46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
Good unit, boot-problems, NTFS format
***Jan. 24th - Just a comment on how "hot" it gets. I would say about 10 degrees more than room temperature. It is "warm" to the touch even after transferring files for several hours straight - (backing up 600gb)***
Unit Size: For those who can't visualize the measurements, if we compare the size to your standard keyboard its width spans the ~ to CTRL keys,...
37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
Lousy customer support
When this works, it's a great drive BUT if you need support, the online support is very limited and it's $25 just to talk to a real person even when you have a warranty. Also, even though data recovery is IOmega's specialty, they will not retrieve data from a returned hard drive unless you pay big bucks. Stay away from this company.
***Jan. 24th - Just a comment on how "hot" it gets. I would say about 10 degrees more than room temperature. It is "warm" to the touch even after transferring files for several hours straight - (backing up 600gb)***
Unit Size: For those who can't visualize the measurements, if we compare the size to your standard keyboard its width spans the ~ to CTRL keys, its length spans the ~ to the 0 keys
Format: NTFS - which is not compatible with X-box. Approximately 110mb is used for system information.
Performance: Transfers better than 1 GB/minute if it connects properly.
Problems: It "locks up" during my windows boot process if turned on. If you turn the drive off during a lock up, windows will continue to boot properly. This has occurred on both my XP and Vista Basic machines.
I have not tested it with my Vista Premium system.
Furthermore, on my XP machine (which is "old" about 4 years) I sometimes receive notification that it is not hooked up to a USB2.0 port (even though it is).
When this occurs, the transfer rate is horrible. 1 GB/10 minutes. To resolve, I simply disconnect and reconnect the drive.
Testing Procedure: directly connected to a USB port - not through a hub.
Usage: I am using these drives (now I have 3 TB and one 0.5 TB externals from IoMega) to convert my videos to digital. They are connected to
my Acer laptop running vista basic using a 7port hispeed USB HUB by Belkin. Playback of video is fine. Transfer rate between drives using the hub is also better than 1GB/minute.
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This Iomega has excellent storage capacity (1TB), surprising speed for an external drive, and a price that won't break the bank. The only drawback is that it feels slippery, so when you pick it up, hold on tight. It does have little rubber like feet which do keep it snuggly on a table or desk. I've used various internal and external drives for backup in the past. This is my all time favorite. I simply plugged it into my Vista PC, and bingo! Ready to use right out of the box. (I have also used it on an XP PC without any conflicts. NOTHING to install and no time wasted reading instructions or learning software. I simply dragged "My Documents" folder and dropped it onto the Iomega drive, along with a few other selected files. If you WANT a software program, there are plenty of them available as "freeware". Some of these will run your backup at intervals set by you, in case you are a procrastinator. Just be VERY SURE it is from a RELIABLE source. CNET only lists programs free of "bad stuff". They have quite a few available for download free of charge. And if you don't like one, try another. Nothing to lose. Free is a good price. Cut and paste the following URL for a list from cnet: http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=backup+freeware&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows . . . or go to www.cnet.com and do your own search for BACKUP FREEWARE- I HIGHLY recommend this Iomega drive. Iomega eGo Desktop Hard Drive, USB 2.0, 1TB, Ruby Red - 34267
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This is not a bad value for the money. Let's face it: 1 Terabyte of storage at this price is pretty amazing. But there are drawbacks:
1. The unit does not derive power from the USB port the way the eGo half-terabyte unit does. This HDD requires its own separate outboard power supply. Thus, you basically cannot use it if you are somewhere where there is no AC socket and you are running your Notebook via battery power. Plus, those power supplies are simply a pain.
2. This is a big guy. In bulk this unit is four or five times the size of the half-terabyte unit. The half-terabyte eGo drive is about the size of a whiskey flask (and looks like one). Not this unit. This thing is large.
On the plus side, this unit was plug and play on my Windows Vista Notebook computer. No setup, no nothing; true plug-and-play.
Also, the unit has an on-off switch. This is nice, because the unit runs warm, and I have to believe that it shortens component life for something to run this warm all the time. So switch it off when not in use. No reason not to; it comes on line very quickly when switched on, and Vista promptly recognizes it. I speculate without a lot of data that a large part of the reason that this unit is so much larger than the half-Terabyte drive is simply to give it more space to radiate heat; while warm, this unit runs cooler than the half-terabyte drive.
Not a bad value, and not a bad drive, just know what you are getting.
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When this works, it's a great drive BUT if you need support, the online support is very limited and it's $25 just to talk to a real person even when you have a warranty. Also, even though data recovery is IOmega's specialty, they will not retrieve data from a returned hard drive unless you pay big bucks. Stay away from this company.
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i bought this about 6 months ago, and when i started using it, i noticed that it runs extremely hot. it would practically burn me if i were to pick it up. i figured i'd just keep air circulating to it. it still ran hot but not as bad. besides that, it worked really good until last month, it stopped working. it would read data from the hard drive for about 2 minutes before freezing up and clicking and stopped reading the data at all. now all of a sudden, it's working again! i don't know what to expect from it next. also, the little rubber feet fall off due to the heat.
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I mostly use the external hard drives for backup purposes. My first purchase was a 150GB Seagate. I had problems with it within the first couple of weeks and lost my data. Fry's did a diagnostic test on it and ended up giving me a brand new replacement unit. That experience diminished my level of confidence, so I bought a backup for my backup - a 150GB Iomega. Loved it! It felt so much more sturdy and ran beautifully (I've had it for over a year, it's still running strong, and I've never had a single problem with it).
My current purchase was this Iomega 1TB external hard drive. I am 100% satisfied. I have been using it daily for a month without any problems. The main differences between the 150GB and the 1TB is that the 1TB has an on/off switch and must be plugged into an AC outlet (the 150GB is powered by your computer via USB), and size (the 1TB is the size of a book whereas the 150TB is the size of a flask).
I would be willing to pay a little more for an Iomega just to have the peace of mind.
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This drive works great once I figured out how to reformat it for the mac. I thought I could simply use Disk Utility to erase it but that kept failing. Turns out, you have to make sure you've checked the option that makes it a mac bootable disk and not a pc bootable disk. Then it erased to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) just fine.
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I've copied these instructions from a guy called Charles Paulsen who posted them in an Amazon review of a Seagate USB drive. They work perfectly for the iOmega eGo too. I was having a hard time reformatting the drive for my Mac and kept getting error messages. This did the trick. Takes two minutes, if that.
1. Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
2. Click on the Partition tab
3. Click on the Current Volume Scheme drop-down menu and select One (1) partition.
4. Click Options. From the Partition Schemes provided:
5. Click on the GUID Partition Table radio button
-OR-
Click on the Apple Partition Map radio button
6. Click OK. Select other options as desired (e.g., Volume Name, Format, etc.).
7. Click Apply. The Partition Disk screen opens.
8. Click Partition. At this point, the volume dismounts from the desktop and the drive is partitioned and formatted.
And you're good to go.
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There's not much to say about a product that just works out of the box, but that's what this one did! And it looks great too. Small and quiet with a couple of nice features like the 'on' light and an on/off switch.
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Beware of false advertising! Don't be fooled by the "eGo" name!...This is not a portable hard drive! This drive is very heavy and large (check out the dimensions) and REQUIRES an external power source (included, but NOT powered by USB). Also, it doesn't have a FireWire port, only USB 2.0.
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