Why choose this product over a free virtual drive software?
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There are NO complicated configuration files for the end user to accidently delete,change, or otherwise tamper with. Also it is bootable. The files remain in there ISO there will be no cross contimination. I have yet to see a virtual drive product for a USB stick that is bootable from the BIOS. (If you know of one, I would like to know what it so I can test it.) Virtual Drive programs that mount an ISO, that I know of, require a running OS to function.
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This product is designed having in mind, Boot equipments and choose in a menu what iso you wanna boot, its used for install so or execute some kind of diagnostics, etc while virtual drives software you are in a windows enviromemt and choose to mount an iso.
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Virtual drive software cannot boot into the CD/DVD ... and all those that can require operating system support of some kind.
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Me too! I'm not going to seriously consider purchasing anything computer related unless I see the manual that goes with it. Is it (i.e., Canvio) truly plug and play? Can you selectively choose individual files to back up? I'm not at all interested in wasting time and space backing up files that I really don't wish to back up. (I only wish to back up photographs.) Filtering through all the comments, while helpful writ large, takes a lot of time when looking for particular information. A manual please.
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I do. I've got two that I run VMware ESXi on to deploy virtual machines for both testing and production. It's a solid little box to run a hypervisor and you can cram 16gb of RAM in there, so there's plenty of room to play with. If you want to do purely development, you could easily run something like Docker and Vagrant to deploy small VMs for isolated development environments. Seriously, it's just a computer. This one just happens to be absurdly tiny and cute, but it's capable of lifting some serious weight when you need it to.
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No. Absolutely ZERO software for cloning, migrating, optimizing, etc.... It's really sad. NO ONE in the industry even comes close to the Samsung SSD Magician software. This is a REALLY FAST SSD though. Faster than the 840 EVO and 840 Pro.... but sometimes the add-in software makes all the difference if you're not technical. In my case, I was able to use Western Digital's branded version of Acronis TrueImage for free b/c my original boot from which I migrated was a 1TB WD Green drive.
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You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software... » Read More You could definitely do that, but for less tech-savvy users this is very good. Additionally, it is power-efficient, the software is very solid, and set-up is easy. I got one because i didn't want to fiddle with FreeNas. The community that supports the DiskStations is massive, too.In essence, this thing is simlpy a NAS, and a very stable one at that. A dedicated PC like what you mentioned could and would be much more that a NAS, and if you were only using it as a NAS you would be wasting a whole lot of power. Go to the synology website and check out the DSM 5.0 demo. The software that they made for this hardware is quite slick. « Show Less
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I believe it is because it is not software dependent. It uses a physical connection to back up whatever data you need to back-up. Rick
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I use it for direct drive to drive copies. It doesn't cone with cloning software. I've never tried
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WD comes with Windows backup software. It's somewhat rudimentary but it works.
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i'd get as much as possible and take advantage of RAMdisk since it comes free.
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I haven't really paid any attention. It seems fast enough; of course, faster is always better. I use it to create and store backup disk images of PCs. I'm happy with the unit and am just happy that I don't have to manually make 2nd copies of things.
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I have had the drive as my main operating system, as well as mass storage drive for almost a year, and so far, it has been reliable, fast, and quiet. However, as the previous person responded, I am using Linux, which does put less stress on the drive and the file system is a bit better at file allocation, ETC...My experience is very positive in this environment. (Using the 3TB version partitioned into three sections)
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Actually I have Windows 8.21 on my computer, functioning as Windows 7. I have two drives, that way I protect my software and can use a clone to copy it to the other drive and keep them up to date that way. Mine is a 1 TB solid state, quiet and very fast. Cost nearly $500.
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Sorry I don't have an answer for the question but I can tell you the user software is a bit tedious, passwords are commonly over ridden, the rights as to how the user can use the drive is very tedious. Hopefully they upgrade the GUI which is accessed through explorer, you have to grant rights in order to use the drive the way you would like, just wish they had a better GUI.
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The reseller kit is more or less the retail version of the drive. What I can not understand is why the reseller kit is much less expensive than the drive with less accessories.
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It comes with all the software you need to do anything with the drive. That is if you get the retail box and not the oem version which is bare bones drive.
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Oddly enough, I read the VMWare Fusion documentation a few days ago. It says yes. I haven't personally tried it, though.
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Yes, you can, as long a you have enough GB space on the Clickfree. Check to see how much disc space is being used on each computer & tally it up.