Cavalry Storage CAXR Series 160 GB USB / eSATA Portable Hard Drive CAXR25160

List Price: $89.99 Discount Price: $69.30

Features:

• Portable! Powered with only the USB bus so no separate power supply is needed, and, since it is so light and compact, you can fit it easily in your pocket or purse.
• Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS)
• USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface
• Unit Includes - One (1) year manufacturer's warranty, 160 GB 2.5-inch hard drive in a single bay enclosure, black leather protective carrying case, USB cable, eSATA cable, Quick Start Guide and Resources CD
• System Requirements - Available USB port, eSATA port to take advantage of eSATA interface, Mac OS 9.x or newer, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista

Customer Reviews:

Systematic Problems with Power & USB connectivity. eSATA slow [Posted on 2007-12-12]
I bought this for the low price, USB and eSATA, and mac compatibility. One major problem is that the power plug is VERY unreliable (flickers in and out with just touching the drive)--I had this problem with two of these drives (I returned the first, hoping it was an isolated problem). Also, I was never able to get the USB connection to work on two macs, or the intel mac running Windows Vista natively (I tried both NTFS and Mac formatting). The eSATA works, but the transfer rates were capped at around USB 2.0 rates, so no benefit there either. I'm returning the second unit.

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