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massive storage for the price . on a price/value scale this is an amazing device.
my only complaints would be you should carry the drivers with you on CD or otherwise.. some versions of windows just dont like this drive. I have seen computers accept it the first time as an "USB mass storage device" and then not after that... so some versions of windows just do not like this drive as a USB plug in. Having the drivers on hand solves the problem.
On computers that recognize the drive? excellence. It is not that fast unfortunately to say run an emulated game system... but for basic function it really does a nice job. Don't expect it to be like a flash drive/mem stick.. more like a hybrid of a traditional drive/mem stick. The fact that it is so small is incredible.
one other complaint ? no case. it should have at least a soft shell case. Obviously people are buying it for portability.. a case would be a nice option. Personally I went to staples and bought a caselogic softshell case for $10.99.. I think it was a case for an MP3 player.. but it fit.
massive storage for the price . on a price/value scale this is an amazing device.
my only complaints would be you should carry the drivers with you on CD or otherwise.. some versions of windows just dont like this drive. I have seen computers accept it the first time as an "USB mass storage device" and then not after that... so some versions of windows just do not like this drive as a USB plug in. Having the drivers on hand solves the problem.
On computers that recognize the drive? excellence. It is not that fast unfortunately to say run an emulated game system... but for basic function it really does a nice job. Don't expect it to be like a flash drive/mem stick.. more like a hybrid of a traditional drive/mem stick. The fact that it is so small is incredible.
one other complaint ? no case. it should have at least a soft shell case. Obviously people are buying it for portability.. a case would be a nice option. Personally I went to staples and bought a caselogic softshell case for $10.99.. I think it was a case for an MP3 player.. but it fit.
Maxtor U01E100 100GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0 Reviews
Very Good Choice . Unless you have tons of photos and MP3 files, a 100 GB hard drive is more than enough to back up all of your data and then some. In fact, even if you have lots of MP3 and digital photos, it will probably be adequate. I think someone complained because it doesn't have 100 gb of usable storage, well that's true of all hard drives. Every drive on the market has software that utilizes a small portion of the drive, so that's a moot point.
I've had the drive about 6 months and it's been quiet and worked perfectly. I haven't noticed any excessive heat as the unit stays relatively cool. The only complaint I have is the lack of a power switch to turn it on or off. That could be a problem, however, I resolved this issue by plugging the Maxtor into it's own surge protector. So when I'm finished backing up files, I simply turn off the surge protector.
Very Good Choice . Unless you have tons of photos and MP3 files, a 100 GB hard drive is more than enough to back up all of your data and then some. In fact, even if you have lots of MP3 and digital photos, it will probably be adequate. I think someone complained because it doesn't have 100 gb of usable storage, well that's true of all hard drives. Every drive on the market has software that utilizes a small portion of the drive, so that's a moot point.
I've had the drive about 6 months and it's been quiet and worked perfectly. I haven't noticed any excessive heat as the unit stays relatively cool. The only complaint I have is the lack of a power switch to turn it on or off. That could be a problem, however, I resolved this issue by plugging the Maxtor into it's own surge protector. So when I'm finished backing up files, I simply turn off the surge protector.
Cons Review
Used it maybe 20 times now only several years after buying it - it is useless . When I bought this Maxtor 100 GB external hard drive I expected I would be able to use it for nearly a decade with light use and save my video and image files to it. So several months ago while trying to move some files from one computer to another I powered it up and this hard drive started to make a clicking sound and refused to connect to the computer. This was after it had been sitting unused for several months. I was angry and frustrated, having invested what I consider a lot of money in this thing it just stopped working with no warning. I only used it several times a year and had done nothing to it to damage it.
I guess you really begin to value your memories only when you lose them, because all we really have left of the past are photos, video recordings, and documents. In this case they are in digital format inside of an unusable hard drive. This taught me a valuable lesson - don't buy products with a 90 day warranty. If a manufacturer won't stand behind their product for more than 3 months then I should avoid it.
I guess you really begin to value your memories only when you lose them, because all we really have left of the past are photos, video recordings, and documents. In this case they are in digital format inside of an unusable hard drive. This taught me a valuable lesson - don't buy products with a 90 day warranty. If a manufacturer won't stand behind their product for more than 3 months then I should avoid it.
Read fine print. 100GB Maxtor = 93 GB Windows . At work I normally buy Seagate drives and expect 1 GB = 1,024,000,000 bytes, so 100 GB will show up in Windows as 100GB. The fine print on this box explains Maxtor defines 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes, which consequently shows up as 93 GB in Windows. The system requirements list Windows 2000 Pro, XP Pro or XP Home, so they are being purposefully deceitful in this definition of a GB.
Other than that surprise, the drive worked fine out of the box. Not very fast, but fine for offline file storage.
Other than that surprise, the drive worked fine out of the box. Not very fast, but fine for offline file storage.
Feature Maxtor U01E100 100GB External Hard Drive USB 2.0
- 3.5-inch ATA hard drive
- USB 2.0 interface
- 7200 RPM drive
- 8 MB buffer
- Plug and play operation
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Product Details
EAN : 0751921029365UPC : 751921029365
MPN : U01E100
Brand : Maxtor
Weight : 5 pounds
Height : 6 inches
Length : 12 inches
Width : 8 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Hardware Platform : PC
Manufacturer : Maxtor
Model : U01E100
Publisher : Maxtor
SKU : DSB000CDSPRU
Studio : Maxtor
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