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Sony 500GB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive

Model number: HDEG5/B
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
Get secure, reliable data storage with this 500GB external hard disk drive, which features USB 3.0 compatibility for ultra-fast transfer speeds plus a sleek, contemporary casing.

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Back up, store and transport your important files, digital images, MP3s and videos with the Sony HDEG5/B external hard disk drive featuring USB 3.0 compatibility for ultra-fast transfer speeds. In addition to 500GB1 of storage capacity, this drive comes equipped with preloaded Data Transfer Accelerator software2 that delivers up to 3x faster data transfer, password protection3 and easy data backup—all wrapped up in a sophisticated, contemporary design.

Product Specifications

Individual Package

  • Dimensions (Approx. W x H x D) without protrusions : 0.75 x 7.38 x 5.38
  • Weights (Approx.) : 0.75

Operating Conditions

  • Transfer Rate : Max. 5Gbps(USB 3.0), Max. 480Mbps(USB2.0)

General

  • Compatibility : Windows PC, Macintosh
  • Operating Temperature : 5o C to 40o C (Non-condensing)
  • Power Consumption : Max. 4.5W
  • Power Supply : DC 5V (USB bus powered)
  • Storage Temperature : -20o C to 60o C

Interface

  • Port Type : USB 3.0 Micro-B connector
  • USB Port : USB 3.0 & USB 2.0

Supplied Accessories

  • Cable : USB 3.0 Standard-A to USB 3.0 Micro-B cable (60cm)
  • PC Software only for Windows (installer pre-loaded on drive) : Data Transfer Accelerator, Backup Manager, Password Protection Manager

Hard Drive Spec

  • Capacity : 500GB
  • Color : Black
  • Compatible devices : Windows PC, Macintosh
  • Disk size : 2.5 inch
  • File System : NTFS
  • Interface Transfer Rate *value of standard : Max. 5Gbps(USB 3.0), Max. 480Mbps(USB2.0)
  • Operating Temperature : 5o C to 40o C (Non-condensing)
  • Port type : USB 3.0 Micro-B connector & USB 2.0
  • Power Consumption : Max. 4.5W
  • Power Supply : DC 5V (USB bus powered)
  • Storage Temperature : -20o C to 60o C
  • Supported OS : Windows 7?32bit/64bit); Windows Vista?32bit/64bit); Windows XP(32bit); Mac OS X 10.4 or later (*Mac OS supports only USB2.0)
  • Usable Capacity (Approx.) : 465GB

Memory

  • Capacity : 500GB
  • Disk Size : 2.5"
  • Usable Capacity (Approx.) : 465GB

Product Profile

Support

HDEG5/B 4.7 5 3 3
Great Product I got this as a free gift from the sales rep. So for me it was already great, but I didnt expect it to be such a nice product. Its the perfect size, not too small and not too big, so this makes it durable and portable at the same time. I already have backed up all my music and it only took me about my five minutes. And I have around 1200 songs. I also decided to back up my pictures. The really cool think about these external Hard drives, is that you can store movies and pictures, and then plug it into your TV, and watch them on your TV! I havent tried playing my music from the TV yet, but i plan too. If you are looking for a quality external hard drive, I highly recommend this product over any others. Sony really puts there time into making sure there products are reliable, and at the same time having great preformance. December 6, 2012
Works as advertised Love the brushed aluminum casing. Works fast and was easy to format for OSX. September 20, 2012
Easy to use My experience with this hard drive is on a Mac computer. I had no issues getting the drive to be recognized after plugging it into the USB drive. I was able to use the Time Machine program to back up my entire system along with all my personal files. For me the 500 GB storage was plenty and for 130 GB of data I backed up the transfer took around 2 hours, which I didn?t think was too bad. This drive uses both USB 2.0 (which mine was) and 3.0 so people running that should probably have even faster transfer speeds. The design of the drive itself is very sleek and minimal. I like the black almost wood like feel of it and only has two items of note: the connection port for the USB cable and a blue light displayed when it is in use. For anyone who has had a computer crash and lost data knows how priceless an external hard drive can be especially for something like photos. As I mentioned I used this on a Mac so I can?t comment on how it runs on another system, but I had no issues. I would recommend this product to anyone looking for an external hard drive in the 500 GB range and if you have USB 3.0 the transfer speeds will be even faster than what I experienced. September 17, 2012
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VIEW FOOTNOTES


1. 1GB = one billion bytes. a portion of which is used for data management functions

2. The Data Transfer Accelerator software for Windows® increases USB 3.0 transfer speed by 10 seconds when copying 500MBs of data to the unit. Based on Sony internal testing. Transfer speed may vary.

3. The password protection manager cannot be used with other encryption software.

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