jsgolfman Posted December 9, 2002 Report Share Posted December 9, 2002 Maxtor's 5000DV external hard drive--120GB with a dual FireWire/USB 2.0 interface--is fast, vast, and built to last, but the drive's unique OneTouch backup feature is what intrigued us. Press a button on the front of the 5000DV, and the unit backs up your favorite partition without further bother http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,...d,106214,00.asp Kinda pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted December 9, 2002 Report Share Posted December 9, 2002 I was always interested in external storage (i am running out of room in my boxes) but I have a great fear about dropping them during transportation. I am a clutz. I wish some of the reviews on external HDDs would go into durability in more detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 9, 2002 Report Share Posted December 9, 2002 I almost bought one of those yesterday. The "one touch" backup part was what sold me on getting one. The price is what turned me off. Someday maybe..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 i could see those definetly in data storage wherehouses etc (EMC) but i wouldn't mind having a nifty one touch backup. save a lot of time reformatting. but yeah, the price...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhengHe Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Wow thats expensive for 500GB. I got my MyBook Essential for only $190, though granted it was on special and I wouldnt vouch for its durability. Not too full featured either, but since its only really backup I didn't see paying for all the bells and whistles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigmachine Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 ZengHe, this thread is 4 years old! The external Maxtor drive is much less expensive now, I bought 2 of these (200 gigs) for about 100$ each. They work well but the software is somewhat buggy. The software company just changed owners so we'll see what happens to it. It definitely doesn't work well on Windows ME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhengHe Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 ZengHe, this thread is 4 years old! The external Maxtor drive is much less expensive now, I bought 2 of these (200 gigs) for about 100$ each. They work well but the software is somewhat buggy. The software company just changed owners so we'll see what happens to it. It definitely doesn't work well on Windows ME. Oops, sorry about digging up an old thread Enigmachine. I saw September and figured it was recent. As for messing up 120Gb with 500GB, well I'm not entirely sure have I did either. In any case, yeah they are less expensive. $200 for 500gb would have been unheard of years ago. In any case I think I'll rebury this thread where it belongs. Deep down in the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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