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Iomega 33223 40GB Portable External Hard Drive USB | List Price: $193.23
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Brand: Iomega
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Includes - USB 1.1/2.0 cable, supplemental power cord, Iomega Automatic Backup Pro with disaster recovery functionality (PC), Iomega Automatic Backup (Mac), Musicmatch, & Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0. Iomega Portable 40GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive - This external hard drive is designed with mobility in mind. It's ultra compact and doesn't require an external power supply. Power and data are received via a hi-speed USB 2.0 connection. And the hard metal enclosure can easily handle the wear & tear of bein
- 40GB Capacity
- 4200RPM Rotational Speed
- USB 2.0 interface is backwards compatible to USB 1.1 (at slower speeds)
- Supports Windows and Macintosh computers
Compact, Small HD, Easy to use, great service from Iomega [Posted on 2006-02-12]
I received the 40GB portable USB Iomega HD yesterday. It was smaller than I had thought, and easy to set up. However the laptop did not recognize the drive initially. After a short online chat (easy to contact at Iomega.com) with the Iomega tech, who walked me through reformatting the HD, as it appears that the HD formatting was erased during scanning while enroute, the drive letter was immediately recognized, and then very easy to use. I love it, and have used the software for computer to computer data transfers, as well as storage backups on the Iomega HD. Excellent value. The tech also verified that I had enough current (500mA in my case) for the HD to work with only one USB plug, although two options do come with the HD. I am functioning very well on the one USB wire versus the other which has two USB jacks. Great for a laptop, carrying with you.I am totally satisfied with the device, and its operation.
Great Backup Drive [Posted on 2006-02-28]
Backed up everything on our two home computers on this one drive. Ended up buying two - will probably put one drive in our safety deposit box. This has been the easiest, fastest and best solution of all the various back-up scenarios we have tried over the years. Great product!!
3 months and doing well [Posted on 2006-03-25]
I've had this drive for three months now, and it's working like a charm. I'm running XP on an IBM Thinkpad (T40) so I took another reviewer's advice and reformatted it from FAT32 to NTFS. If you'd like instructions on how to do this, go to Microsoft's web site and search for 'NTFS'. The first search result (at time of writing) explains how to do it.
My Thinkpad recognized the drive right away, and converting it to NTFS was quick and easy. As for power, the USB port on my Thinkpad powers the device just fine, however when I tried using it with the 4 port USB hub connected to my HP desktop at home I found it didn't provide enough power, so I had to use a USB port directly on the PC rather than use the hub.
I carry this device everywhere in my backpack, and while I don't think I've dropped it, I certainly haven't given any special care. It just gets tossed in with my other books and papers, and so far no problems.
Great little device!
It does not work with all computers [Posted on 2006-07-05]
We bought one but it did not work with HP computers. After hours of tech support they sent us several "new" items which had the same problem. They finally sent a new one which (surprise surprise ) ......... did not work as well. "It Did not work" means that it stopped the backup and the computer could not see the drive.
In some computers it does work ( Dell ) for example ( after they sent us several items, of course) but with HP, forget about it.
We wanted to return it and get the money back - they refused.
Good policy for the company, bad for the consumer.
My purchase was junk; it died in less than three months! [Posted on 2006-09-10]
UPDATE March 3, 2007: I Did NOT rate this item with five stars. I rated this item with a single star, and it held that rating for a while. But tonight I noticed the rating had changed, and there doesn't seem to be any way to change it back. I have not had many (or any) positive experiences with Iomega and I'll never purchase another Iomega product unless there is absolutely no other option (and even then I still might not but it).
I purchased this Iomega drive at the end of July 2006. I'm writing this review on September 10, 2006. Several hours ago this drive completely died. I've spent hours trying to diagnose and solve the problem, but it appears the drive is completely dead. My last ditch effort was to come back here to Amazon to see if someone else had a similar issue, but no such luck. The device won't load on any of the three computers that I have been using. The blue power light just flashes repeatedly (previously it would remain steady when it was on). I spent $120 on this item and it's got about 5 GB of data on it, and now it seems to be completely fried. It's less than three months old! I've been keeping it in a reinforced pocket of my laptop bag and I've been very careful with it. But when I plugged in the device a few hours ago, all I got was a flashing light. I've been burned by Iomega before (one of their Zip drives and a network adapter), but I decided to give them another chance with this drive. I'll never buy another Iomega product again. All of my experiences have resulted in lost data, lost cash, and increased blood pressure.
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