Iomega Portable Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 160GB - 33749
Iomega's Portable Dual Hard Drive sleeker than ever before! Take files and applications anywhere! The ultra compact, USB-powered Dual interface Portable Hard Drive requires no external power supply - just plug it in and go. Available in 160GB, it is a high capacity travel companion that lets you take your important files, photos and music anywhere - a perfect storage solution for the mobile professional.
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Iomega Portable Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 160GB - 33749 Reviews
This would even make a suitable audio drive (for smaller projects). This drive has a very small footprint, and installed seamlessly on a Windows XP machine as a backup drive - I didn't even have to install the software on the enclosed CDROM. That's quite a nice combination. I'd buy another one if I need this size again. Superfast install, reliable, and small footprint. Also, it showed up remotely (using Go 2 My PC) immediately after install and has never failed, after about five weeks of constant use.
However, after the file copy, this product became very warm. The product worked nicely for me. Therefore, when not in use, I keep the unit powered off (switch is in the back). I moved files, such as pictures, from my internal hard drive onto the Iomega, thereby freeing up much needed space.
It is HOT to the the touch. I would not recommend this product to anyone. RE: Iomega Portable Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 160GB. This product gets VERY HOT while running.
I got an error message. I read a lot of good reviews for this hard drive, so I decided to give it a try. I ended up getting an RMA from Amazon the day after I received it. I looked under system profiler to see if my MacBook Pro recognized it at all; it showed up as a firewire device but that was it. I'd also like to mention I tried both the firewire and USB cables that came with the drive; neither worked. I even tried to see if my Windows XP virtual machine would recognize it; it didn't. Maybe it's because I have a Mac, I don't know, but my drive didn't work for me at all.
Incidentally, the sales price changed right after I purchased this item. For review of other features, I will refer the reader to the rest of this review section. I bought this product for $99 in order to back up my G4 PowerBook. I formatted it so that 160GB became 149MB but I could successfully copy all my stuff onto this external HD. (Just for your information, I used "Carbon Copy Cloner", which is downloadable for free.
The seller was J&R. It took me some 1.5 hours to backup/copy 31GB. Remember that I bought it for $99 plus Shipping $6.35. It did an excellent job). I don't know if this is fast or slow, but I am satisfied with the fact that I can now use this external HD as a start-up disk (with firewire).
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