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G-Force GreenDrive
G-Force GreenDrive line of external USB and eSATA disk drives feature the latest advances in power saving technology and ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive) compliant materials and process. The G-Force Green Drive gives the consumer the ability to minimize his or her carbon footprint without sacrificing performance.
Fantom Drives GreenDrive USB 2.0 Hard Drives are a power conscious step forward to provide maximum capacity and performance while reducing power consumption by up to 40%. The G-Force GreenDrive USB 2.0 Hard Drive family feature sturdy aluminum casing to provide maximum durability fanless design for silent operation and could be placed horizontally or stand vertically to allow maximum deskspace.
Fantom Drives GreenDrives yield average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over competitors' drives while maintaining solid performance. That power savings equates to reducing CO2 emission by up to 60 kilograms per drive per year - the equivalent of taking your car off the road for 14 days each year.
Features:
Sustained Data Transfer (Maximum) : 68 MB/S
Connectors : 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x eSATA 300
OS Support:
Mac OS X 10.2 or greater, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
General
Device Type
Hard drive - external ( desktop )
Capacity
1 TB
Interface
USB 2.0 / eSATA
Width
4.8 in
Depth
8 in
Height
1.3 in
Weight
2.4 lbs
Performance
Interface Transfer Rate
1.5 Gbps (eSATA) / 480 Mbps (USB 2.0)
Max Data Transfer Rate
68 MB/s
Data Transfer Rate Details
USB 2.0 : 60 MB/s ¦ Serial ATA : 150 MB/s
Seek Time
8.5 ms (average)
Expansion & Connectivity
Interfaces
1 x USB 2.0 ¦ 1 x eSATA - 7 pin external Serial ATA
Power
Power Device
Power supply
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V
Software & System Requirements
OS Required
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple MacOS X 10.4 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories
Vertical stand
Cables Included
1 x USB cable - external
Compatible with Windows 7
"Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft’s assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7.
Compliant Standards
RoHS
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support
2 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 2 years
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2-ft. SATA to eSATA Transition Cable (7Pin/7Pin)
Manufacturer: TrippLite
Connect external eSATA drives to your SATA internal controller card. 2ft SATA-II rated 3Gbps cable. Plug-n-Play. 7pin SATA "L" type connector (Internal) to 7pin "I" type connector (external).
As someone else noted, the "Green" has to do with powering down the drive motor when not in use. This does save power, but there are a lot of events besides backup that cause it to have to power up (like putting up a new finder window, and many fil...
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GREAT But s-l-o-w------, 2011-10-09
By Tony Cardinale
When my current 500GB drive was failing to save Time Machine backups, I scouted drives online in an anxious hurry to replace it. The FD GreenDrive’s memory-per-dollar ratio was exactly what I was looking for! When I received it, set up was a no-brai...
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Thanks,, 2011-03-01
By John Patterson
This drive is everything the store says it is. Very easy to set up. Very, Very quiet. Quite an excellant product. I use a partition for daily backups and a partition for storage of old but needed files.
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Drive’s Fine, Rebate Program a Mess, 2009-11-13
By jrepp
If I were reviewing the product alone, it would have received five stars (though I’ve only run four or five back-ups to date): My MacBook prompted me to reformat, which got accomplished without a hitch, and from then on, it’s been a matter of hook i...
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Fantom, 2009-07-25
By richard sullivan
The problem with this hard drive is that the connections are not secure/solid, and I have been surprised with numerous warnings about not having put it away properly, while it was still hooked up. The connection was lost somehow while connected, an...
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Drive works fin, 2009-01-14
By RK
So far, so good with the drive. Easy to install, works fine, small footprint for a lot of storage. Runs quiet. Installed easy on both machines I hooked it up to. Only have tried the USB, I didn’t have an eSATA cable & there isn’t one included in ...
As someone else noted, the "Green" has to do with powering down the drive motor when not in use. This does save power, but there are a lot of events besides backup that cause it to have to power up (like putting up a new finder window, and many fil...
When my current 500GB drive was failing to save Time Machine backups, I scouted drives online in an anxious hurry to replace it. The FD GreenDrive’s memory-per-dollar ratio was exactly what I was looking for! When I received it, set up was a no-brai...
This drive is everything the store says it is. Very easy to set up. Very, Very quiet. Quite an excellant product. I use a partition for daily backups and a partition for storage of old but needed files.
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