💽 Fantom Drives GFP3000Q3 - External Hard Drive 3TB 7200RM, USB 3.2 Gen 1 - 5Gbps, eSATA & FireWire, GForce 3 Aluminum, Black, Compatible with Mac, Windows, PS4, Xbox Review

I have a nine year old Dell XPS 420 with Windows 7 32-bit and knew I wanted to try my luck. I bought it to backup all my data and leave enough space for video projects. Here's what I did to set up this hard drive, including what they don't tell you in the install guide. I plugged it in and connected it to my computer with an eSATA cable. I plugged in the drive and after a few seconds my computer recognized it and installed the driver software. I went into Disk Manager and saw a new drive with a

Check for updates below. I was very happy with this external drive. First review: I've had this disc for about 4 months now. It is connected to my Mac mini via a Thunderbolt/Firewire adapter. My drive is partitioned for Time Machine backups (4TB) and photo files (1TB). I've never had any hard drive problems. My home office isn't exactly quiet, so I don't know if this drive is terribly quiet when running, but it certainly doesn't feel loud. The blue LED light is bright but not bright enough to…

This is a replacement for the drive I originally bought, which I like for its compatibility with multiple connection technologies. When not being used as intended (a Time Machine backup), the first drive would often make a continuous noise and its light would blink as if in use. It sounded like the anchor was constantly searching. As a result, the first disk failed. Unfortunately, the removable drive does the same thing from time to time. So when I'm not making a Time Machine backup, I now…

06/06/2021 - no, I was wrong, the blue light is intermittent. Not sure why he does it. Thought it was a loose SCSI cable but now I'm using it with a USB 3 cable so still confused by that blue light. But otherwise the hard drive works perfectly. 03/22/2021. Now the blue indicator doesn't work anymore, but the hard drive is ok. Very good external hard drive. I got it for storage capacity and SCSI connection but am glad it also has USB3. Not too loud. I did notice the disconnection issue mentioned

Just got it delivered but thought I'd write a review to give my first reaction to it. It was packaged very nicely, with plenty of cables to connect to just about anything you could have. fast, which is a given for Revain Prime. The quick start guide was well written and easy to read. The first downside I encountered is the length of the FireWire cable, which is about 2 feet long. My computer. So when I leave this drive I have to look for a longer cable, don't want to leave it there. The second…

This is a really solid drive, preformatted for my MacBook Pro and includes my external iTunes library. Unlike the previous Seagate 4TB external drive, this one is much more reliable and also more resistant to disconnection when the laptop is moved without removing it etc. The previous drive often corrupted the iTunes library file and created a huge mess. While I'd love to be able to power this drive from my laptop, the external power supply is long enough and not so big that I just keep it on…