Sub-Terabyte External Hard Drives

Power Save Utility

Buffalo bundles some software tools such as the Power Save Utility, which allows you to configure drive shutdown timeouts manually, or the Disk Formatter that has to be used if you need to format the drive with FAT32. Windows doesn’t support formatting FAT32 partitions at over 32 GB, although it’s technically possible.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.

  • brett_30
    I'm surprised that the waterproof and fireproof ioSafe Solo didn't make it onto this list!
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  • I need the driver for this external hard drive, Im out of town and need to use it. Any ideas?
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