Iomega 32394 External USB 2.0 7200 RPM 120 GB Hard Drive

by Iomega

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• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006BC3K
• Item model number: 32394
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better to back up, than to be sorry, March 2, 2003

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Gina Miller (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega 32394 External USB 2.0 7200 RPM 120 GB Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I was interested in an external hard drive for an easy solution to any future C;\ drive problems I may have. My only problem was the usb, but that really has nothing at all to do with this hard drive, and in fact this hard drive is for usb or firewire. I followed the install instructions exactly and my computer a Windows XP Dell found the hardware immediately. Two CD's came with the hard drive, I put in the Iomega one and installed the easy to find back up software. I was given the option to set the back ups to happen when ever I wanted it to. I chose a time that I would be asleep so I wouldn't have to wait for files to move over. It works, I have checked it. It copies over any changes I make on my c drive to my new Iomega drive. I also upon the backup install had the software copy my program files and my documents to the new drive, this was the only time consumming part, but it worked great, and since I have it add the changes at an offline time, it continues to never take any time. Now, of course I hope that nothing ever happens, but just in case, I will have everything on my external drive waiting for me if I need to re-install a crashed OS. I do know that this works because on an older computer I have two drives and I had to reformat the main drive clean. When I reinstalled windows onto the main drive, all the files and data were still there as before on my other drive. I mentioned they provided two software cds, I never installed the other one, Norton Ghost because I am running Go Back and didn't want a conflict with two programs that might both be creating a false partition. I don't know if there would be a conflict because I don't know for sure if Ghost does create a false partition, but I do know that Go Back does and I didn't want to take any risk. At any rate, the hard drive is a great investment and all went with ease.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One obvious design flaw..., June 8, 2003

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This review is from: Iomega 32394 External USB 2.0 7200 RPM 120 GB Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I installed the drive with no problems (Win2000) and it works extremely fast (USB 2). In fact, there is no noticeable difference between retrieval from my internal c & d drives and the external drive. The only problem is the drive never shuts down. Even when I power down my laptop, the drive keeps whinig all night long...relentlessly! There is no on/off button. Iomega support told me to simply unplug the power chord from the device when I'm not using it. That is rediculous! How could Iomega release a product with such an obvious design flaw?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great except for HDD, July 6, 2003

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McFaddus (Mechanicville, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega 32394 External USB 2.0 7200 RPM 120 GB Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I bought this drive looking for extra room as my laptop's drive was slowly dwindling down, and I found more space than I may ever need. This drive, with USB 2.0, will provide great transfer rates, and comes in very handy if you like to download programs, games, songs or anything in great numbers that will quickly fill a lesser drive. To have this plugged in all the time would be great, except like one reviewer said, it does not shut down. You could cook an egg on it if you leave it long enough. And for the HDD, it may as well stand for Hard-Drive Dinosaur, meaning the inexplicable roaring sound that comes from the drive during moments of use and inactivity. My friend bought one and experiences the same thing, but only after a while did this begin. I think it's the reading mechanism moving back and forth. I don't know if this is a common problem, but it can be annoying. This drive is of substantial size, and the USB 2.0 cable running from the drive is very short so you'll need to keep it close by unless you can find an "adapter" cable. All in all I would recommend this drive as a vast high-speed extra storage option that could be better if it were designed by a company that realizes external hard drives aren't just backup devices, but rather something that can be used all the time.