I can't see where anyone tested this device with HD's that were MORE than 5900rpm! Will it not work with 7200rpm HD's & 10,000rpm WD Raptors? Even in the manufacturer's brochure it says they ONLY TESTED IT with 5400rpm HD's! The Anandtech test only used 5400 and 5900rpm HD's. I can't see where anyone tested this device with HD's that were MORE than 5900rpm! Will it not work with 7200rpm HD's & 10,000rpm WD Raptors? Even in the manufacturer's... » Read More I can't see where anyone tested this device with HD's that were MORE than 5900rpm! Will it not work with 7200rpm HD's & 10,000rpm WD Raptors? Even in the manufacturer's brochure it says they ONLY TESTED IT with 5400rpm HD's! The Anandtech test only used 5400 and 5900rpm HD's. « Show Less
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Have two of these devices, and they work with all form factor 2.5", 3.5", and have used with 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB drives, 5400 RPM, 7200 RPM and while not having used this with 10,000 RPM, I cannot imagine drive speed has any consequence, as it worked with hard drives, and SSD's and flawlessly on my drives, independent of using the computer system, as long as you have drives properly connected.
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I've cloned ssd's with it. Can't remember if used for 7.2k or 10k drives sorry.
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I've purchased 3 of these with all them being coupled with a 7200 HD and I've not had any problems. Boot time and data-intensive programs (e.g., mapping software) are significantly faster with this SSD. The only problem is prioritizing what data to put on the SSD and what to store on the HD.
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I use the portable device all the time on 7200 RPM 2.5" drives. It works just fine for reading and duplicating drives at those speeds without issues for me. I can't answer to anything faster like 10K drives since I don't have any of those just yet. Don't have any 5400 RPM drives either. I recommend this product - easy to use.
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Yss, it should work fine. I use mine with multiple different ssd weekly and I specifically dont remember any of the rpms of my old hard drives but it worked on all of them as well.
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Hey Mark, well the funny thing is that I sent this thing back. It just wouldn't format. No matter what I did, or cable I used it didn't work. It also had problems with using the firewire cable. I think I got it to recognize the HD ONCE, and then it said it would take almost 17 hours to format it. I honestly think something was wrong with the drive itself, but I didn't want another one to try. I figured I'd wait.
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If you are using an older machine that does not have USB 3.0 support the slower transfer rate can cause an issues such as this and there is no fix. If you are using a USB 3.0 port make sure your motherboard drivers and bois settings are up to date. After trying all this if the drive continues not to perform to your expectations I would exchange it for a different one.
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It did not work neither on my Fujitsu C2220 nor on my Dell Precision 4440; I tried three Hard drives, from 20GB to 80GB (also Travelstar by Hitachi) and none of them was detected on my laptops. Virtually garbage, although I have read some reviews claiming that it works sometimes. I would suggest you to buy an analogous thing of "Sabrent" brand at Wal-Mart online (it costs may be just about $7, free delivery to the store if you have one nearby, and it works perfectly with my laptops). Hope this helps.
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Hi, I put a 7200 rpm 500 GB sata 3.5 in WD in my system and it has worked great .With an adapter I see no reason a 2.5 in drive would not work.
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I had compatibility issues when I went to the 4TB, some of the 4TB's want work well with the older 3TB, make sure you check the firmware on your 3TB and 4TB if you need them to run JBOD and RAID should never be mixed. I had 3TB in this device and tried a newer 3TB with a different firmware / version. Didn't work. Never would see the full size of the disk.
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Hello, not sure, suggest you contact HD tech for more info on this question.
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Hi, sorry to hear about that. I used mine just to copy a HDD once and it worked fine, I haven't used after that.
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i think it is old and not good for PS4 ( if you notice 5400 RPM is too old tech ) , PS4 needs better but you must see compatible HDD in sony website like i did with this Samsung HDD 1 TB i saw it in the website it was recommended by sony for the PS3 .
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Hi. I don´t know yet since I have not been able to use it because I found out that the equipment I bought did not have HDD. I hope that next week I will have ready to be used. However, I bought this brand because a freiend of us has one and has a decent performance for its price.
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Mine failed to operate the HD from a 2007 Dell desktop. My laptop recognized the interface as a device, but never saw the drive. My adapter/converter arrived with a faulty plug also. I knew most people have received defective units. For $8 or whatever it is now, I took the chance. I tried a different adapter a week later that worked for me.
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Dear Jose, These G-Drives come in 5400 and 7200rpm versions... read carefully! Luke
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The one I received is not identical to the one in the picture. Mine says SDHC/SD Extreme - 6th generation. I have no idea if it would support 2TB because I only have tested it with up to 64GB, but so far i am quite happy with its performance.
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Absolutely. there are always SOME weird motherboards and some NAS's that don't like certain HDD's, so it isn't guaranteed, but it's a real nice, solid, good working drive. Read some reviews on it. In RAID 0, by the way, you can make up for the 5400 RPM and make these things scream and still have the low heat, low power consumption.
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Yes, I'm running the 8tb version and it has the full 8tb, but for some reason I think the device used the first drive closes to the power button first for storage in this setup, but yes it works!
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Yes, but the unit is advertised at 5gb/sec. You won't even see that in the real world. I am very satisfied with mine. I use it mostly for backups and it is plenty quick with my Seagate 1tb 6gb/s drive. You should use it with a USB 3.O port for best performance. Also, If you look at the device properties you should set it set for 'Quick Removal' not 'Better performance' so you can 'hot plug/unplug' it w/o worry of data corruption. I have run CrystalDiskMark benchmark tool and the best I get is approx. 90mb/sec on sequential reads/writes. You may get better results. USB will always have some amount of 'system overhead' so you will generally get much better performance w/a dedicated(on board) SATA III controller as on your motherboard. BTW, I also watch HD movies on my unit with no issues. Hope this helps.
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Hello Kathryn, This cable never did work for me. I plugged it in and my laptop could not see the drive. Returning the cable was not an easy process so I just kept the cable. If your WD drive is less than a year old I'm sure if you called WD they would send you a free replacement if yours stopped working.