Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34919 (Gray)

by Iomega

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 6.1 x 8.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003GALRIA
• Item model number: 34919
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 22, 2010

Product Description

Capacity: 1 TB

From the Manufacturer

Iomega® Prestige™ 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 At a Glance: Up to 18,500* hours (MP3s) Up to 4 million* Digital Photos Up to 1500* hours of DVD Video

The portable drive for every lifestyle — Easy, compact, and perfect

The Iomega® Prestige™ Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 provides a simple and affordable solution for all your storage needs. Ideal for adding capacity to your system, this stylish drive offers a sturdy aluminum construction and included stand. It's the easiest way to save photos, music, videos and more. Plug-and-Play Simplicity and 1 TB Storage Capacity The Iomega Prestige Features: USB 2.0 interface for fast data transfers, plug-and-play simplicity, and universal compatibility. Data transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps. Preformatted NTFS drive, so you don't have to waste time formatting to use it. Fast spindle speed and an 8MB or higher cache buffer. This provides performance that results in fast access speeds and low latency. Stylish Aluminum Case The Prestige has durable aluminum construction with a brushed-metal finish that will stylishly complement your desktop or workstation. An included stand gives you the option of either placing the drive horizontally or vertically. Not only does the aluminum design look good, it also works to dissipate heat, allowing the drive to run cooler and quieter. Backup Software Included It includes Iomega Protection Suite software with Iomega QuickProtect, EMC® Retrospect®, MozyHome™ Online Backup service**, Trend Micro™ Internet Security*** (1 year subscription), and Iomega VClone, letting you take your PC virtually anywhere including files, settings, and applications. ** Not available in The People's Republic of China *** Not available in Japan Compatible with Macs and PCs Whether you have a Mac or PC, the Prestige will do the job. PC: Windows Vista, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional, and a Pentium II class processor with 256MB RAM and a USB 2.0 connection Mac: (PowerPC or Intel) with OS X 10.3 or above with a USB 2.0 port. The Iomega Prestige External Hard Drive is backed by a three-year warranty. What's in the Box Iomega Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 Connection Cable Quick Install Guide HTML User Manual and Help Files Backup software license included software via download (PC & Mac) * Contents refers to number of songs, photos, or hours of video, calculated as follows — Songs (MP3): 128 kbps bit rate using 11:1 compression ration, 4 min/song; Digital photos: 2.5MB per JPG photo using 6 megapixel camera; DVD Video: 5.5 Mb/s (2.597 GB/hr) data rate; DVD Video: 8.3 GB/hr recording rate for 720p or 1080i output. These examples are for illustrative purposes only. One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. Your results may vary.

Product Description

1TB Prestige Desktop USB 2.0 External Hard drive

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review from a computer amateur, May 21, 2010

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W. L. Holder (Phoenix, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34919 (Gray) (Personal Computers)

***EDITED REVIEW TO ADD--Its about a year now Ive been using this and everything still works perfect. I couldnt be happier and everything in my original review below is still valid.***

Im not an IT person or hardware expert, just so you know from the start. I do some video editing and have a HUGE iTunes library, so I ran out of room quickly.

I plugged this in, and it worked. That simple. Just shows up as another drive on your 'my computer' window (if you use windows, dont know about Mac). It makes some funny sounds when it fires up, but never had any problems. There is about a 10 second delay after you 'wake' your computer before the drive is accessible, dont see how that would be a problem for most though.

Ive used this for a couple months now. File transfers are fast and I can watch videos and play music directly off of the drive through my computer, dont need to 'transport' them from the drive to my computer to use them.

I like this product, its cheap and works well, lots of room for data and files.

Sorry, Im not a IT guy, or hardware guru, or Id tell you more. But for an average user like me, I love it, never had a problem, and suits my needs perfectly.

276 of 305 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Move along folks, better externals out there., May 21, 2010

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M. Patten (Eden Prairie, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34919 (Gray) (Personal Computers)

This product worked great for about a year, put all my valuable data on it and let it sit on my desk. I probably used the drive a few times a week. I rarely ever left it on because it would tend to get pretty warm, which is typical for a hard drive anyway. Never really had any connectivity problems between the PC and the device itself. I've used XP, Vista x64 and both operating systems seem to work well. After a year or so, the device finally stopped working, had to rip it apart and test the components out. I ended up finding the cuplrit which was the Seagate HDD that was used as the storage. I tend to try and stay away from Seagate HDD's. Working in the storage industry, particulary with Seagate drives and having owned many seagate drives myself they have a high rate of failure. I'd much prefer a Western Digital and will next time avoid IOMEGA products due to the use of Seagate drives. If you want to use this as a backup device and store precious data, then please look elseware and get yourself a western digital solution or other more reliable storage device. If you need a quick large storage solution and don't plan on keeping things long term on this drive or be it all data can be expendible then this may be just what your looking for. Do not forget, if you do buy this product make sure to register with IOMEGA to get the 3 year warranty on the External. However this still does not protect your data from mechanical drive problems, just replacement of the bad hardware.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works for me, so far., May 21, 2010

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K. Harper - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34919 (Gray) (Personal Computers)

I purchased this from other retailer along with 500GB version too. Both are working pretty well on our wireless network we have in the house, and one is directly connected on my Dell desktop. I never experienced any issues with these drives so far, and it's been close to a year now. I don't know if I'll experience some problem after a year passes but just wanted to drop a note since these drives are okay for me.

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