Comments on: Cirago CST-5000 Slim USB Hard Drive Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tablet | Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-132320 Tablet | Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:26:25 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-132320 [...] media, etc. to and from the drive quickly.  So far, I have not had any luck getting it to read my Cirango 250Gb drive, but the exFAT formatting may be the issue. It also reads SD cards as easily as the slot in my [...] [...] media, etc. to and from the drive quickly.  So far, I have not had any luck getting it to read my Cirango 250Gb drive, but the exFAT formatting may be the issue. It also reads SD cards as easily as the slot in my [...]

]]> By: Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-132314 Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:35:48 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-132314 [...] media, etc. to and from the drive quickly.  So far, I have not had any luck getting it to read my Cirango 250Gb drive, but the exFAT formatting may be the issue. It also reads SD cards as easily as the slot in my [...] [...] media, etc. to and from the drive quickly.  So far, I have not had any luck getting it to read my Cirango 250Gb drive, but the exFAT formatting may be the issue. It also reads SD cards as easily as the slot in my [...]

]]> By: Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review – The Gadgeteer « Accessories for Laptop Info http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-132290 Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review – The Gadgeteer « Accessories for Laptop Info Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:38:26 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-132290 [...] media, etc. to and from the drive quickly.  So far, I have not had any luck getting it to read my Cirango 250Gb drive, but the exFAT formatting may be the issue. It also reads SD cards as easily as the slot in my [...] [...] media, etc. to and from the drive quickly.  So far, I have not had any luck getting it to read my Cirango 250Gb drive, but the exFAT formatting may be the issue. It also reads SD cards as easily as the slot in my [...]

]]> By: Mark Adkins http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-99328 Mark Adkins Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:02:35 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-99328 FOLLOW-UP: Back around Christmas, I replaced my old Fuji Lifebook and my netbook with a 14" HP laptop, that I dearly love. The point of this is that my new laptop has enough of a hard drive that I really don't need the external drive any more. But I still use it as a portable media drive- it has a lot of movies, tons of photos, and all of our seasonal music on it. Small, fast, large capacity- still a nice unit! FOLLOW-UP: Back around Christmas, I replaced my old Fuji Lifebook and my netbook with a 14″ HP laptop, that I dearly love. The point of this is that my new laptop has enough of a hard drive that I really don’t need the external drive any more.

But I still use it as a portable media drive- it has a lot of movies, tons of photos, and all of our seasonal music on it.

Small, fast, large capacity- still a nice unit!

]]> By: Mark Adkins http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-45955 Mark Adkins Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:48:02 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-45955 @Noah- I've used enclosures before, both laptop and full-sized with mixed results. My experience was that the laptop-sized units have been pretty bad, but that could certainly be because of the drives I used. After all, most of us use scavenged drives for these. If you used a NEW drive, Newegg.com offers several 320Gb for about $65. Add the $10 for the enclosure, and you've spent more than the Cirango. Apparently the Rosewill is about 5.12"x3"x0.6" (if I found the right one from website, conversions done by Google). The Cirango is 4.7"x3″x 0.35″ (The Rosewill is closer to the Aegis I compared it to.) @Noah- I’ve used enclosures before, both laptop and full-sized with mixed results. My experience was that the laptop-sized units have been pretty bad, but that could certainly be because of the drives I used. After all, most of us use scavenged drives for these.

If you used a NEW drive, Newegg.com offers several 320Gb for about $65. Add the $10 for the enclosure, and you’ve spent more than the Cirango.

Apparently the Rosewill is about 5.12″x3″x0.6″ (if I found the right one from website, conversions done by Google). The Cirango is 4.7″x3″x 0.35″ (The Rosewill is closer to the Aegis I compared it to.)

]]> By: Mark Adkins http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-45953 Mark Adkins Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:26:45 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-45953 @Steve- I'm carrying it as my main (but not only, see the Back In A Flash review) backup and extra memory, so we will see how it holds up. I've been burned by cheap units as well- but I have to say that this thing 'feels' solid and well-made. @Steve- I’m carrying it as my main (but not only, see the Back In A Flash review) backup and extra memory, so we will see how it holds up. I’ve been burned by cheap units as well- but I have to say that this thing ‘feels’ solid and well-made.

]]> By: Noah Senzel http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-45952 Noah Senzel Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:04:23 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-45952 I took a 2.5" hard drive from my broken laptop and made it into an external with a Rosewill external enclosure a while back. Cost about $10, came with all necessary tools (screwdriver, mounting screws,etc.) The drive itself is about 1/4 thick, not much thicker than the actual drive. Unfortunately it only supports up to 160GB drives, but so far I've dropped it several times (though not while the drive was running) and it still runs fine. The build quality is nice, made of metal with a matte finish. Comes with dual port mini-B (although in most cases only one needed) and a case. Either way, thinnest drive I know of, and a great addition for a netbook/flash drive alternative. I took a 2.5″ hard drive from my broken laptop and made it into an external with a Rosewill external enclosure a while back. Cost about $10, came with all necessary tools (screwdriver, mounting screws,etc.) The drive itself is about 1/4 thick, not much thicker than the actual drive. Unfortunately it only supports up to 160GB drives, but so far I’ve dropped it several times (though not while the drive was running) and it still runs fine. The build quality is nice, made of metal with a matte finish. Comes with dual port mini-B (although in most cases only one needed) and a case. Either way, thinnest drive I know of, and a great addition for a netbook/flash drive alternative.

]]> By: Steve http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/10/07/cirago-cst-5000-slim-usb-hard-drive-review/comment-page-1/#comment-45916 Steve Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:43 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=22264#comment-45916 I have never heard about this brand, so I wonder what kind of long-term quality and durability this drive will have? I have purchased external HDDs before based on a cheap price, and the drives failed on me, losing my backups. So I wonder about durability especially. I have never heard about this brand, so I wonder what kind of long-term quality and durability this drive will have? I have purchased external HDDs before based on a cheap price, and the drives failed on me, losing my backups. So I wonder about durability especially.

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