-> When connected to a USB 2.0 port, the drive has started up not being recognized by my system (Vista 32 bits) to the first connection "unknown USB device" failure to find drivers ... Either autorun located on the disk has a little for compatibility with Vista, or USB 2.0, or was already the following problem which manifested
-> Auto Standby: theoretically, a highlight of this drive (Verbatim was not equipped with this feature, which no doubt contributed to his untimely end) ....
But finally her fatal flaw: connected to a USB 2.0 port, from sleep takes 41 sec, which tends to cause error msg of my system or untimely resets (plug-out / plug-in). In comparison, another of my external hard drives puts 6 sec connected to the same port on the same machine.
-> The backup software included, after testing, was replaced quickly by Cobian.
Finally, after a complete reformat, definitely not a product to be avoided. Unless you want to play the "Prince Charming" ...