AcomData HD1000UHE5-72 1TB 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 Hybrid

Product Review

Rethink the hard drive! HybridDrive will change the way you think about external hard drives. AcomData's innovative Hybrid technology allows us to build an arsenal of very powerful features which traditionally reside with the computer, right into the drive itself. This shatters many of the constraints imposed by the closed-box computing. It empowers you with the greater freedom to work and play where you want. And (believe it or not) it makes your data more secure.

Product Features

Features: Exclusive 16-Bit RISC Processor,Portable Password Security Nomad Mobile Desktop V.2,Portable Pushbutton BackUp,Portable one-step Sync
PC system requirements: 233MHz+ processor (Pentium, Celeron, AMD,etc.)/ Windows Vista, XP (SP1 or later)2000 (SP 4 or later)/ USB 2.0 port,MAC System requirements: G3,G4, G5 or Intel processor/ MAC OS 10.3 or later/USB Port
In the Box:AcomData Hybrid Drive 3.5" Hard Drive,USB Cable,User's Guide,Product Registration Card
HD1000UHE5-72; Hybrid Drive 3.5"; External Hard Drive

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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(32 customer reviews)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

stay away, April 15, 2007

R. Laurito "doowopa" (Danielson ct) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AcomData HD320UHE5-72 320GB 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 Hybrid (Personal Computers)

Installed in January.

Used Occasionally.

Dead by April

They want me to pay shipping back to them.

What more can I say.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Run, don't walk, away from this cheap junk..., October 17, 2007

hannibalsmith "hannibalsmith" (Van Nuys, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acomdata HD500UHE5-72 E5 HybridDrive 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

Bought this external Acomdata 500GB hard drive recently. Windows starts giving me "delayed write failure" errors - not even the 2nd day I owned it. So I Google, find out that one cause of this is bad or loose cabling. I check the drive, and sure enough there is a ton of play on the cable - its loose enough that it can probably move on its own just from vibrations on my desk. I try another cable I had from another drive, and its loose too. The USB connector on the drive is not tight enough. Where is the quality control here? Am going to return it ASAP.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Runs hot drive motor failed at one year - maybe lost all data, September 30, 2008

Earth Pilot - See all my reviews

This review is from: AcomData HD750UHE5-72 750 GB 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 Hybrid Drive (Personal Computers)

The big thing with these drives is supposedly they don't need fans to stay cool enough to keep the drive alive.

All I can say is the drive was always warm when I ran it.

Then one day it just never spun up. The blue light on front came on but the lack of any vibration and heat makes me fairly certain the drive is no longer spinning. Needless to say windows won't recognize it and so far there is no way to get data off it.

Seems to me the spin motor overheated and is now dead.

Customer service from Acomdata requires you to fill out large form and register and then you get message you will get an email within 3 days - great.

I guess I'll wait for them for suggestions before I open the thing and see if I can get the drive inside the box to spin by manually giving the hub a spin or find a heat circuit breaker to trip (PLEASE BE ONE).

Nothing to lose at this point I guess.

750 GB of data gone.
Next time I 'll...Read more