Iomega Desktop Hard Drive Value Series Hard drive 500 GB

Advantages: Easy installation, looks good, ease of use
Disadvantages: None found

I've bought two of these drives now and am very impressed. On opening the box you'll find the following: The drive itself, power supply, USB cable and an instruction leaflet. The drive feels solid and well built, although the aluminium case does have some sharp edges near the front where it joins the plastic bezel. The drive comes formatted to FAT32, but this is easily changed to NTFS. Being a curious sort, I took one apart to find out the manufacturer ...
...a Seagate Barracuda, not the bottom of the range drive I was expecting! Installation under Windows XP/Vista is a doddle, just plug in the power cable, plug in the USB cable, switch it on and it's automatically detected and ready to go. In use, both drives have proved very reliable, and although transfer speeds over USB 2.0 are never going to set the world on fire, it's more than acceptable for storing and replaying your films on as I'm doing. ... Read review

Worked for two weeks then computer would not recognise and lost all valuable items stored on it. Must be common problem as on their web site No telephone help months of countless emails back and forth leading to replacement under warranty where I have to send at my cost to Netherlands when bought in Uk Avoid this product unless you want to lose everything stored on it then get extremely could not care less customer service. Buy another brand.