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AcomData 250GB E5 USB 2.0/FireWire External Hard Drive with PushButton Backup ( HD250UFAPE5-72 ) | List Price: $118.43
Discount Price: $82.82
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Brand: Acomdata
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Choose the blazing speed of USB 2.0 or the ferocity of FireWire
- Rubber feet and detachable zinc alloy stand included for vertical or horizontal setup
- Hot-pluggable drive can be turned off when not in use to conserve electricity
- PushButton Backup lets you back up your important files simply by pushing a button
- 7200 RPM hard drive, 8 MB cache
AcomDate 250 External Storage Drive - NO problems [Posted on 2005-12-12]
I got this firewire/USB PC/Mac external drive for my birthday and use it aggresssively, although have not yet tried the 1 button backup. It handles the volume of jpeg, mpeg, and other files I backup to it. VERY reliable. I am looking to buy another one of the exact unit.
Great for PC, not for Mac [Posted on 2007-02-19]
I bought this item over Christmas and had problems booting it up from the start. I had to reboot my iMac into Windows to reformat it and then reformat it again under Mac OSX so Mac OSX would not recognize it. After I reformatted it, the performance was sketchy at best. Sometimes my iMac would recognize it and sometimes it would not. Huge disappointment and it's too late to return it. No problems under PC though.
Great Hardware; LOUSY software [Posted on 2008-02-29]
Here is how I arrived at 3 stars:
First, hardware: drive is in a classy, sturdy case. It is quiet, fast and seems to have copied everything without a hitch. Result: 5 stars
Second: Software. A nightmare!!! "Pushbutton Backup" sounds nice. Push the button and it backs up. Right?? Not at all. The stupid software was written by a PhD in computer science and covers every type of copying, backing up and duplicating relative to Internet, DVD/CD, Networks and you name it. Somebody please tell me what this means: "Designate a folder as an independent volume for use within Retrospect" That's the instruction you get for a button titled "Subvolume ..." Click it and I have no idea what it does. You can't designate specific folders to copy. The dang program wants to copy your entire files including temporary files and settings. The Instructions are also VERY clear that the Backup operation is very different from the Duplicate operation which is very different from the Archive operation.
Get a load of this sentence from their User Guide, " When you set up PushButton Backup, the Button Backup script that is created is set to run Duplicates by default. If you want to run Backups instead of Duplicates, first complete this section, then go to the next section: ..." What the f***k!!!
The result is that I used Windows Explorer to copy only the folders I want backed up. Software: 0 stars
Total result: Decent hardware, throw away the software and use Windows Explorer; 3 Stars final tally
One more comment: They should tell you to NEVER, EVER shut the thing off while your computer is on. I did, and it became corrupted! After a panic call to customer service, the only thing to do at that point is to Re Format and RE COPY all the files you want to back up.
Don't Waste Your Money [Posted on 2008-08-18]
Mine crashed after about a year and 1/2 for no apparent reason and support from Acomdata. They told me to go after the store who sold it to me. I have another Acomdata that has yet to crash and I am throwing in the trash just in case. There are too many similar products in both price and specification to take a chance on this very poor product.
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