Bought this as a movie/music storage drive for my Linux ...
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Bought this as a movie/music storage drive for my Linux system. I use a compact mini ITX case so 2.5" drives are a must.

Access times can be sometimes slow (especially when loading HD movies) but overall I have no complaints about this drive.
4230093
Worked well for me to play my movies and mp3 files
4567780
I needed a drive to store my own rip dvd and blu-ray collection.
I use a western digital live media player to stream movies via its WIFI connection from my PC.
The movie streaming is flawless and fast with no hiccups.
3047065
I ordered this to replace an older hard drive which had movie files ripped to it and I was going to use it as a backup drive for my PC.  It was easy to install however I could not back up windows to it which was the main reason for getting it.  I ended up using another 1TB drive for that purpose which was a firewire connection.  I did however decide to use it for other storage purposes including storing all my home movie dvds.  Once they were copied over they would not play.  They appeared to have all the data required but wouldn't open up nd fully play.  they would play a few minutes then freeze and yes I checked my player to make sure that was fine and it was, just wouldn't work for these. Oh well, time to look for another external drive to rip them too
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I bought this HD to use as an external storage device to transport my media files for playback on various devices.  This is my first purchase of a 2.5" drive.  As soon as it arrived, I unwrapped the HD and inserted it into a&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Vantec-NexStar-TX-2-5-Inch-SATA-to-USB-2-0-External-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B002JQNXZC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Vantec NexStar TX 2.5-Inch SATA to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure</a>&nbsp;and plugged it into my computer.  Initially, my computer recognized the HD as a "USB Device" but not a storage device and so I couldn't figure out how to access the HD in order to format it so my computer would recognize it as a storage device.  So, I did a quick search on Download'.'com and found some freeware that would do the trick.  Once I formatted it with the downloaded software, my computer immediately recognized it.

For less than 55 bucks, this drive is a steal.  Works perfectly for my needs.  If I encounter any problems with this drive, I'll be sure to update this review, but I doubt that'll be the case.
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This drive (128GB) does not seen to live up to it standards, first thing I did to test capacity is to load it up to capacity, which it fail, my files kept on disappearing, to make everything re appear, I had to remove drive and plug it in again, so I decide to reformat the drive and not use FAT32, still the same, so far I loaded up about 64 GB some of my videos plays in my PC, I tried to load up the files in another device and I got the warning that the drive is damaged and can not be read...for a USB 3.0 is very slow, will keep testing it a little more and if still does not performs at it should, I guess I will have to return it back.
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When first tried with a earlier version of Linux 3.0 there seemed to be problems with data being copied to the device.
I tried again, a few months later, using Linux 3.0.0-28-generic-pae. Now copying to and accessing data from the device appears to be okay.
I haven't tried any speed tests, but playing a couple of mp4 files seems to work okay.
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Ok, big capacity.

But, you might not be patient enough to use it...

The speed of the drive is unsatisfactory, 6-7 Mb/seconds writing mode and 20-22 Mb/second read mode.

Meaning if you have enough data to routinely fill and empty the thing you might need to be patient enough to watch grass grow. Other drives are up to 5x faster on usb 3.0

If all you're doing is archiving stuff, and won't be frequently rewriting it, well, maybe ok.

Also, a plus, not some proprietary design, so it works with the Linux operating system, can be formatted in general to whatever disk format you want.
4542248
I thought I could use this to back-up my files on windows 8 but my HP computer didn't seem to want to recognize it as a drive!  Maybe I don't know what I'm doing with Windows 8.....
4511266
Fast- no problems.

Works fine as a Raspberry Pi hard drive running XBMC (OpenELEC version).

Decent value, have been using now for about a month and has been great.
2011689
The capacity is great for storing movies/music/pics on, I use mine with my PS3 to watch movies on and haven't had any problems with it at all. It's small, light, and only requires a USB to power itself.
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I got this external hard drive about a month ago, so far I didn't have any problem storing my movies, tv shows, documents, etc.
It worked fast when I transferred my movies from my laptop to this new drive.
Pros: small, light weigh, works okay, fast process, and enough space(1TB) for my usage.
Cons:
1. There's small light beeper to let you know it's working... it's kind of bugging me when I watch a movie at night. It keep blinking every second when it's being used.
2. It is actually making a lot of noise than I expected... it vibrates and makes a running sound a lot.

Except these, I think it's working great as a hard drive.
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LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX

Yes, this review is for those of you who know enough about Windows to know you need Linux.

This drive gets sustained 30MB/s read rates on Linux.  makemkv works perfectly for creating backup copies of your bluerays.  Similarly, Handbrake likes the output to compress the results into manageable sizes.  An average rip is 20 minutes, followed by 2.5 hours of handbrake compression at QF=23 with quad core cpu.

I haven't tried burning yet (will update later).

I don't think this drive came with any software.  If it did, I'm sure it was for Windows and was properly destroyed.
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The ports nearest to the PCIe connector seem to be the ones which work well for me, I've managed to get two of the WD Red 6TB drives working in two separate USB 3.0 IcyDocks using this card, it's well made, drivers for Microsoft Windows 7 are relatively easy to get working once you find the proper download. The drivers builtin to Ubuntu 15.04 are the only ones that were stable for me on Linux with this card, so I'd be wary of recommending this card for use with older Linux kernels (I had e.g. consistent hard crash on Ubuntu 12.04). But under Ubuntu 15.04 I used it to backup 6TB onto two drives using ZFS missor pool, and the backup went through clean and the SHA-1 checkums matched afterwards upon re-read of the entire dataset (sounds paranoid, I agree, but hey, it's a new card, test before use as they always say). Owerall, two ports work well for me, I haven't needed to go beyond that yet. The performance on Linux seems about the same as on Microsoft Windows, it doesn't reach the full sequential access speed of the drive, though, gets to around 86 megabytes per second rather than 180 MB/s that the drive is capable of (e.g. using a Thunderbolt docking station). But it's sufficient for speedy backups nevertheless.
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I now have two of these. I use them to store all of my videos/movies and it is attached to a WD Live streamer. They run "cool" and as they are in a semi-closed area, this was a concern, but it has not been a problem. I had used Western Digital products but now I am a Seagate devotee.
2617563
Lives up to the name/branding. I bought it primarily for long-term use as a data drive for VMs use with Linux, so properly,  I ought not review it for another 3-5 years. :)
2115999
I bought this to build a new linux box (ubuntu), and start off a serious file server. I have this machine on 24/7 and have experienced very few problems so far. It seems to do everything that its specs suggest - though i'm not being too demanding on it since it is just a big storage box to hang off of my gigabit ethernet network. I can get sustained writes of about 85-90 MB/sec, but i think i'm limited by my HD array more than anything else. I have a sata port multiplier in the expansion slot (wish it had more), and 12 drives up all the time,

Works well for me!