Maxtor OneTouch II 200 GB

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 ... more

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 ... more