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MAXTOR ONETOUCH 4 PLUS 500GB External Hard Drive 3.5" 7200RPM 16MB USB2.0/FW400 | 
 enlarge | Category: CE
Buy New: £75.68
New (3) Used (1) from £53.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 6345
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
Model: STM305004OTD3E5-RK
EAN: 7636490003103
ASIN: B000WQOVHU
Release Date: November 29, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Seagate/Maxtor onetouch4 plus 500gB external HDD September 6, 2008
Branley (Billericay, UK)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have deferred purchasing an external HDD for many years because of 1/ costs 2/doubts about relability 3/ doubts about software. So I have purchased the Computer Which, Computer active and scoured the internet over a period hoping for advice/guidance test results and reviews. I have always understood the need for organised backups for important data - especially my family history collected over 22 years - but for the forementioned reasons the motivation was diluted. However, recent news about Seagate acquiring Maxtor,the offerings from Western Digital and current tests reviews has heightened my interest. Coupled with family PC/notebook problems I have been spurred into action.
I decided that the Maxtor onetouch4 plus ticked all of my boxes and it was delivered within 24 hours of ordering it from Amazon. The enclosed hardcopy documentation was initially disappointing, 22 lines of small text. However, following the modest instructions to the letter (vital) and x-referencing the Seagate website, one step at a time ensured relatively user friendly and successful install. The install of the disaster recovery software followed the hardware and initialisation. The drive is unobtrusive altho' it MUST be located on a level platform where it cannot be knocked. It is whisper quiet but the white light can be annoying - just turn the enclosure around if necessary.I copied the whole disk for disaster recovery in half an hour. I now have a robust system, peace of mind and a 5 year warranty to boot.
Worked For Me July 25, 2008
Jonathan Curry (Reading, England)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am not highly technical but found the product easy to set up. Thanks to a very malicious virus which deleted most of my C drive have discovered that the back up worked fine, everything I wanted saved was and getting them back onto my rebuilt PC took only minutes.
I am buying another Maxtor for the kids PC today.
 Easy setup May 24, 2008
Mgeni (London)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
Pretty easy to set up. Purpose of buying is for backup purpose in case the computer crashes. Reason for 4 star is, have not had any reason to use it so not sure if will be easy to retrieve the hard drive. I though hope I never have to find out!!
seems to do what it says on the tin! April 10, 2008
Steven Rowan
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
bought to use with imac running time machine
fairly straightforward to format for mac, then partition
seems to work fine so far, though I've only had it for a few days
looks good on the desk, and is stable unlike some I have seen which seem to be at constant risk of being knocked over
very quiet indeed
doesnt seem to warm up excessively
i expect this to give trouble-free backups for years to come - hope I won't be disappointed!
Steven
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