CBA Digital 250Gb 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive including One Touch Software. These units are assembled, supplied and supported in the UK

Great little portable...
This portable hard drive arrived from CBA Digital very quickly. I ordered on a Thursday afternoon and it arrived on the Saturday morning by parcel post. The unit is very compact (fractionally smaller than the new Western Digital Passport) and quite a stylish piece of kit. It feels substantially built and well put together, the rounded corners and glossy black inserts front and back keeping it from looking too industrial.

The case supplied was a soft black vinyl pouch rather than the `hard' case suggested by the advertising photograph on this site and seemed quite cheap and nasty - the stitching came apart in a couple of places when I first put the unit in - having quickly fixed it myself I'm now quite fond of it - the vinyl is quite `squidgy' (it's really more like very thin memory foam) is close-fitting to the unit and actually offers a good degree of scratch and knock resistance. As the pouch is open one end, and the inlets/outlets on the unit are all at one end, the...

CBA Digital 250Gb 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive including One Touch Software. These units are assembled, supplied and supported in the UK

As easy to use as a USB stick (or even easier!)
I have been using this external hard drive every day now since I've bought it a couple of months ago and have had no problems whatsoever. I simply plugged it in and the computer takes up to 30 secs or so (the first time) to recognise it and then I can quickly navigate through my folders. Copying files, folders etc onto it is also very easy.

I haven't used the button on the side that aids you in copying into the hard drive because I always just save my work directly onto the hard drive. It has replaced the 2 USB sticks I had, but now I still have lots and lots of memory.

The wire that connects from the hard drive to the computer is very good and does not ever slip out, the cover it came with is great and has protected the shiny sides of the hard drive, especially since I just chuck it into my bag.

Overall, absolutely no problems with it and I think the cost is very reasonable for what you get.

CBA Digital 250Gb 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive including One Touch Software. These units are assembled, supplied and supported in the UK

Handy external memory
A good value external memory. Large capacity whilst still being compact. Comes with a handy storage pouch and usb leads too!

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120Gb 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive including One Touch Software.

An excellent hard drive & backup solution
I must admit that I was slightly skeptical about buying a piece of hardware from a company whose brand I wasnt familiar with - I'm glad I did. On opening the packaging I was pleasantly surprised at how solid and compact this drive is - it actually feels solid enough to throw it about without worrying about the consequences. The mirrored glass and rubber jacket give it the look and feel of a top of the range piece of kit. The 'one touch' backup feature works effortlessly - just two things to be aware of :-

1. The backup solution does not use compression - it simply copies the files at full size.

2. When you initially load the software up the default language is Chinese (I think) and you need to find the drop down language menu to switch to English - not really a problem, it took me about 5 seconds to work it out.

All in all, a surprisingly nice piece of kit for the price. Oh - and the service form this company is outstanding - ordered it in the...

120Gb 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive including One Touch Software.

Great value for mnoney and very robust
I bought this drive for a specific job, which was to exchange large files with colleagues in Sweden without endless FTP uploads/downloads. The drive arrived really quickly, well packed and just worked perfectly out of the box. So far the drive has withstood two round trips by post to Sweden and back and is so convenient that I have ordered another one so that I dont have to wait for the return of the first one. The casing has a soft-touch finish and the whole unit feels solid.

120Gb 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive including One Touch Software.

Excellent hard drive - easy to use and no complaints!
I bought this hard drive to back up all the work, music and photos on my laptop. It arrived very quickly and after a brief scan of the instructions I plugged it in. The laptop (an acer one with microsoft/Windows operating system)recognised it immediately and in less than a minute I was dragging the files over. So far I have had no problems, the unit's extremely quiet and files are copied over much more quickly than to some memory sticks I've used. In terms of less important considerations, it looks nice and is both small and light; you might want to invest in a carry case of some sort though as the leather-style pouch in the box is not quite big enough for the unit..! I'm very impressed with this item and would certainly recommend it to anyone who's looking for a reliable external hard drive.

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