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As far as I can tell... Verbatim bought (or has always owned) Smartdisk, makers of my favorite portable drive, the All metal encased cool design "Firelite" drive. When I needed a 500gb pocket drive, this drive came up in the search. I thought that Verbatim merely changed the design of their drives. Boy was I wrong. This case couldn't survive a drop into a down stuffed pillow. Not only did verbatim dispense with the metal, the drive creaks and shears when you do something as strenuous as pulling it out of you computer bag. It's all painted plastic, NOT METAL. The only metal on the drive are the screws, and the actual USB port. I am VERY DISSAPOINTED with this drive. Verbatim, if you are listening, please bring back the solid, metal, Firelite form factor. We all loved it.