Product Description

The "drive for perfection" is built into the line of FireLite portable external drives. Palm-sized, durable and stylish with outstanding performance and capacity, FireLite offers the ultimate in a convenient, highly portable data storage solution. FireLite combines the best features of today's hard drive designs in one attractive package. Quite simply, FireLite provides quality without compromise.FireLite's diminutive size and weight are made possible through the use of magnesium alloy for the drive's housing - by weight, one of the strongest materials on the planet. Its thermal dissipation properties also help to wick away heat, increasing drive longevity. Hold it in your hand and you'll sense the aesthetic and functional advantages of a metal housing over plastic.Both FireWire and USB 2.0 models are bus powered, meaning they can be powered directly through the FireWire or USB 2.0 cable used to connect them to your computer. For portability, this is the utmost in convenience? just plug it in and start using it! For configurations that do not supply sufficient cable power, FireLite can operate from an optional AC adapter.FireLite's high performance hard drive mechanisms and electronics provide outstanding data transfer speeds with either FireWire or USB 2.0. For most software applications, you can use FireLite as an internal hard drive, then unplug it and take it with you when you're done!FireLite models are equipped with either a USB 2.0 or FireWire (1394A) connection. USB models support USB 2.0 High Speed operation (up to 480Mbits/sec) and they will also work with USB 1.1 ports at slower transfer rates. FireWire models (supporting up to 400Mbits/sec) feature two ports for daisy-chaining several FireWire peripherals together.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38913 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: SmartDisk
• Model: FWFL100
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .44 pounds
• Hard Disk: 100GB

Features

• Package includes - FireLite Drive / User Guide / FireWire cable / CD with SmartDisk Tools for Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9 (Provides drivers and formatting utilities for these earlier Mac OS releases)
• Transfer documents and data easily between office and home
• Boost laptop or desktop storage capacity
• Use it as a high-capacity sneakernet
• Plug it into a borrowed computer for mobile access to data

From the Manufacturer
High-Performance Portable Hard Drives

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The "drive for perfection" is built into our line of FireLite portable external drives. Palm-sized, durable and stylish with outstanding performance and capacity, FireLite offers the ultimate in a convenient, highly portable data storage solution. FireLite combines the best features of todays hard drive designs in one attractive package. Quite simply, FireLite provides quality without compromise.

Unique Magnesium Alloy housing

FireLites diminutive size and weight are made possible through the use of magnesium alloy for the drives housing by weight, one of the strongest materials on the planet. Its thermal dissipation properties also help to wick away heat, increasing drive longevity. Hold it in your hand and youll sense the aesthetic and functional advantages of a metal housing over plastic.

No power cord needed

Both FireWire and USB 2.0 models are bus powered, meaning they can be powered directly through the FireWire or USB 2.0 cable used to connect them to your computer. For portability, this is the utmost in conveniencejust plug it in and start using it! For configurations that do not supply sufficient cable power, FireLite can operate from an optional AC adapter.

High performance

FireLites high performance hard drive mechanisms and electronics provide outstanding data transfer speeds with either FireWire or USB 2.0. For most software applications, you can use FireLite as an internal hard drive, then unplug it and take it with you when youre done!

USB 2.0 or FireWire models

FireLite models are equipped with either a USB 2.0 or FireWire (1394A) connection. USB models support USB 2.0 High Speed operation (up to 480Mbits/sec) and they will also work with USB 1.1 ports at slower transfer rates. FireWire models (supporting up to 400Mbits/sec) feature two ports for daisy-chaining several FireWire peripherals together.

Plug and Play

For recent Windows and Macintosh operating system releases, such as Windows XP, Windows 2000, Window Me, and Mac OS X, no driver installation is required. This is an enormous convenience when working with a "borrowed" computer; just plug in FireLite to maintain access to important data or transfer large amounts of data between computers. FireLites are available in a range of capacities. FireLites outstanding performance, engineered durability and radical good looks are sure to satisfy your data storage needs in the office, at home or on the road.

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Great ways to use your FireLite

FireLite is the perfect solution to your data storage needs. Here are a few ways to put FireLite to work:

• Transfer documents and data easily between office and home
• Boost laptop or desktop storage capacity
• Use it as a high-capacity "sneakernet"
• Plug it into a "borrowed" computer for mobile access to data
• Back-up critical files and software programs

Customer Reviews

Tested dozens and this one is my pick
I work as an author and seminar/training class instructor. Due to this I travel a lot and am frequently asked to review hardware. I have tested Maxtor, Seagate and these SmartDisk FireLite models. In my opinion, the FireLite is the best external hard drive for those who travel because of its small size and light weight.

The drive does not have the shock resistance of the larger cases and this should be kept in mind. You'll want to be careful with it as evidenced by another review elsewhere related to these devices.

My biggest suggestion: Don't consider any USB drive a permanent backup solution for your data. They are just hard drives. If you have any data that is important to you, it should always be in two, or more, places at the same time. This is true with any storage medium.

Tom Carpenter, Senior Consultant - SYSEDCO

I Love this Drive!!
This is the utmost for gamers and/or music lovers with lots of CD's. With world turning electronic now-a-days DJ'ing is easy with a 100GB hard drive and 50,000 songs loaded. I have around 35,000 and they easily fit on here. For those individuals who go on long trips (ie. military) this is perfect. All your music is sitting into your pocket and easily accessible. You can even take thousand's of picture's of your family and friends with you and it so convenient. I recommend this drive to anyone technicians, mechanics, lawyers, programmers, etc. Why pay so much for a 2GB-4GB thumbdrive when you can have a 100GB for the same price? And the cost is just the same!

Impressed
I already own three external hard-drives (Home, Office, Media) and this Firelite HD is by far the best. I love the fact that I can connect it to my PowerBook and it draws power from the firewire cable. It is small and I carry it with my laptop wherever I go.
I doen't make any noise and doesn't heat up. I can't think of any negative comments about the product.