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[bob3160]

The ones I bought came from a sales alert from the following forum:
http://www.resellerratings.com/forum/
Like Tim, I also don't listen to every review. 

[hines232]

Thank  You Gentelman. Will check it out !!!

[.: Mac :.]

Well most of the bad reviews of external drives come from the fact that they tend to fail more often than internal drives due to heat. Thats why I look for external enclosures that have a fan and good ventilation ports on them.

Also While they tend to cost a little more, I usually recommend Firewire (IEEE 1394) based external drives. Most computers today have at least one Firewire port. Firewire devices keep a constant speed during operation rather than the fluctuations in speed that USB drives have. This makes them better for accessing large files at a constant rate (like video files).

[hines232]

Well most of the bad reviews of external drives come from the fact that they tend to fail more often than internal drives due to heat. Thats why I look for external enclosures that have a fan and good ventilation ports on them.

Also While they tend to cost a little more, I usually recommend Firewire (IEEE 1394) based external drives. Most computers today have at least one Firewire port. Firewire devices keep a constant speed during operation rather than the fluctuations in speed that USB drives have. This makes them better for accessing large files at a constant rate (like video files).


Learning a lot. Thanks Mac for the info.

[hines232]

Well most of the bad reviews of external drives come from the fact that they tend to fail more often than internal drives due to heat. Thats why I look for external enclosures that have a fan and good ventilation ports on them.

Also While they tend to cost a little more, I usually recommend Firewire (IEEE 1394) based external drives. Most computers today have at least one Firewire port. Firewire devices keep a constant speed during operation rather than the fluctuations in speed that USB drives have. This makes them better for accessing large files at a constant rate (like video files).
Mac, will this drive work with Windows ME ? I know if I ask them, they will say YES just to sell It. Thanks Hard Disk Drives > External USB/Firewire > 3.5" Externals > USB
 
 
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 Provide a safe haven for your entire working environment. Don’t back up and protect just your files anymore. System crashes and virus attacks can happen, and it’s difficult to get your computer back to just the way you like it. To prepare, should the unfortunate happen, Maxtor SafetyDrill automatically creates a snapshot of the entire contents of your PC’s hard drive which can be readily booted for an easy and complete recovery.

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   Capacity (GB):   500
 
 
   Interface:   USB 2.0/Firewire
 
 
   Spindle Speed (RPM):   7200
 
 
   Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0:   Up to 480 Mb/sec
 
 
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   Dimensions:   6.75" x 2.5" x 6.0"
 
 
 
 
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Maxtor SafetyDrill prepares, boots, and recovers your PC’s entire internal drive contents in case of a system failure or virus/spyware infection*
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REVIEW BY: singerbill Reviewed  Sep 05, 2008 
I have had my One Touch for 2 years now and use it for every musical performance (midis, movies, karaokes, and Microsoft Word document lyrics and chords, MP3's, pictures and every other file on my computer) and I am a very active singer/keyboardist. I use this external hard drive every single day backing up everything that I do on my computer, using it as a main drive. I take it to every gig and use it there as well. I have NEVER had a breakdown, slowdown or glitch of any kind in two years and recently bought a second OneTouch 4 Plus 500GB External Hard Drive to make a second copy of everything I have on my first Maxtor. After reading reviews about other external hard drives I decided it was best to have a safe second backup. I intend to make dvd backups of everything too because of the tremendous amount of work I've put into all of this data. I have nothing but praise for the Maxtor One Touch 4 Plus.

 
REVIEW BY: dmc Reviewed  Jul 22, 2008 
The software supplied with this hard drive is totally inadequate. It will NOT back up MS-Outlook data! Their support tech said it will not backup any hidden files, including Outlook data and all program files! Also installation and even registration required tech help (they don't put the model no. on the hard ware which is necessary for registration!) I assume the same useless S/W is on ALL Maxtor Drives. Their tech referred me to memeo.com for software that apparently works

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[bob3160]

This will work provided you have either of the two ports mentioned.
Be sure you have the latest driver updates.

[hines232]

Thanks Bob.

[.: Mac :.]

Like Bob said it should work fine in Windows ME, Microsoft even released a update for Windows 98 to add Firewire support so its supported in almost every Microsoft OS.

[hines232]

Great, Thanks Mac !!

[roro]

I just downloaded Easeus Partition Manager.  I was reading the help file and noticed that it said I would lose all my information on my hard disk to do it.  Is that true?  I just reinstalled Windows a little while ago and don't want to have to do that again so soon.
As recommended in this thread, I also have considered buying an external hard drive, and found one that is both USB and Firewire.  Since I have one XP computer with USB and another newer Vista computer with Firewire, this looking interesting. 
Does anyone know anything about it.  If so, what do you think?
BTW it was on sale at Buy.com.
It doesn't mention Windows Vista operating system in the Tech Specs either.

Ro Ro

[bob3160]

Hi roro,
Maybe the picture I just took will answer your question. 

[roro]

Hi Bob
I see you have one.  Does it work on Vista?
How does it compare with the Maxtor STM305004OTA3E5-RK OneTouch 4 Plus 500GB External Hard Drive  mentioned in the post by Hines 232?
The price for each is about the same when you factor in S & H at Tiger Direct, and free shipping at Buy.com.
RoRo

[bob3160]

roro,
It's a hard drive and works on all operating systems. I've had it connected the my laptop (vista) but am now using it
on this XP SP3 system.
I can't compare it to another model since I don't have the other model. 

[roro]

That sounds great Bob as I have both those OS systems to use it on.  I really don't like all the negative reports on the Maxtor so will probably go with the Fantom.
thanks for your feedback.
Ro Ro

[.: Mac :.]

Hi Bob
I see you have one.  Does it work on Vista?
How does it compare with the Maxtor STM305004OTA3E5-RK OneTouch 4 Plus 500GB External Hard Drive  mentioned in the post by Hines 232?
The price for each is about the same when you factor in S & H at Tiger Direct, and free shipping at Buy.com.
RoRo

Vista actually has the best support for Firewire devices of any Windows OS. Its the only windows OS to support Firewire 800 devices without a patch or registry tweak .