Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & eSATA
The Hard Drive PRO 500GB USB 2.0 & eSATA from Freecom is designed for professional use.
It is an ultra fast external 3.5" Hard drive with a unique SYNC button. The 27751 is Windows and MAC compatible. This hard drive is the Winner of the iF Product Design Award 2007 for outstanding design!
The fastest external hard drive.
These days it’s all about speed. More and more people are working with large files such as DTP/ graphical files and uncompressed video and audio. The need for an external hard drive with top speed is more present then ever. The new Freecom Hard Drive Pro, with its eSATA interface, provides you with the fastest data transfer speed to date for a single external hard drive. Connected to eSATA, enables extreme high speed data transfer (3000Mbit/s). The Hard Drive Pro performs up to 6x times faster than a standard USB 2.0 hard drive. For optimal flexibility and portability, the Hard Drive Pro is also equipped with a USB 2.0 connection, so you can connect it to any modern computer that does not have an external SATA interface.
The Hard Drive Pro comes in a stylish aluminium enclosure which will compliment the design of your PC or Mac. It also features Freecom’s unique Sync button; pushing this button activates the Freecom Sync application, for synchronizing files between Hard Drive Pro and computer.
The Freecom Hard Drive Pro is pre-formatted (for Windows), so you’re ready to use your drive seconds after connecting it to your computer. At Freecom we create storage solutions from a consumer’s perspective, where convenience and quality are key factors.
High quality aluminium enclosure with optimal internal airflow management. The silent, ball bearing temperature controlled cooling fan is equiped with a dual thermo sensor. The hard drive has a compact design, 18 x15x 5 cm and comes with a two years manufacturer’s warranty and unlimited free helpdesk support. The 27751 hard drive supports NCQ (Native Command Queing) for optimal drive usage and speed.
Perfec for the office. This is the ideal storage location for office documents such as large graphics files, administrative archives etc. Thanks to the high speed eSATA interface the Hard Drive Pro is ideally suited for AV professionals; use the Hard Drive Pro to store and edit large uncompressed video and music files.
Ideal for home use: Store all your photo, music, video files on one location and make a backup of PC’s / files in your home network. Make a drive image of a clean OS installation (using the supplied Acronis True Image software) on the Hard Drive Pro and recover it in case of your PC’s hard drive failure.
What is eSATA. eSATA stands for External Serial ATA, SATA is a type of data transfer interface, used for hard drives and otical drives. It gives a substantial increase in speed over PATA (Parallel ATA, also know as (E)IDE. the theoretical maximum data transfer speed of a SATA drive is 3000 Mega bits per second(SATA-II specification). Compared to SATA -1 (1500 mega bits per second) this is an incrase of 50%. eSATA is up to 6 times faster than USB 2.0.
What is one button data synchronization?
Pressing the Sync button on your Freecom Hard Drive triggers the Freecom sync application with which you can start a synchronization process between the external Freecom Hard Drive and the pre-defined source. You are thereby assured that you always have the latest version of your files on both external hard drive and source disk. Please note that synchronization is not the same as backup! Sync compares 2 files and saves the latest version and deletes the older version! Backup is copying a file from one location to another location.
Product specifications Freecom Hard Drive pro:
Capacity: 500GB
Interface eSATA & USB 2.0 (can also be connected to USB 1.1 port)
Hard drive type 3.5” SATA-II, low noise, low power consumption.
Supports NCQ (Native Command Queing) for optimal drive performance
performance Average seek time: 8.9 ms
Track to Track seek time: 0.8 ms
Average latency: 4.17 ms
Rotational Speed: 7200 rpm
Buffer size: 500 GB, min. 16MB
Data transfer rate Max. 3000Mbit/s (3 Gb/s) (eSATA), max 480Mbit/s (USB 2.0)
Weigh t 1400 gr. / 49 Ounce
Dimensions 15 x 18 x 5 cm / 5.9 x 7.1 x 2 inch
mtbf 50000 POH
Environmental specifications Operating temperature: 5º C / 60º C
Storage temperature: -20º C / 80º C
Supp orted Op erating Systems Windows 2000, Windows XP, MAC OS X v. 10.1 or higher.
minimum system requirements PC: Pentium-III or AMD Duron 700MHz or higher, 64MB RAM,
CD-ROM drive, available eSATA, USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port, Windows
2000 / XP
MAC : iMac, iBook, Mac G3/G4/G5 or PowerBook G3/G4 or higher,
available eSATA, USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port, OS X v. 10.1 or higher*
Package includes:
Freecom Hard Drive Pro eSATA & USB 2.0
Power adapter (EU, UK)
USB connection cable
eSATA connection cable
Manual & Software CD
Quick Install Guide
Freecom Software Media Suite:
Freecom Backup software: Custom select file extensions; Freecom Backup automatically makes a backup of all files with these extensions.
Freecom Secure & Compress for Windows: Drag and drop files into folders and these files are crypted and compressed automatically.
Freecom Password protection: Protects your Freecom Hard Drive with password protection.
Freecom Auto Run for Windows: Opens files, starts programs automatically if you connect your Freecom Hard Drive to the USB port.
Freecom Sync for Windows: A synchronization process starts automatically if you connect your Freecom Hard Drive to your computer.
Color Silver