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| Cavalry 750GB CAXM USB/eSATA 3.5in PC Formatted | 
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| List Price: $150.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18063
Category: CE
Publisher: Cavalry
Studio: Cavalry
Brand: Cavalry
Label: Cavalry
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Hard Drive Size: 750
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 2 x 5
MPN: CAXM37750
Model: CAXM37750
UPC: 094922610010
EAN: 0094922610010
ASIN: B000HPW286
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 750GB 3.5" SATA II hard disk drive | | • | Plug & Play for Windows 2000 and newer (Pre-formatted with NTFS) | | • | Transfer rates of 3.0Gbps (eSATA) or 480Mbps (USB 2.0) | | • | Hard drive activity LED | | • | Aluminum case |
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Product Description
This SATA to USB 2.0 / eSATA unit provides not only SATA to USB 2.0 interface, also SATA to eSATA interface to connect with PC. This unit follows standard SATA specification, which provides 3Gbps throughput to reach better data-storage performance.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Cavalry CAXM37750 3.5-Inch 750GB SATA External Hard Drive is superb external mobile solution for all your data storage needs. The hard drive features an aluminum casing to keep the pre-installed 750 GB SATA hard drive nice and cool to extend the life of the drive. The CAM37750 supports an incredible transfer rate of 3 Gbps (SATA) and 480 Mbps (USB 2.0), making it easy to add storage to any system with either SATA or USB connectivity. And with it's portable design, and plug and play, hot-swappable connection, Cavalry makes it hassle-free to take your data with you anywhere. What's in the Box
Cavalry CAXM37750 3.5-inch 750GB SATA external hard drive, power adapter, power cord, eSATA to eSATA cable, USB cable, vertical stand, installation CD, and user's manual.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Great hard drive. Get at least one just for backup August 21, 2008
This really is a gem. Comes with a SATA-to-eSATA cable-bracket that acts as an adapter for computers (like mine) that don't have eSATA. Also includes an eSATA cable, a USB cable, power supply, and a simple, removable stand.
It only took a couple of minutes to install the bracket. Windows XP recognized the drive immediately, I ran a backup successfully (we got this drive exclusively for external, removable backup).
Also ran a speed test, just copying 1.46GB from the internal drive to the new one in 58 seconds.
That was on a computer that had a SATA-II (3Gb/sec) controller. Having bought a second adapter bracket, I installed it on another computer that has just vanilla SATA (1.5Gb/sec), then connected this external drive to see what would happen.
Worked fine, copied 1.57GB from the internal drive to the new one in 64 seconds. So, maybe SATA-II is marginally faster than SATA-I, but not enough to matter. The important thing to me was that the drive works with both kinds of SATA controllers.
Back to the drive itself: it is silent and the aluminum case stays cool to the touch. I have two other external drives in aluminum cases (one uses USB/Firewire, the other is Network-attached storage), and all of them run cool and quiet.
At this price and with this speed and ease of use, there's just no excuse for not doing frequent offline backups.
 Very unstable as an eSATA drive August 16, 2008
Bought this drive to stream large orchestral music samples. The consistent transfer rate of Firewire was attractive, but I had the option of going for the 2GB rate of eSATA, so I bought this drive.
Samples would not stream properly, if they could be found at all. The drive would spin up and spin down every few minutes. Nothing I did and no settings I changed could get this drive to work properly as eSATA. I believe for a while that it was the problem of Windows Vista, but that turned out to not be true.
Since that time, I've had to use this as just another external USB drive. Not for my intended purpose at all. If you need eSATA, I suggest Seagate.
Great Drive August 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have had this drive for over four months and am very happy with it. First, there were no problems hooking it up to an esata card (with my Thinkpad). Was recognized in Vista with no problems also. The drive is quiet (my quieter than my USB seagate) and is very very fast, at least in comparison. Esata is no joke - it's the connection of the future. Makes USB 2.0 look like a floppy drive. I like this drive enough that I'm going to get a second.
Only complaint is the very bright blue light on the front. Some electrical take to cover it up and it's fine.
A Great Harddrive! July 12, 2008
I bought the Cavalry hard drive in mid-may 2008.
I have never used an external HD in my life. I'm certainly a newbie when it comes to hooking up hardware. I bought this based on the few reviews I read. Originally I was going to get the Seagate brand HD, but it had too many problems. One of which included overheating units.
I am currently using the Cavalry to store music and picture files. I use it through my USB hub and it works great. It came pre-formatted, so all I had to do was hook it up and my PC automatically recognized it.
It has a nice design being rectangular, so it fits snugly in with my other hardware I have around the computer. It's black with the Cavalry name in white on the side. One thing I love about this hard drive is its bright power light. It has a medium sized bright blue power light on the front end of the unit, so you know when it's plugged in. It's bright enough to light up a dark room, but it is not noticeable during the day or when you have lights on. It has a smaller red light that comes on when moving data to and from the hard drive.
Most of the time I forget that it's running. Yes, it is that quiet. The unit always feels tepid cool.
The only problem I've had with the hard drive, and I think it's my system or the USB connection, is that when I restart my computer it hangs. Unless I have the hard drive unplugged from the USB hub, my computer won't reboot. Another USB issue is speed, but that's typical for a hard drive of this size. Once you plug it in it takes awhile for Windows to load in the information stored on it.
Overall, I give this unit 5 stars. It comes with a company warranty which you need to register for on their homepage. I had to contact customer service once with a newbie question and I received an answer in no time at all. I recommend the Cavalry hard drive for anyone needing additional computer storage that's dependable.
 Great product - horrible packaging by Amazon June 29, 2008
I was shocked at the haphazarded shipping approach taken by Amazon in packaging this hard drive, and have to give the product a rather low score based on that alone. Rather than a manufacturer's box within a shipping box with styrofoam peanuts or some such intelligent method, the drive arrived poorly suspended by feable styrofoam end caps (one which had worked its way loose) in a thin cardboard box that was a lttle mashed. The product documentation lay at the bottom of the box along with the power supply and connecting cables. Luckily the hard drive worked as advertised, but I have never, ever experienced such shoddy shipping by anyone. I would never expect this from Amazon. What gives?
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