Iomega 80 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive

Manufacturer:	Iomega
List price:	~~$129.99~~
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Iomega 80 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive

Average rating: Stars

not bad, not great

Been using this 80GB hard drive for two years. It seems to work fine the vast majority of the time. Occasionally fails to communicate with computers, but giggling the USB cable as it enters the drive helps this. This drive does make random squeaking noises, but so far this hasn't correlated with any data loss. On the whole, I have been fairly satisfied with this drive.

Iomega 80 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Iomega

Not what I expected

To Whom It May Concern;
I expected a product that was 'cutting dege' technology and well it might be. The original information that I loaded went in like lightening (Firewire - I guess). I was warned by everyone not to get something slow. Well that part turned out good. But the 80Gigs filled up in 1 month. I use a 40 Gig hard drive. It turned out to be a mistake in the setting, their settings. Now I really don't know how much I can trust the product.

Iomega - Iomega 80 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive

USB 2 installed in your computer is a must for good speed.

The only negative thing you have to pay GREAT attention to is that if you don't have USB 2; you are in for a nasty surprise and I don't mean any USB because I have 2 USB 1.1 in my 3 years old Laptop and both don't have the capabilities of this new "at least for me" USB 2 thing. USB 2 is 40 TIMES faster than USB 1.1. I didn't know that before buying this drive so I think if you are in for speed and not for price it is highly recommended that you buy the firewire one or make sure even better to have USB 2 in your computer. Only new computers have that kind of USB. Remember 40 times means that for the same amount of data using my USB 1.1 will take miserable 1 HOUR instead of 1.5 MINUTES if I had the USB 2, quite a difference! Otherwise setup was a breeze and the added free software is well designed. Also, I enjoyed the tutor videos on the website and it gave me a quick and effective edge to understand the process of system backup that I did for the first time. The system is still bulky although considered a great deal by today's standard. Good shopping.

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