The Clickfree HD325

Dead Simple Backup



The Clickfree HD325 is a backup drive that is as simple to use as possible, and will save your documents before the eventual crash of your computer's hard drive. It can also save your bacon during more common occurrences like deleting or writing over important files. Simply put: Go out and get one of these drives. It's that good.

The 320GB HD325 looks just like your run-of-the-mill external portable hard drive. The included USB cable is a Y-shaped one, with an extra USB lead for systems that may require additional power to run the drive. The HD325 is compatible with 32- and 64- bit versions of Windows 2000, XP, and Vista, and you can also use it with Mac OS 10.5.

When you plug in the drive, it automatically starts looking for, then backing up, your documents, including Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the like), as well as music, videos, photos, e-mail, and Internet bookmarks. The Clickfree doesn't back up your system files and applications, so you'll need something "stronger" if you want to be up and running after a complete hard drive crash. Subsequent backups are quicker, since it copies only the files that are new or have changed. The first test backup took about10 to 15 minutes, and subsequent ones took 5 minutes. Tests performed on Mac systems yielded about the same results.



Basically, there's no easier method of computer backup currently available on the market. That is the primary reason why the Clickfree HD325 earns or Editors' Choice for portable backup solutions. —Joel Santo Domingo

PC Magazine May 2009