Introduction

It is very common to see people carrying a flash drive or memory card around. Yes, some people call them handy drives or USB drives or portable hard drives. There are many ways to call them but you get the point.

You can easily plug these storage devices into any compatible-USB port and it will instantly be recognized as a storage device. A multitude of companies have developed a plethora of such drives - in different shapes and sizes.

Today, we will look at Seagate Pocket Hard Drive, specifically the 5GB model.

This portable hard drive offers a much smaller form factor of a flash drive, with the capacity of a miniature hard drive. As such, it should be very useful for individuals who want to carry large amounts of data around in their pockets. Let's take a look at it!

The Package

The Seagate Pocket Hard Drive came in a plastic retail package.

Front View

If you flip over the package, you can read about the various features of the Seagate Pocket Hard Drive.

Back

The packaging certainly appears solid enough to withstand quite a lot of abuse. However, because it is a real hard drive with mechanical parts, it is highly recommended that you use sponge and/or foam to provide protection against shock if you intend to have it mailed out.

Contents

Upon opening it up, you will a CD together with the hard drive.

Product and CD

The Pocket Hard Drive is actually enclosed within a separate, sealed plastic case, together with a sachet of dehumidifying agent.

Contents :

• One Seagate 5GB Pocket Hard Drive
• One Seagate Utility Toolkit CD