BUSLink UII-8072E External USB 2.0 7200 RPM 80 GB Hard Drive w/Retrospect Software (No Card)

Rating:
Summary: Not reliable
Review: I had this drive for 2 months and it crashed on me. I went to put my hand on the outside of the drive and it was smoking hot. I have bought a lot of drives over the years and never once had one overheat. I let the drive cool down, and was able to recover the data, but unable to format the drive. It appears that I can save data to the drive, but I don't really trust the drive. Thought about sending it in for repair, but not sure I want it back, they may not even find a problem. I have a Maxtor external drive that has been on constantly for one year, not one problem. This drive was only on a few times. This was my first Buslink drive and will be my last. This is also my first one star review on Amazon, and hopefully, it to will be my last. Buy at Amazon, stay away from Buslink

Rating:
Summary: a bad experience.....
Review: I transferred all my mp3, photos, video and photoshop files to this drive which "stopped responding" about 4 weeks after installation. According to BUSLINK customer service: "This can happen sometimes." I had to send the drive in via FedEx(on my own expenses!!!) to have it fixed. They also would make "every possible attempt to recover any data that is on that drive". I had to "just write SAVE DATA on the drive and box". Needless to say that when I got the (refurbished)drive back there was not one bite of data left on it and I was informed that BUSLINK does not do data recovery at all, they just change the drive. Well, thank's for the information and loosing about 45GB of my data!!!!
To make a long story short: This product is not very reliable, and the service not very professional.

Rating:
Summary: Not reliable
Review: This is my third buslink drive. I have two others in continuous operation. All have been traveled around the country under sometimes harsh conditions. BusLink survives no matter what happens to it. It's shock and vibration insensitive, doesn't moan, doesn't groan. These guys make high reliability hardware. You can bet your ass on a Buslink Drive.

Rating:
Summary: Three Touch Downs With BusLink
Review: This is my third buslink drive. I have two others in continuous operation. All have been traveled around the country under sometimes harsh conditions. BusLink survives no matter what happens to it. It's shock and vibration insensitive, doesn't moan, doesn't groan. These guys make high reliability hardware. You can bet your ass on a Buslink Drive.