Iomega Portable Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 160GB - 33749 by Iomega
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Digital camera reviews of Iomega Portable Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 160GB - 33749
Digital camera Review: Great Backup drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this drive to backup data from my Macbook. I opted to use the firewire interface so I could format the drive as a bootable Mac Drive. Unpacked the drive, set the dip-switch to USB/FW and plugged it into my Mac. The drive comes formatted for FAT32, so I reformatted it, installed OSX 10.4, and migrated all of my apps and data without any problem. I tried using the Retrospect backkup software supplied by Iomega but found it to be slow and cumbersome; even when doing an incremental backup. I have been using ibackup and have had no problems backing up my data in a few minutes.Digital camera Review: Great Little Hard Drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this hard drive a half a year ago because i wanted to backup my dying laptop and its still working great. I can take it almost anywhere and its a breeze to operate, always connects to both my computers. The Iomega has more than enough storage for me and the price is unbeatable. The case logic case goes great with it too. The only downside was i was led to believe it would come with a 5 volt power chord, but instead it has a usb one. It's no big deal though because the usb 2.0 gives it enough juice
Thanks Iomega
Digital camera Review: Great Product
Summary: 5 Stars
Just as described, it's a great product. Very small and very portable, with the amazing feature of Firewire Bus power. I plan to order several more of these and just use them as I need. I am quite pleased with the product and I highly recommend it to everyone.Digital camera Review: Great little hard drive
Summary: 5 Stars
Just received drive today, plugged it into the firewire port on my PC and it worked without problem. The unformatted capacity of the drive is 160GB and 149GB when formatted. If you check "enable compression" when formatting the drive, the capacity will increase to 160GB without too much of a performance hit. (Note: The drive comes formatted as a FAT32 hard drive, but I prefer NTFS so I reformatted it right out of the box.)
Pros:
- Great looking little drive, even the white firewire cable was a nice touch.
- whisper quiet
- Package included both FW and USB cables.
- Full-size CD with Retrospect backup software included.
Cons:
- At first glance, Retrospect seems a little clunky, but it may grow on me.
It works. I'm happy. Hope your experience is similar.
Digital camera Review: Great little portable hard drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I needed a small portable hard drive for an older laptop and this item works perfectly.