Maxtor T01W500 500 GB External USB 2.0/FW400/FW800 Hard Drive

Average customer rating: 2.0

Do NOT buy!
Do Not Buy
Good compromise
Should be a good drive

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Maxtor T01W500 500 GB External USB 2.0/FW400/FW800 Hard Drive

Manufacturer: Maxtor
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000HKIPY6

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Product Description

The OneTouch III 500 GB Triple Interface Hard Drive from Maxtor is a high-capacity drive with a 16 MB buffer, an interface that allows it to be connected via FireWire-800, FireWire-400 or USB 2.0 with a rotation speed of 7200 rpm. The drive features Maxtor's simple OneTouch III system, which allows you to back up your data at the push of a button, making it easier than ever to protect your data. With sustained data transfer rates of 73 MB/sec using FireWire-800, 43 MB/sec using FireWire-400 and 33 MB per seconds using USB 2.0, the drive is an excellent solution for video editing, high resolution imaging, data backup or general storage. 500 GB of capacity allows for storage of approximately 56.25 hours of uncompressed DV digital video, the equivalent of 159 4.7 GB DVD-Video discs, or up to 187,500 MP3 files. The drive easily connects to any computer with a FireWire-800, FireWire-400 or USB 2.0 interface, making it easy to add to any workstation. Sustained Data Transfer Rate FireWire-800 - 73 MB per seconds FireWire-400 - 43 MB per seconds USB 2.0 - 33 MB per seconds System Requirements - Macintosh G4 or greater, OS X 10.1.2-10.1.5, 10.2.4 or later, Pentium III 500 MHz or higher, Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home or XP Professional, 128 MB Hardware Minimum Memory, FireWire-800 Port, FireWire-400 Port, USB 2.0 Port, CD-ROM Drive for software installation Dimensions - 5.4 x 2.6 x 8.5 inch (13.6 x 6.5 x 21.7cm) Weight - 3.2 pounds (1.45 kg)

Customer Reviews:

Do NOT buy!.......2007-05-14

I backed up all of my .mp3 files, as well as many important files onto this product. When I got a new computer, I tried to access the files on this external hard drive and couldn't because I got a message saying the drive was not formatted. It IS formatted, by the same OS (Windows XP)! Now I cannot retrieve all the important files I had saved on this product.
Do not buy this product!!!

Do Not Buy.......2007-05-03

I got this drive for Christmas 06. It is May 07 and it is dead. It was nice when it worked and fast too. But the drive just quit working. I sent it for warranty work, but guess what? Seagate bought Maxtor and is honoring the warranty. It is hard to navigate Maxtor stuff on Seagate's website because it doesn't support a lot of Maxtor's old stuff. I got an RMA from Seagate for a refurbed drive of the same kind. The new drive worked once and then died. It's still at Seagate as we speak. Its a hassle. I have all maxtor internal drives in my computers and love them. I hate this one. I'd recommend Maxtor to anyone but they are not around anymore.

Don't buy any leftover Maxtor stuff on the shelves that are overstock, or you'll have to deal with poor Seagate staff trying to phase out the stuff.

Good compromise.......2007-03-21

This drive was a good compromise between price and size. It's NOT a network drive so you have to hook it up directly to a computer. I used a new MacBookPro. I used a home network to transfer files from my old computer to the mac and then moved the files to the Maxtor. Easy with the mac. Files took a couple of hours over the network to transfer but a 5 minutes over the FireWire 800 connection. It comes formatted for macs but you can reformat for MS Windows. Problems came with the usual- the quick start manual didn't quite follow what was on the setup disk so it took some time fiddling around to find what was supposed to be installed. Then the interface program would not work. Luckily the trouble shooting FAQ on the website addressed just that problem and after shuffling some files the drive seems to work great. I haven't tried it yet but the semi-automatic backup and synching software seems to be good stuff. The drive is really noisy but you only have to turn it on when you are actually using it.

Should be a good drive.......2007-01-11

Let me put it this way - I have not tried this drive yet because it only came with a Firewire 800 cable. The Maxtor website specs do in fact say it comes with only one FW 800 cable (no USB2 or FW400 cables). So, be aware of that if you may need to buy an extra Firewire 400 or USB 2.0 device cable to use this device, which I am having to do. The reason I bought this drive is because I already own a Maxtor One Touch III USB drive with 16mb cache. That device is very fast on the data transfer (about 22mb/s per sec by USB 2.0) and well-built, and quiet. After opening this package this drive is the same shape and size as the 320gb Maxtor One Touch III USB drive I bought previously through Amazon.com. I hope the 500gb drive will prove to be as fast. I got this particular drive because I believe it will be just as fast in the data transfer and in the future I will be upgrading my computer to support Firewire 800. I currently have Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 ports. This drive is probably a good choice for anyone needing reliable storage, fast data transfer speeds for general use (not like a Raid 0 hard drive that videoographers need), and if you need a firewire 800 connection.

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