Bought this on January 2016 and it just broke on me the other week on my Xbox One. Been using it to store my games then I noticed when I deleted games the storage space wouldn't go down =/ tried to reformat it on my PC but it wouldn't show up on my pic like my other external hard drives and it wasn't in computer management so pretty much it's useless £60-£70 down the drain.
External hard drives should last more than 1 year =/ and had to but a new one (not this) and now for some stupid reason since I redownloaded my games on the new external hard drive BT have charged me £200 😡 Yet I'm on BT infinity 1 (unlimited downloads) so thanks Samsung.
Samsung M3 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black - HX-M101TCB/G
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| Digital storage capacity | 1 TB |
| Compatible devices | HDD |
| Brand | Samsung |
| Model name | HX-M101TCB/G |
| Connectivity technology | USB |
| Special feature | LED indicators^Operating temperature range:5 - 40 °C^USB powered |
| Hard disk size | 1 TB |
| Form factor | 2.5" |
| Cache size | 8 |
| Colour | Printed Black |
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- Handy portable storage - Massive 1TB
- Future your conectivity with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0
- SafetyKeyTM protection for your data
- Enjoy stable HD videos and gaming
- Durable black design
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| Sold By | — | Sonnics | Amazon.co.uk | ONLY BRANDED | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.co.uk |
| Colour | Printed Black | — | Black | Black | Black | Black |
| Data Transfer Rate | 4915.2 MB per second | 5000 MB per second | — | 0 MB per second | — | — |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 5400 rpm | — | — | 0 rpm | — | — |
| Hard Disk Size | 1 TB | 500 GB | — | 1000 GB | 1 TB | — |
| Item Dimensions | 11.18 x 8.13 x 2.03 cm | 11.99 x 7.01 x 0.99 cm | 11.05 x 1.5 x 8.2 cm | 10.9 x 7.8 x 1.4 cm | 11.7 x 8 x 1.48 cm | 10.72 x 7.49 x 1.12 cm |
| Item Weight | 151 grams | 199.58 grams | 131.54 grams | 149.01 grams | 190 grams | 117.94 grams |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 1 TB | 500 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| Model Year | 2012 | — | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Size | 1TB | — | 1TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1TB |
| Special Features | LED indicators^Operating temperature range:5 - 40 °C^USB powered | — | — | — | — | — |
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Product Description
The Samsung M3 Portable External Hard Drive delivers handy portable storage. It is easy to take wherever you go, and has ample capacity up to 1TB. The durable black design stands up to the rigors of daily use.
Box Contains
M3 Portable External Hard Drive
USB cable
Software preloaded on the drive
Electronic User Documentation (PDF)
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 11.18 x 8.13 x 2.03 cm; 151 Grams
- Date First Available : 1 Jan. 2010
- Manufacturer : Samsung
- ASIN : B008PABFX8
- Item model number : STSHX-M101TCB
- Best Sellers Rank: 33,742 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
- 341 in External Hard Drives
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the money, well designed and averages at 95mbs on a Mac
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2015
Ok, I'm a disgruntled hard drive man at the moment since one of my drives has just failed (one from my 8TB WD Mybook Duo Thunderbolt). I ordered this before it had though which was lucky!Anyway, I'm a mac user. That means all the software on the disk which it comes with can be erased and the whole thing should be formatted in Mac OS Extended if thats your thing.First thing I noticed was the design is pretty cool, and its concave on the edge giving it a nice grip.USB 3 so it is powered by the USB cable which is nice too!After formatting I did a Black Magic Speed Test, then copied over 30GB of photos. The transfer rates are pretty good at 120MB/s (pics attached), but as I'm writing its dropped to 95 MB/s.My advice to any HDD user is ALWAYS eject the drive through software, drives can fail if you dont. So dont just unplug that cord when you're done with it.On the surface it's a pretty cool piece of kit and worth the money.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2015
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2017
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2018
Capacity: 1TBVerified Purchase
After owning this HDD for storage of large photo folders etc for little over 2 years, it has suddenly suffered media corruption which has led to inaccessible sectors and unreadable areas of the device. The HDD is now inaccessible. Our IT dept has had it analysed and there is also failure of a mechanical component contained within the storage device. This has simply meant that i have to fork out £1,500 for data recovery !!! And this happened without the HDD suffering any damage from being dropped or knocked... it simply just stopped working!! And now for the price of data recovery, i could've literally bought a brand new PC and instead have to throw this money away for DR !!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2018
Capacity: 1TBVerified Purchase
I bought this a couple of years ago and it stopped working within 3 months. I bought this to replace a Seagate 3TB drive that also gave up after a couple of months. I was gutted to discover Seagate also make Samsung drives or Vice Versa.
I literally discovered while throwing out the boxes that these drives come with a 3 year warranty which is great. I am in time for both drives but stupidly threw away the 3TB drive and can now only attempt to repair the 1TB.
In closing not claiming on my Warranty was stupid but I also do not believe 2 drives should have given up after literally 3 months of use.
I literally discovered while throwing out the boxes that these drives come with a 3 year warranty which is great. I am in time for both drives but stupidly threw away the 3TB drive and can now only attempt to repair the 1TB.
In closing not claiming on my Warranty was stupid but I also do not believe 2 drives should have given up after literally 3 months of use.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2021
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I bought this in 2013 and have used it a lot since then so it deserves a review.
When l bought it l quickly stored the contents of my laptop at the time on this portable hard drive - a mixture of documents and photographs. This was easily done. Since then l have regularly used it for more storage as well as revisiting stored documents on it to amend them.
I am glad l have this because my in 2015 my laptop hard drive started to malfunction and having already saved most things on it saved me a huge amount of trouble.
This portable hard drive has proven totally reliable despite heavy use. As it is so old I am now starting to retire it but it can recommend it.
I am giving it 4 rather than 5 stars as the cover is made from a slightly brittle plastic which will crack if dropped - l would prefer one made from aluminimum or plastic with rubber armor.
When l bought it l quickly stored the contents of my laptop at the time on this portable hard drive - a mixture of documents and photographs. This was easily done. Since then l have regularly used it for more storage as well as revisiting stored documents on it to amend them.
I am glad l have this because my in 2015 my laptop hard drive started to malfunction and having already saved most things on it saved me a huge amount of trouble.
This portable hard drive has proven totally reliable despite heavy use. As it is so old I am now starting to retire it but it can recommend it.
I am giving it 4 rather than 5 stars as the cover is made from a slightly brittle plastic which will crack if dropped - l would prefer one made from aluminimum or plastic with rubber armor.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2016
Capacity: 1TBVerified Purchase
I bought this as an external hard drive backup for my macbook just before I started third year of university. Although the shipping was quite fast it wasn't fast enough for me unfortunately, as it arrived 2 days after I spilled water all over my macbook and broke it, losing all of my work for a couple of days.
However, this worked as a good encrypted hard drive for use to transport my work between university and home after I got my macbook (semi) fixed by the apple store. The only downside I didn't realise was that if you encrypt the hard drive on a mac, it needs to be decrypted by a mac to open the files. This became a problem when there were a limited number of mac computers in the university library, however this is not a fault with the product, it was just me being stupid.
I now use it to back up my macbook periodically and I have no fear that it will run out of space any time soon! It has enough space to back up your entire computer multiple times without deleting previous back ups, and does so fast that you won't believe it's already backed it up! This means you can go back to find a piece of work that you have saved over multiple times on your computer. You can also set most computers to periodically backup to the hard drive every couple of hours, minutes, or at specific times of the day etc.
STUDENTS!!!! Back up your work with this, I paid around £45 for this, which might seem a lot for a student, but you can't put a price on being able to recover all of your hours of hard work once something goes wrong with your computer! I learned this the hard way just a few days too late (luckily it happened at the start of the year).
However, this worked as a good encrypted hard drive for use to transport my work between university and home after I got my macbook (semi) fixed by the apple store. The only downside I didn't realise was that if you encrypt the hard drive on a mac, it needs to be decrypted by a mac to open the files. This became a problem when there were a limited number of mac computers in the university library, however this is not a fault with the product, it was just me being stupid.
I now use it to back up my macbook periodically and I have no fear that it will run out of space any time soon! It has enough space to back up your entire computer multiple times without deleting previous back ups, and does so fast that you won't believe it's already backed it up! This means you can go back to find a piece of work that you have saved over multiple times on your computer. You can also set most computers to periodically backup to the hard drive every couple of hours, minutes, or at specific times of the day etc.
STUDENTS!!!! Back up your work with this, I paid around £45 for this, which might seem a lot for a student, but you can't put a price on being able to recover all of your hours of hard work once something goes wrong with your computer! I learned this the hard way just a few days too late (luckily it happened at the start of the year).
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