HP HD5000S Personal Media Drive 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

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HP HD5000S Personal Media Drive 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

3.5-inch 500 GB external hard drive fits into Personal Media Drive slot on HP computers and also works with any computer with USB 2.0
7200 RPM for fast read/write times; USB 2.0 connection for up to 480 Mbps transfer rate
Activity and power LED indicators; includes Sonic Backup MyPC software (pre-loaded on drive)
1-year limited warranty
Device measures 5 x 1.5 x 4.63 inches (WxHxD)

List Price: $219.99
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Product Description:

Data space may be the last frontier in the computing realm, and HP has designed these Personal Media Drives to handle the increased data storage needs of their Media Center computers. Speed of access is ensured with 7200 RPM rotation and USB 2.0 data transfer speeds up to 480 Megabytes per second. 500 Gigabytes Storage will ensure a place to store all of your video and photo data.

Customer Reviews:

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-07
neat but
Neat if u dont already have a few 'big' hd's.

For me owning a HP M9350F is great...but this is totally useless to me as I want this drive with no hd' already in it.

If I could buy 'empty's I would definately buy a few.

Currently if there is no chance in buying 'empty's I will be looking to remove this product from my nearly new pc.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-05
HP HD5000S
Exactly what I wanted to back-up my PC. Twice in the past I've lost everything by not having a back-up. This drive does exactly what I need and is a perfect match for my HP Media Center. Amazon had a great price, too.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-30
I really like this drive
This item is great. Even though it is more expensive than most external hard drives it fits in the slot in my HP computer and it is out of the way. It is easy to insert and easy to remove. Shipping was fast, the price was the cheapest I've found.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-25
hp media drive 500G
Ended up returning this product. Spent a week w/hp tech trying to get it to work. They finally concluded it was bad & I should return it. But they wouldn't accept the return w/o all original packing materials (which I no longer had). When I told them I wouldn't buy another HP because of their strict return policy, they offered to send me the packing materials needed to return the drive. I just returned to Amazon -- no original packing needed, no hassles. I may have just gotten a bad drive, and maybe generally there aren't problems, but I didn't like their attitude about the return. Their product was bad, they should have been offering to replace it with no hassles. I had to threaten not to buy their products before they decided to cooperate. Their tech (e-mail only -- phone help cost money, I believe) was polite, but not helpful. Most of their suggestions were pretty obvious and had already been tried before I contacted them.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-24
hp hd5000s - Great item for what it is intended
Is there any reason to buy this harddrive if you do not have one of the hp computers it will doc in? No, not really. This is a nice external hard drive but it is pricey compared to other externals with similar/same features. The real reason and only reason to spend the extra cash is if you are using an HP system that has the dock this unit fits in. It is purely an aesthetic reason, I agree but it does finish the computer nicely filling in the hole and giving you the 2nd hard drive that you could not mount into the machine because of all the space the dock takes in the computer. If you just need an external hard drive, there are many good ones for less dime to go for. If you need the extra capacity in an hp that takes this drive, then it is your only choice.