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2.0TB 5900RPM External Compact Plug & Play USB 2.0 Solution with 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty. Great for Time machine, extra storage for videos, music, documents, and more! Fully bootable. Mac/Windows/Linux compatible. (OWCVLU2HD5K2T) Special Offer: Data Backup 3 + NovaStor NovaBACKUP® + Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ & More storage bundle. Over $100 Value for $14.99 Offer will be shown in basket once this item is added. ---- Additional Offer also available: ---- This item qualifies for the ProSoft Drive Genius Special, only $29 - That's 70% off retail! Offer will be shown in basket once this item is added.	Same Day	$169.99 OWC Discounted Price: $139.99

SuperSaver External Drive

2.0TB USB 2.0 Storage Solution

Mac / PC / USB 2.0 & 1.1

A Super Affordable way to add extra external storage to your desktop or notebook computer.

The tough black plastic enclosure contains a 2.0TB 5900 RPM SATA drive, so there's ample room to store or backup your music, photo, or movie libraries in one convenient location. With a USB 2.0 interface, connecting cable, and AC adapter included, the SuperSaver USB 2.0 Storage Solution is Plug and Play easy to add to Macs and PCs.

Features

Black plastic housing
5900RPM and 64MB cache for highest performance
USB 2.0/1.1 interface
Up to 60MB/sec data transfer rate
FCC and CE approved

Time Machine Ready

Keep an up-to-date copy of all of your files and documents via Time Machine with OWC drives.

Includes

OWC External Compact Plug & Play USB 2.0 storage solution
High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0 (5 pin mini B - A) certified connecting cable
Drive mounting screws
AC adapter (100-240V, 50-60 Hz, 1A; 12V, 2 Amp output)
Backup and Utility software CD
Over 1.5GB of Freeware/Shareware/Public domain software installed

Product Specifications:

Bus Interface

USB 2.0 / 1.1 Backwards compatible

Chipset

Sunplus USB 2.0 chipset

Standard Mechanism

2.0TB Seagate Barracuda Green Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

3.5″ HDD

Interface

SATA 6Gb/s

Capacity¹

2.0TB

Formatted Capacity²

1862GiB

Rotational Speed

5,900 RPM

Cache / Data Buffer

64MB

Manufacturer Model Number

ST2000DL003

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Physical

Height (max)

26.1mm (1.028″)

Width (max)

101.6mm (4.0″)

Length (max)

147.00mm (5.78″)

Weight (typical)

635g (1.39 lbs.)

Data Heads

Number of Disks

Guaranteed Sectors

3,907,029,168

Bytes per Sector

4096

Areal Density

274ktracks/in

Reliability³

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

1,200,000 hours

Contact Start-Stops

300,000

Annual Failure Rate

0.5%

Nonrecoverable Read Errors

1 per 10¹⁴ bits read

Warranty

1 Year Seagate Warranty

Performance

Transfer Rate (Max)

6.0Gb/s

Track-to-track Seek

1.0ms

Average Seek Time

12.0ms

Average Latency

4.16ms

Power

Maximum Start Current, DC

2.0 Amp

Seek Power

5.8 Watts

Read Power

5.8 Watts

Write Power

5.8 Watts

Idle Mode, Active

4.5 Watts

Standby Mode

0.50 Watts

Sleep Mode

0.50 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

80 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

32°F to 140°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

0°C to 60°C

Vibration

0.25 G (0 to peak, 2-22 Hz)
0.50 G (0 to peak, 22-350 Hz)
0.25 G (0 to peak, 350–500 Hz)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

5% to 95%

Altitude

-304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

300 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 158°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 70°C

Vibration

3.0 G (0 to peak, 5–500 Hz)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

5% to 95%

Altitude

-304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

2.1 bels

Seek (Typical)

2.3 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

2.0TB* Seagate Barracuda Green**

*1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.

**OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.

Drive Interface

SATA (Serial ATA)

Drive Cache Size

64 Megabyte (65,536k)

Drive Rotation Speed

5900RPM

Port Configuration

USB 2.0/1.1 - (1)

Max Data Transfer Rate

USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
USB 1.1 - 12Mbps (or 1.5MB/sec)

Port/Interface Bootability

Can I use this solution as external startup drive?
Boot via USB2: Yes
Click for more info

Format

Pre-formatted for Mac OSX
View instructions on Windows formatting

Macintosh System Requirements

Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1 port.
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x and an available USB2.0/1.1.

Windows System Requirements

Windows 98SE or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1 port.
Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1 port.

Linux Requirements

Linux compatible via supported the USB interface.

Power Supply

AC adapter (100-240V, 50-60 Hz, 1A; 12V, 2 Amp output)

External Case Dimensions

4.41" (W) x 7.45" (D) x 1.28" (H)
112mm x 189mm x 32mm

Total Shipping Weight

Approximately 0.41 pounds (6.7 oz.) without drive.

Software Included

Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed

Operating Environment:

Temperature

(operating) 5°C – 55°C (41°F – 131°F)
(non-operating) –40°C – 65°C (–40°F – 149°F)

Relative Humidity

(operating) 8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

65G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS

Vibration

(operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
(non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

MTBF (hours)

1,200,000

Warranty

1 Year OWC Fulfilled Limited Warranty

All parts and labor coverage for a period of one year from the original invoice date. After one year, and for a period of up to three years from the invoice date, for a fee of $19 + shipping, OWC will further provide full parts and labor coverage of this solution where submitted in original and non-tampered condition (the opening of the solution voids one year warranty as well additional $19 service option).

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n OWCVLU2HD5K2T

Benchmarks

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USB 2.0

Ratings

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OWC 2.0TB SuperSaver External Drive Mfr P/N: OWCVLU2HD5K2T OWC SKU: OWCVLU2HD5K2T USB 2.0 Storage Solution 1 Year Warranty Ships: Same Day only $139.99