Verbatim53023 1TB Store 'n' Go USB 3.0 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive - Black

I've bought a few of these over the last couple of years. I use them as back up and for viewing photos and videos through my TV.The one I bought most recently is slightly thinner than the other 1Tb ones I have but they aren't big or heavy anyway.My PC only has USB2 so I can't comment on the USB3 speed. I don't tend to move more than a couple of Gb at a time and I certainly don't find the transfer speed at USB2 slow enough to cause any major irritation.One of my older 500Gb ones did have a bit of a wobble recently; I lent it to a friend and it came back showing no data at all. I don't know if there had been a directory problem but it seems to work fine after I reformatted it using the utility from the Verbatim website.As with any drive, I never have only one copy of data (following an expensive mistake a few years ago). For a small, USB powered, large capacity drive, I was very happy for the £49.99 I paid.

Previously I purchased an unnamed storage product it was cheaper until I found out later it was unreliable, kept failing...I wasn't expecting this product to be so good. I am installing Windows 10 on my laptop therefore I need storage before I flatten my machine...this product is light and the speed transferring and retreiving is the best I've experienced, the USB lead is short but I prefer that, easy to carry around and seems tough

Difficult and time consuming to set up was unable to save a lot of my files. Didn't give a reason why

I have several of these Verbatim drives. I'm a wedding photographer so need a lot of storage space. All of mine are still working and have had no issues. The oldest is about 4 years old now. I buy them in different colours so I can tell them apart easily. I need Verbatim to make more colours now as I think silver has completed my set of available options!

Used this to create back up image of reinstalled Windows XP. Full back up possible using supplied Nero software. Checked it worked by fully restoring the laptop. Worked a treat. Windows 7 owners could achieve this with Windows back up software.This is, however, not the only benefit of the Store 'n' Go. It is very compact and good value for a 1TB portable drive.

I have never bought such a rubbish product from Amazon. This worked fine for a short while. USB connection faulty from out of the Package ( I think I have read this in other reviews) Used to back up my documents and data from PC. worked ok for 2 days . 3rd Day PC doesn't recognise nor am I able to re format the drive as the PC won't recognise it. Blue light is on and just a constant quiet clicking noise.Don't Buy

I do like external hard drives. I think that they are a great invention. The fact that they do not need their own separate power supply anymore is a bonus as well. This drive works fine. If has various media types on it and plays them all no problem. It is still working fine in May 2016. You lose a little storage due to the internal set up of the device, but given the space on it you could store quite a lot on it.

The external hard drive is pretty good. I have not partitioned yet but so far so good. If you are looking for a portable external hard drive on a budget , its worth while to consider this one