Iomega eGo USB 2.0 320 GB Rugged Portable Hard Drive (Ruby Red)
Take files anywhere, in style, with the Iomega eGo Red Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0, an extremely durable drive, which includes Drop Guard feature to withstand the toughest of travel environments. It holds up to 1,000,000 photos, over 4,625 hours of music and 375 hours of video. Plus, the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive requires no external power supply and includes a free EMC Retrospect HD backup software license. System Requirements - Pentium II-class or equivalent processor or higher, Built-in USB connection, Microsoft Windows Vista / 2000 / 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional / XP Professional x64, USB 2.0 host connection or controller for USB 2.0 speeds, 256MB RAM, G3 or higher computer, and Mac OS X 10.1.5 or above Dimensions - Length 0.75 x Width 3.5 x Height 5.25
Iomega eGo USB 2.0 320 GB Rugged Portable Hard Drive (Ruby Red) Accessories
 Case Logic Compact Portable Hard Drive Case (Black)
Cables To Go 7 Port USB 2.0 Hub
USB Power Adapter Y Cable
Kingston DTI 4 GB USB Flash Drive
Small Hard Drive Case for Ultra Protection for Mini / Slim External HardDrives - Provides Storage for IOMEGA eGo Portable Hard Drive and accessory cables ( Internal case dimentions: 5.5" x 3.5" x 1.25" see compatibility below )
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Iomega eGo USB 2.0 320 GB Rugged Portable Hard Drive (Ruby Red) Reviews
It's the size of a pocket flask and requires no external power, just the power supplied through the USB port. With monthly incremental backups, it should take a few years before I actually fill it up. In a home emergency, this is one thing I would grab. I bought this to store backups from all three of my family's computers. In the age of digital photos, videos, financial records, etc., a quality portable hard drive is an absolute must-have. This is an excellent product from Iomega.
songs, pictures, documents), you should copy them directly using Windows Explorer instead of the backup software. OK - so in short - get this one if you consider looks more than smaller size. Also, since my 250GB buddy's 'portable,' it means it does not need an AC adapter to run it - it just runs on USB. Alright - I understand, a month's time is pretty short to know if it's going to be my friend for long. Ting.
So make sure when you choose your buddy, it is a 'portable hard drive' and not just 'external hard drive'. So you cannot browse the folders within the backed up data file in Windows Explorer. It's also less bulkier. But mine looks pretty with the steel casing ends and the metallic color. That will save you a few bucks for your coffee too.
If you want to frequently access the files on the hard drive (e.g. I know, I know - your Western Digital's Passport is quite lighter than my Iomega. But yeah - this is quite reliable, no problems in the past month that I have used it. The free (I like the sound of 'free') backup software from EMC is good too. OK, I confess - I bought this one because it was cheaper ($88) than Passport - happy.
But remember that it backs up in a single data file. But at least today we're going smooth. Very simple to take automatic backups.
As soon as I opened the box and saw that the included USB cable would not work, I had a sinking feeling about the drive. I've got a Mac laptop with a USB port on each side. I'd suggest buying from a more reliable company. No way it is going to work. Iomega should know better and send a cable that reaches both ports. Losing over 20 GB is a significant loss.
Minus 2 stars. The box said 320 GB. Well, this one is just the opposite.
The distance between the included drive is about 5 inches. Minus one more star. I'd suggest buying a better brand.
I borrowed a cable to see if the drive would fire up. It did, but it only has 298 GB of space. Have you ever had that feeling when you open up a very high quality product that you have complete confidence in it and you made a good decision getting it.
Seagate includes such a cable.
The only problem I have with this harddrive is that it occasionally disconnects itself. I use it to hold external old files and it's handling them nicely. Compatible with my MacbookPro June07. I really like the portable aspect and the fact that you don't have to plug it into anything but the USB port and it's good to go. This is a cool little harddrive.
This product was as it was advertised. This proved to be an ecnmomical & convenient way to back up my data. Came in very nice packaging, delivery was timely & worked as described. I want to reformant my hard drive with out losing all of my music & photos.
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