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| PNY | 128MB Executive Attache USB2 Pen | Transfers data at LESS THAN HALF the speed of my USB v1 drive.
 |  | bob | 20/08/2004 17:12:08 |
| | Maxtor | One Touch 160GB 7200rpm external HDD USB2/Firewire | PLease, please don"t buy this product. I have had 4 fail on me in the past 12 months. This isn"t a relaible backup device.
|  | Alec | 02/12/2004 13:41:47 |
| | Maxtor | One Touch 160GB 7200rpm external HDD USB2/Firewire | As far as I can see I was taken in by what I thought was Maxtor"s good reputation. Following is what I have found out since I bought this drive:
It is SLOW due to the SLOW transfer rate! Maxtor is using a FireWire 1394a chip at 400Mbps rather than the 1394b chip which goes at 800 to 1600 Mbps, and which is VERY AVAILABLE. This means that actual transfer rates may be faster with the older USB2! I should have LEARNED the difference between the different FireWire standards...just because Maxtor states FireWire doesn"t mean anything!
Also, the Retrospect Software is an "Express" version - I guess not a full version. Although OEM somehow it is not even configured properly for the Maxtor drive. For example there is no advice in the Retrospect "HELP" for "One Touch." It is ignored. When you go to use the One Touch button it does not allow you any but the simplest backup. The advanced options in the Retrospect software are NOT at all intuitive through One Touch. For example I cannot find anyway to use that cute (One Touch) button on the drive using the encryption or compression options in the software.
In addition, due to the fact the Retrospect software is OEM (sic) it is not the latest version of Retrospect (6.5) and Maxtor has no upgrade that I can find on its website.
I made the mistake of buying this hardware believing that Maxtor, being a "respected" company would be using the latest hardware standards and would be using fully configured OEM software.
| | SteveSp | 11/09/2004 12:50:37 |
| | Formac | FWHD1080 | At the moment I could not recommend this product to anyone. I purchased a Formac 80Gb external HD 2 years ago and mine developed a spindle fault after less than two years of operation (not full time use and limited stop/start cycles). One problem occurred in moving the disk to another location and cleared on the third attempt to restart (nasty grinding noises). On the second the fault developed under normal running conditions, with no evident computer activity. Again it restarted after two attempts. As this was purchased to augment and outlive a G4 - it has compeletely failed to live up to the standard that I would expect of such a device.
With a warranty of only 1 year this is useless to me.
| | C. Tompsett | 13/01/2004 13:23:45 |
| | Cristie Data Products | F109-060 | I tried this drive on Windows 2000 and XP and only got it to work once via USB. Definitely not recommended. In the end I had to strip the 60Gb drive from the casing and use it as an internal drive (so I didn't feel that all my cash was wasted).
| | Stevie | 15/08/2003 22:11:02 |
| | Lexar Media | 64Mb Jump Drive USB | I have one 64MB JumpDrive. It works fine with my Sony portable computer, however my Sony Desk Top will not recognize that it is attached. Both computers are running windows XP Home edition. What is with that?
|  | jim.arnold@shaw.ca | 05/11/2004 10:30:29 |
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