Hitachi H2200U Portable External Hard Drive - 200GB, 2.5", USB 2.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)Its a good drive for basic storage but it has some rather annoying flaws

First is the Y-shape USB cable, this drive wont start up unless you have one of these, which also means that you do need 2 free USB ports.

Second is the disk format, this comes in FAT32, which is alright in terms of compatiblity with older systems, but you cant transfer any file over 4GB onto it, and since i do a fair amount of video editing with the uncompressed AVI format (1 hour of footage = 13GB), its rather annoying

Third - it cant be used with a USB hub, its kinda a downer for me since i have 3 USB ports on my laptop and i have to use all three, a simple hub cant handle the power needed for the hard drive

But overall, it is a descent hard drive for casual users who need to back up files on a semi-regular basis and dont mind sacrificing 2 usb ports to run it.

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