- 300 GB storage capacity
- 5,400 RPM
- FireWire and USB 2.0 interface
- 2 MB buffer
- Compatible with Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 Professional, XP, or Mac OS 9.1 or later, Mac OS X 10.1.2-10.1.5; 10.2.4 or later
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Watch Out After the First Year ... You May Lose Your Data,
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This review is from: Maxtor B01D300 One Touch 300 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive (Personal Computers)
I have owned the 300 GB Maxtor external hard drive for about a year now, and just like my 250 GB external hard drive from Maxtor, it is starting to make an occasional grinding noise when data are accessed from it. Maxtor will tell you to run Powermax diagnostic software on it, then you lose all your data (!!!) and then they will mail you another drive if your diagnostic produces the correct error code. But you had better have another drive to backup anything important - because it will all go down the drain in an instant and a new drive getting mailed to you by Maxtor is no consolation. This has happened to me 3 times now with Maxtor drives. The safest thing to do is to buy a Seagate or Western Digital internal hard drive - and use it to backup everything from the Maxtor drives. Maxtors are not reliable!!!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
So far so good...,
By toolkien "toolkien" (Elkhorn, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxtor B01D300 One Touch 300 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive (Personal Computers)
Just received package last night, set up back-up script, and completed first back up of entire home system. Had no major problems, followed the user manual to the letter. At one point, if the user wants to do the one-touch back-up set-up, pushing the button was supposed to take you to a particular screen, which it didn't. I believe I followed the steps as instructed. Cancelled and did again and it took me to the correct screen. Otherwise worked well, simple set-up overall. Plenty of space, maybe a little pricey at $1 per Gigabyte but my needs will only likely expand with media intensive files and back-up will be essential. So far so good. I will wait and see what routine back-ups etc will do.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't get lulled into a false sense of security with Maxtor drives,
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This review is from: Maxtor B01D300 One Touch 300 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive (Personal Computers)
I have a 160GB Maxtor one-touch firewire drive which was working perfectly but has just suddenly died after 14 months. Maxtor's response is that there is nothing they can do.
I also have a newer 300GB Maxtor One-touch II usb/firewire drive on another machine. The software drivers for this in Windows XP have a bug which crashes my PC on a frequent basis. The drives are very stylish but don't get lulled into a false sense of security by their sleek design and ease of use. The drives may let you down.
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