HDD.The Maxtor HDD itself is extremely light-weight, only a few grams, and now happily sits on it's side next to my PS4 Pro. As a super special extra bonus, the light on the Maxtor glows with a familiar PlayStation blue so it's like they were made for each other.Overall it's a perfect accessory for me - works as intended and one of the cheapest 2TB external HDD options around, so I'm delighted, hence the 5 Stars.

I own three of these hard drives. A 4TB which runs 24/7, another 4TB backing up the one which runs all day, and now this latest 2TB, which is plugged into the Xbox One.Needless to say, the 4TB backup drive has never been needed. The main drive has been running almost constantly for around 5 years, and never failed once.The drive is perfect for use with the Xbox One. It's simply plug and play and away you go. I don't suffer any penalty on speeds from downloading directly to the HDD.It's close to silent (you won't hear it running), and generates very little heat. The drive is powered by USB (no mains power) and I was able to power it directly from the TV, as well as PC.To address negative reviews, Public Service Announcement : HARD DRIVES FAIL. You should be backing up your data, or else you will always run a risk. HDDs contain moving parts, and wear and tear will eventually get to them. This applies to your built in HDD as much as it does these portable ones. However, Maxtor are as reliable as you are likely to find.

Still got it to this day and it's a few year old now