Iomega 33748 USB 2.0 1TB 2HD x 500GB Desktop Hard Drive by Iomega
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Digital camera reviews of Iomega 33748 USB 2.0 1TB 2HD x 500GB Desktop Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: Failed before 12 months
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this drive in February of 2009. I was working fine until yesterday October 26 2009.
When I connected it to my laptop for the usual backup procedure, it started make a grinding sound. It did not mount until 30 minutes later. On the screen the message was drive was 'read only'. I tried running disk assistant to repair the drive but got the warning message drive was not repairable. I didn't want to give up, so I tried to reformat the disk (erased the contents) and start again. Message stayed 'not repairable'. Thank goodness I had a offsite backup.
DO NOT BUY!!!
Buy only Seagate or WD branded drives with a warrantee.
Digital camera Review: Get what you pay for
Summary: 4 Stars
It's 1TB at 249- . I think i paid 229- when i got it a few months ago. That's just dirt cheap. For me, it's a mass storage device. It shouldn't be something you're gonna leave on and access all the time. It should be your backup. I agree it's a little noisy -- especially when first activating after being dormant. But I have found the MyBook's even louder sometimes. Anyway, it's cheap and it lets you store a lot.
My suggestion is if there is something you want to sit and watch for two hours -- like a movie via media center or something to your tv, copy it to you main computer (takes two minutes, right?) and they just cycle down the drive. Bottomline: this thing works. And I've had no problems unlike the MANY MAXTORS I've bought and had get inexplicably corrupted. I also recommend the MyBooks.
Digital camera Review: Good Product
Summary: 4 Stars
ok.. so what the others say is true... its a bit noisy... not overly so and it wouldnt stop me buying another one since I can put it underneath the desk and that muffles the sound. Great price point, so far reliable.Digital camera Review: Happy with my drive!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been an owner of IOMEGA products for sometime now, and I am using this 1tb drive to replace a 350g drive. The main requirement for this upgrade was I now have 1tb onboard my desktop pc, and needed a way to keep several backups of the data.
Setup was a breeze!
The price is right!
I only have 1 comment that might be considered negative, and that is the drive is quite a bit louder than previous drives I have owned; However the volume level of the fan/disks spinning, is nearly neglegable, if your hard at work.
Digital camera Review: I was hesitant at first, but now I'm glad I purchased this...
Summary: 5 Stars
It was difficult to find a mostly positive review of a lot of the 1tb external hard drives out there, so for me, it came down to price. This drive is among the least expensive of the ones I looked at, but I was concerned about the noise that a lot of people said this drive makes. Sure enough, when I started using this drive, it made a lot of noise. Then I found a solution. I keep this drive in a vertical position (which it says you can do in the documentation) next to my iMac, and now it's as quiet as can be. Since I never move it, the loud noise has never returned. So, I would suggest operating this drive in a vertical position, and if it still makes a lot of noise, move it ever so slightly until the noise stops.