HP HD7500S Personal Media Drive 750 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

List Price: $239.99 Discount Price: Too low to display

Features:

• 3.5-inch 750 GB external hard drive fits into Personal Media Drive slot on HP computers and also works with any computer with USB 2.0
• 7200 RPM for fast read/write times; USB 2.0 connection for up to 480 Mbps transfer rate
• Activity and power LED indicators; includes Sonic Backup MyPC software
• 1-year limited warranty
• Device measures 5 x 1.5 x 4.63 inches (WxHxD)

Customer Reviews:

750Gb less 6.7% ... should advertise as 700Gb drive [Posted on 2008-05-22]
HP HD7500S Personal Media Drive 750 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
I bought two... very cool installation in the HP Media Center... plug and play. Easy to switch them out... unplug one, plug the other in. Ta-dah!

Downside: They are advertised as 750G, says it has about 61Mb on it, but when I looked at My Computer Details... it only has 698Gb of space, and all of that is available. That's 52Gb short. Why is that? Standard problem... all hard drives come up short by 5-8% due to defects in the disk. The problem could be expected to be worse at extremely high density storage. As it happens, 52Gigs comes in at 6.7%. Still, they should advertise it as a 700Gb drive.

Also, I really wanted a couple of 1Tb Personal Media drives. Will buy that when it comes out, and make due with this for now.

I guess I'll keep 'em.

HP Personal Media Drive  [Posted on 2008-06-02]
The personal Drive it self is great. The Roxie software that came with it didn't work at all and the instructions didn't tell you that you had to hook it up as a external drive first before you could plug it into the media bay.

did anyone have problem with installing? [Posted on 2008-06-12]
the product and idea was great. I can not get my drive to work in the bay. I have to use USB cord. Hp support said I had to open pc up and connect wires. Did anyone else have to do this?

Great Price, Fast Shipment [Posted on 2008-06-13]
This HP Personal Media Drive was purchased as part of an upgrade of my home computers that included an HP9260 from Amazon. This computer has a built-in docking station for the PERSONAL MEDIA DRIVE and the POCKET MEDIA DRIVE from HP. The shipment speed was extreemly quick and the product arrived in great shape, sealed, with everything in perfect condition. I could not expect anything more.

this harddisk works like a charm [Posted on 2008-07-13]
the installation was a snap. i do not hear much noise mentioned in other
reviews. it is more costly but seamless integration is worth the bucks.

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