Seagate Expansion Portable Drive (1 TB) review
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:30 pm
I bought a 1 TB Seagate Expansion Portable Drive (From WinSoft, Unity Plaza) for LKR 13800 yesterday. When I have connected that to my back panel USB ports, it keep on restarting when I try to copy some considerable amount of files. I wasn't happy but I already knew that Seagate is one of the best hard drives in the world so an external drive must be in that quality as well.
Then I connected that to my laptop and it worked. I copied GBs of data without any issue. I knew there can be power issues for external devices when connected to USB ports. However, since my PC was working in superb condition, I never suspected that it is running without adequate power. Who suspect our own friends
I replaced the power unit with a Mercury 450W one (Bought from Digital house). I heard Mercury is better than other OEM unbranded units (even my earlier one was marked as 450W as well). After this, Seagate external hard drive started work like a charm as well. It is now coping files in lightening speed which made me happy to share this information with you.
WinSoft technical guys were really okay. When I wanted them to have a look at it by thinking there is a manufacture fault, they have given it top priority and copied GBs of data in-front of me. Some people are too lazy to do these things. So I'm really satisfied with their service and highly recommend Seagate Expansion Portable Drives. I also would like to recommend Mercury Power Units. Seems they provide the power as marked in the label.
Then I connected that to my laptop and it worked. I copied GBs of data without any issue. I knew there can be power issues for external devices when connected to USB ports. However, since my PC was working in superb condition, I never suspected that it is running without adequate power. Who suspect our own friends
I replaced the power unit with a Mercury 450W one (Bought from Digital house). I heard Mercury is better than other OEM unbranded units (even my earlier one was marked as 450W as well). After this, Seagate external hard drive started work like a charm as well. It is now coping files in lightening speed which made me happy to share this information with you.
WinSoft technical guys were really okay. When I wanted them to have a look at it by thinking there is a manufacture fault, they have given it top priority and copied GBs of data in-front of me. Some people are too lazy to do these things. So I'm really satisfied with their service and highly recommend Seagate Expansion Portable Drives. I also would like to recommend Mercury Power Units. Seems they provide the power as marked in the label.