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Summary: So far so good
Review: I've been using this drive for three weeks so it has already outlasted the Buslink drive I purchased a couple of years ago. I have not tried the "one-touch" feature. I just use it to store my music and it works fine. I use XP and had no trouble with installation or when starting/rebooting the computer (mentioned in another review).
Update: 5/04 I have been reading some of the bad reviews this drive has been receiving. Mine is still working fine (5 months) but I am a bit worried now that it may crash. Anyway, at this time it's still working flawlessly. I'll change my rating if it dies.
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Summary: Best thing to come along in a while
Review: If you need to backup a single PC or just store laots of files this is the devices you need.. The one touch works greatThe Dantz backup software takes a bit to get used to but works so well I ended up buyng the PRO version... I highly recommend this drive I have 2 120's and fixing to buy a 300
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Summary: Best thing to come along in a while
Review: If you need to backup a single PC or just store laots of files this is the devices you need.. The one touch works great The Dantz backup software takes a bit to get used to but works so well I ended up buyng the PRO version... I highly recommend this drive I have 2 120's and fixing to buy a 300
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Summary: Echoing the others - don't trust for high-availability
Review: Like the others who have written before me, I've had the problem of the drive suddenly not being recognized and bringing down my system. Then the only way to reboot successfully is to unplug the drive. Support suggested getting new drivers, which I did, but the problem persisted. Support insists there must be something wrong with my Windows XP configuration, but when I read so many others who have had the same problem, I think Maxtor owes it to us to find out what this common problem is; they haven't. I need my Maxtor drive available 24/7, as I stream music from it. But at least once a week, I come home to find my stream has failed. I do not recommend this drive.
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Summary: drive failure
Review: My Maxtor drive failed within a year. I lost 40 GB of valuable data that had taken me years to collect.
Apparently, this is a common occurrence. Avoid Maxtor at all costs.
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Summary: same problem as others, failed and unreliable
Review: same problem as others, failed and unreliable.
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Summary: Buggy New Product
Review: The Maxtor One Touch is definitely not just a cosmetic upgrade of their DV 5000. The "One Touch" backup app., a customized version of Dantz Retrospect, is much improved, ie easier to use. Even though the unit still runs a little hot, the new aluminum case is an improved heat sink and it is quiet, quiet, quiet. The problem, however, is that with, at least, Windows 98SE it does not reliably load at startup. At first I thought the problem was related to the timed spin down which can be set through a desktop utility, but proved erratic in operation. After exhaustive troubleshooting, however, the issues proved to be independent. The only substantive fix that Maxtor can recommend appears to be a Microsoft Supplement for Win 98 which did not
work. The "One Touch" has the potential to be a great product once they shake out the bugs. My advice, wait until later in the product cycle to buy.
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Summary: It's a piece of junk on a Mac too
Review: The Maxtor OneTouch 250 GB Firewire for Mac drive that I bought causes system freezes on our PowerBook and twin processor G4. It is unreliable and owning it has been a nightmare. The power supply went out in the first week and the replacement drive refuses to mount most of the time. In other words what the PC users report goes for the Mac version too. If you're looking to buy peace of mind by getting a backup drive, don't buy a Maxtor.
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Summary: So far so good ( or maybe not)
Review: well first of all the plug and play worked awesome, but after I restarted the computer I got the weirdest error message in the whole universe. As the windows loaded, my mouse pointer was gone and so was my keyboard. I couldnt do anything. First I thought it's my new optical duo crap but it was the maxtor. I unplugged the USB,restarted and it was fine.
my other problem is that the transfer takes a looooooooot of time;for instance I moved a couple of movies from my C drive to the maxtor and it took me about 3 hours. Other than that nothing has happened to me so far. By the way I paid $200 which sucked serious monkey balls.
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Summary: Low noise & High performance External Drive
Review: When I bought this drive, I was a bit skeptical after I read the reviews on this page. To my surprise, I had the best experience with it. I normally do heavy video stuff so I needed a drive thats just not quiet but also performance effective. This drive definitely made me smile when I hooked my MiniDV camcorder on one USB port and the drive on the other, and drive had no problems recording all the digital video without dropping any frames at all. I dont care if Maxtor copied the design of this drive from some other company, all I know that it's quiet, fast and works well.
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