Useful for going from SATA to eSATA
This is very useful if you machine does not have an e-sata port but where the machine has a regular sata port. SATA is much faster then USB 2.0 or Firewire 800. It provides a work-around where you do not have USB or Firewire capabilities, as is [...]
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Good overall, significant annoyance when Hibernating a Windows machine
Works fast and seems to be reliable. Setup was very easy and it runs a lot cooler than my previous external drive. Personally, I like the power-saving spin-down feature, as it prevents the drive from spinning idly for days on end (as sometimes happened with [...]
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Multiple FireWire 400 Failures
I needed another large capacity external hard drive that was both USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 compatible. The SimpleTech PRO1000Q looked to fit the bill perfectly.
Unfortunately, when the drive arrived I found that, while the USB interface worked fine the drive refused to mount at all using FireWire 400. I tried it [...]
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Reliable Inexpensive Data Storage
I’ve heard some complaints about this line of external drives, so let me address those first. Yes, there is a slight “hum” or high frequency vibration. But I have several of these drives in different capacities and some hum a little, some not so much. Bottom line is that [...]
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Maxtor OneTouch III 200GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0
Got a great deal from Staples, you can’t pass it up for $99 plus free shipping. I saw other sites mention that the software causes crashing, lack of a driver or something, so I did not install the backup software. Just plugged it into a USB port [...]
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An Excellent Network Storage and Backup Solution!
The Media Vault has made it very easy (finally) for me to put all my files in one place that everyone on my home network can access. Here’s what’s great about it:
1. It’s very easy to install. Just plug in the power supply, plug the included ethernet cable [...]
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Useful for going from SATA to eSATA
This is very useful if you machine does not have an e-sata port but where the machine has a regular sata port. SATA is much faster then USB 2.0 or Firewire 800. It provides a work-around where you do not have USB or Firewire capabilities, as is [...]
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Good overall, significant annoyance when Hibernating a Windows machine
Works fast and seems to be reliable. Setup was very easy and it runs a lot cooler than my previous external drive. Personally, I like the power-saving spin-down feature, as it prevents the drive from spinning idly for days on end (as sometimes happened with [...]
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Failed Out of the Box - Common Failure
I do computer repairs.
I normally don’t like to see reviews that rate a product with only one star because they got an “out of box failure” but I will have to add myself to the category of people that will not give a product the benefit of a [...]
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Useful for going from SATA to eSATA
This is very useful if you machine does not have an e-sata port but where the machine has a regular sata port. SATA is much faster then USB 2.0 or Firewire 800. It provides a work-around where you do not have USB or Firewire capabilities, as is [...]
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