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Maxtor A01A250 OneTouch 7200 RPM 250 GB External Hard Drive| Manufacturer: | Maxtor | | List price: | $349.99 |
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| Maxtor A01A250 OneTouch 7200 RPM 250 GB External Hard Drive |
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Good device, but go with the OneTouch II with larger cache. |
I have had two of these drives for over one year now, and they work flawlessly. I've tested with both USB 2 and FireWire. They are quiet and fast.
There is some great practical advice in some of the other reviews listed here, especially those regarding formatting the drive. Take the time to read those.
One thing that was not pointed out is that the power supply works globally, so you can take this with you if you travel between continents.
All this being said, at this point I would recommend going with the OneTouch II, with a larger memory cache (16 MB total). The 300 GB version of the Maxtor OneTouch II now spins at 7200 RPM (the OneTouch I 300 GB version spins at 5400 RPM), and the price per GB is lowest with this. I'll soon be looking to order another OneTouch device, and I'm hoping for even greater capacity than 300 GB when I'm in need of more space. |
| Maxtor A01A250 OneTouch 7200 RPM 250 GB External Hard Drive - Maxtor |
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Second Maxtor Drive Fails |
I bought a Maxtor One Touch I 200-GB drive 6 months ago. It failed completely after 4 months and I lost all my backup data, including original data not stored on my computer.
The error message read that the drive was "...not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
OK, nobody's perfect. So I bought another one, this time a 250GB Model II. After 3 months, same error message, this time for one of my major folders on the drive. Data not recoverable.
Unbelievable. And I now something about hard disk drives since I work for a major storage vendor.
The Dantz backup software is very good. It means nothing, tho, if the hardware fails.
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| Maxtor - Maxtor A01A250 OneTouch 7200 RPM 250 GB External Hard Drive |
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Click Click Click goes the Maxtor |
I had my external Maxtor for about a year (160
GB Maxtor one touch). Now it is having read errors and I lost some data and photos. I have owned internal drives for over 8 years with no problems. Anyhow, I'm going to try a Seagate external now because I like the convenience of external drives. I recommend that you Buy a Seagate!
Also customer support has a firm policy of not replacing drives after warranty which is when it will fail. So, unless you plan to use this for only 12 months, don't buy it. My posting here will give me $250 worth of satisfaction and perhaps much, much more in lost sales. They claim it's "Hot Swappable" above, well that IS TRUE...It runs very hot and you swap it after a few months with another brand. |
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