Product DescriptionWith a true eSATA interface for the fastest speeds available, the Iomega's Professional Desktop Hard Drive eSATA 3 Gbits/USB 2.0 offers a powerful, high-performance storage solution. Now available in a sleek silver design in 750GB capacity. This drive is ideally suited to handle a wide range of advanced applications and storage requirements. It is the perfect solution for professional-quality video applications or small server and network environments. Plus, award winning EMC Retrospect Express software provides a complete backup and disaster recovery solution to protect your most important files. Iomega's Professional Series Desktop Hard Drive eSATA/USB 2.0 offers superior performance and industry-leading reliability.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Stay Away!
I bought one of these drives in June, but after six months, it just died. It was working fine, but now it won't even power on.
Iomega's support website doesn't give me a lot of confidence. They make you pay $25 per incident for live phone support, and I couldn't kick off a live chat because their system incorrectly says my drive's S/N is out of warranty (it is well within the 1 year warranty). I now have to hope they'll accept a screen shot of the Amazon order information as a proof ... Read More
Rating: - pretty good at the price
very easy to use. Just getting hot easily. I have to turn it off after a couple of hours, just don't want to run the risk of overheating it.
Amazon has a very good return policy. The first one I got was somehow not functioning the second day I turned it on. I printed out a return label from Amazon web site and sent it back free of charge. Amazon sent me a replacement shortly.
Rating: - 'Hot' backup drive
In summary:
Functional external drive, compact, decent form factor with included EMC backup software & USB/eSATA cables but bad design wrt. heat management.
Bottom line - give the alternatives due consideration, especially the Seagate drives, which comes with a 5 yr warranty unlike the 1 yr warranty with the Iomega external disks.
I bought this disk mainly because of the
- price point &
- Iomega reputation & my previous experience with other Iomega ... Read More
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Electronics : Iomega 33945 eSATA/USB 2.0 750GB Professional Hard Drive
- Stay Away!
- pretty good at the price