WHATS IN THE BOX?
Apart from the drive, there is a manual, a connection cable, a power supply (with removable connectors) and a desktop stand to fit the drive into.
USING THE DRIVE
Just connect the drive and it is ready to use in a few seconds once Windows has identified it and installed any drivers it might need.
Windows 7 shows the empty drive as 1.81 TB free – this always winds me up – it is supposed to be a 2 TB drive after all, not a 1.81 TB drive!
Running some tests with HD Tune Pro showed some excellent results.
I thought it might be interesting to run the tests using both the desktop adaptor and the laptop adaptor.
Laptop adaptor results:
Desktop adaptor results:
So the desktop adaptor performed slightly better on reading and quite a bit better on reading. Those are still excellent results though.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The drive not only looks good but it performs very well indeed.
It’s fairly quiet and I had no problems at all using it on both my desktop and my laptop.
If you want a desktop hard drive, as apposed to a portable drive, and you want fast USB 3.0 support then you should take a look at this drive.
The eGo USB 3.0 2TB Desktop drive retails for around £160 in the UK and around $220 in the US.
You can learn more about the eGo USB 3.0 drive by checking out the UK Iomega website or the US Iomega website.
eGo is a NoGo