Advantages: Easy to use, good support Disadvantages: Packaged software
When reviewing this external hard drive I really have to do it in 2 sections, one section about the packaged software and one about the hard drive its self.
So firstly the software. The drive came with a disk with 'Dantz Restrospect Express HD 1.0'. This disk installed easily enough, but, and there is always a but, I had numerous problems with version '1.0', the main one being that after it was installed it would stick at 'updating status', not allowing you to perform any backups. This is apparently down to a conflict with the new Microsoft .net framework. So after you have installed version 1.0, go immediately to the Maxtor website and download v1.1. This worked first time and it was extremely smooth and easy to use. It can be a little slow to do large back-ups, but I'd rather that it did it slowly and properly, than quickly ...
Advantages: Quick, easy to to set up Disadvantages: None!
This is the second external hard drive I have bought as I managed to fill up my old one. I decided to go for Maxtor as my older one was made by the same company, although it was obviously an older model.
I was concerned it would be difficult to set up but it couldn't be easier. If I didn't have a problem with it then anyone can do it. The instructions don't go into too much detail but then its not really necessary for them to.
The 200GB will hold over 150,000 JPEG photos, 14 hours of DV video or 3,300 hours of MP3 music. I have mainly used it for storing movies and I have hundreds on there. You will need to have either Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 Professional, or XP for it to work or Mac OS 9.1 or later.
You can link the hard drive to your computer using USB or firewire, both of which come with the hard drive. I personally use USB ...
This drive is perfect for backing up. Be it;
*movies
*Pictures
*music
*software
It's simply a case of plugging it in and sitting back, it's plug 'n' play, so as soon as you plug it in, Windows will go through it's usual stages when installing new hardware and like magic, you now have a 100GB externel harddrive.
It's extremely quiet and fast, which is what you would like when backing up. it also has a 7200 RPM, 8MB cache buffer, it's USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible (upto 480 Mb/sec, Windows and Mac Os) plus a Maxtor DriveLock to protect from unauthorized use.
If you want an easy to install external harddrive with no cons, install wizard, plus a little extra, then this would be for you. ...
Tap into the speed of FireWire 800 for fast access to your files, while also having the versatility of FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces to easily transfer or share data with plug and play convenience. Designed with the creative professional in mind, the high speed, high capacity FireWire 800 Edition comes preformatted for Mac and has the ability to boot the Mac operating system directly from the FireWire 800 drive. The 7200 RPM hard drive with up to 16MB cache comes equipped with award-winning Maxtor OneTouch backup features and Maxtor DriveLock for added security.
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