![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I heard occasional clicks of the hard drive but it’s definitely one of the quieter drives I’ve heard. Unlike a lot of other external hard drives, the G-Drive doesn’t make that much noise. For comparison, a USB 2.0 bus-powered drive transferred the same file in 4:48 24MB/s. Of course eSATA was the fastest but Firewire 800 isn’t a slouch either. Those numbers are right on par with what a 7200RPM hard drive with a 32MB cache should do. Who cares if it looks gorgeous but is as slow as a snail? So I ran a few files through each one of the interfaces and came away satisfied. It’s really quite beautiful and simple but you’ll void the warranty if you tear yours apart. Each piece is milled from aluminum and held together with counter-sunk screws. Thankfully the drive is as solid as it looks. The backside houses the power rocker and all the ports: a Kensginton lock port, eSATA, twin FW800, USB2.0, and the power input. At 2.6 lbs, it’s actually quite beefy, too. It’s housed in an aluminum enclosure with a modestly-sized heat sink on the bottom and a very bright activity light that could double as a strobe on the front. It looks amazing even if you don’t have a Mac Pro. This could be the best-looking external hard drive on the market. Let’s get one thing out of the way first. eSATA, FW800, FW400, USB 2.0 interfaces.Let’s just say, this boy is big, bad, and fast. But the latest model is loaded with the Hitachi 2TB 7200RPM 3.5-inch hard drive, which means I had to check it out. The tests leave filesystem untouched and thus do no harm.The G-Drive external hard drive line has been out for a bit now. The tests leave filesystem untouched and thus do no harm. WinDFT (Hitachi Drive Fitness Test) is a great software for testing internal and external HDD as well as USB flash memory. Maintaining updated Hitachi Hard Drive software prevents crashes and maximizes hardware and system performance. Hitachi Hard Drive drivers are tiny programs that enable your Hard Drive hardware to communicate with your operating system software. The Driver Update Utility downloads and installs your drivers quickly and easily. There is no risk of installing the wrong driver. The Driver Update Utility for Hitachi devices is intelligent software which automatically recognizes your computer’s operating system and Hard Disk Drive model and finds the most up-to-date drivers for it. Hitachi hard drive free download - Hard Drive Upgrader, Hard Drive Inspector Professional, Hitachi DVD-RAM Drive, and many more programs. ![]() Normally I'd just use the manufacturers set up CD but apparently Hitachi no longer offers their disk utility tool on the web. I'd like to format the drive so that I can install a new OS. The primary drive is 400GB Hitachi SATA and it has a version of XP from a different PC, so when I boot up I get the blue screen which is to be expected. ![]()
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