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CompactDrive PSD PD7X Serial Review 280 pictures may seem like a lot. That is how many images my Maxxum 7D will store on a 1 Gig CompactFlash card at top JPEG resolution. 80 is a lot less; that is how many RAW images it will hold. For those days where I am hiking in, say, Arches National Park, I might want to take 10 times that many shots in one afternoon. That is a lot of CompactFlash cards! And what if I am away from my laptop for a week? How many shots could I take? This got me to looking at portable storage drives. I wanted one where I could upgrade the hard drive myself, since drives are continually becomming cheaper. After looking at several, I chose the CompactDrive PSD PD7X, and ordered from www.mydigitaldiscount.com. I also ordered a Hitachi 60gig 5400RPM laptop hard drive to use in it, from www.zipzoomfly.com. A couple of days later, the packages arrived.
Inside was the CompactDrive PSD PD7X, retail box.
Opening the box, I found:
The drive comes with a nice screwdriver! Opening up the instructions, I found the steps simple, and the illustratins clear. Here is the hard drive, brand new and in the anti-static bag.
In principle, this is simple. Open up the CompactDrive PSD PD7X, insert the drive, and off we go! Here goes… No problem getting the back cover off. In goes the hard drive. A small plastic piece holds the drive in place, and serves as an anchor for the cover screws. The cover goes on, and it is time to tighten the screws back down. All done! Drive installed. Time to get out the CompactFlash card, in this case a SanDisc Ultra II 1 Gig.
4 NiMH AA rechargable batteries are easy to insert.
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