http://www.viewpoints.com/Hard-Drives Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:41:19 GMT Reviews about Hard Drives http://www.viewpoints.com/Toshiba-Portable-Hard-Drive-160-GB-review-0cba2 I went on early with home computers and online. Over the years I have lost stuff, so I've leraned to back up - and big times. — The Toshiba portable external hard drive at 160 gb is where I'm storing my web sites now. I just got going with own web pages (Yes You Can Grill and Yes You Can Cook). It takes a lot of work to build web sites, and I do not want to have a computer failure and lose all my work. — Normally I use thumb drives or CDs to store my Word files and photos. That works out fine. Web pages take up more space, and I do not want to max out or have those files scattered all over creation. — The Toshiba external hard is about the size of a deck of cards and holds 160 gb. Both my sites fit fine at this point. As they get bigger, I may need to upgrade. For now, this option suits my needs. — The external hard drive just slips in the USB port (the skinny hole where most things connect to the computer). I put the hard drive in the port from time to time... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:41:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Toshiba-Portable-Hard-Drive-160-GB-review-0cba2 CyndiA 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-5db78 This is really a good book b/c it can enrich your knowledge. The two expressed their support for those affected by the storm when they spoke to the Louisiana delegation to the convention Monday morning, just hours after Hurricane Gustav came ashore. — "America stands with you during this trying time," said Cindy McCain, wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. — "And from all of us here, as you know, we have gathered together, and ... we committed ourselves to making sure that we raise funds, we raise goods, anything else that will be needed on behalf of those people that are affected so desperately by this tragedy." —... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:12:23 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-5db78 mary20008 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Maxtor-One-Touch-Mini-review-b6a33 I was in the market for a back-up solution.  I carry my laptop to and from work every day and needed a portable backup solution in case the laptop was damaged or stolen.  After many hours of scouring online reviews, and price shopping, I settled on the Maxtor One Touch Mini after seeing it on sale at a major office supply store. — — Unboxing- — The drive came in a blister pack which contained the hard drive (duh), a dual-tipped USB cable (more on that later), a software CD, a quick-start guide and registration paperwork.  The blister pack was labeled as recycleable, so Maxtor gets a bonus "green" point. — — Installation and setup- — The included USB cable is a Y-type cable with 3 ends; male USB labeled Data+Power, male USB labeled Power, and a male mini-USB that plugs into the drive.  The reason for the Y-cable is a bit puzzling to me since both ends are the same length.  I can't see why you would need a connector purely... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:34:54 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Maxtor-One-Touch-Mini-review-b6a33 ntwrkguru 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-WD2500BEVS-250GB-SATA-Laptop-drive-review-dc262 I Traditionally, desktop drives (3.5-inch) have always been the ones to have larger capacities over notebook drives (2.5-inch) due to the physical size. That changed just a few months ago with the introduction of the Western Digital WD2500BEVS 250GB SATA Laptop drive . — Running at 5400RPM, it isn't the fastest (compared to a 7200RPM), but certainly the largest we've seen to date. The 250GB Scorpio is a SATA 1.5Gbps interface drive and has an 8MB cache. Western Digital offers a 3-year warranty on this drive (and on all Scorpio drives). —... Sun, 25 May 2008 07:25:52 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-WD2500BEVS-250GB-SATA-Laptop-drive-review-dc262 Incharge 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Pro-USB-Hard-Drive-review-6aa63 I like the drive.  Just make sure to keep the pamphlet that came with it.  Or as they call it the manual.  It has a little serial number for the software that is on the drive itself. Works pretty much like any other USB hard drive so Plug it in and go. Nothing too surprising.  The thing is pretty nice the colors are good and it seems to be a pretty quite piece of hardware. —... Mon, 05 May 2008 00:13:54 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Pro-USB-Hard-Drive-review-6aa63 thisnthat 3 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-da9f5 Well, since I bought this external drive back during the summer of 2007, I have had no problems whatsoever and have also found that the quality of the drive is nothing to be looked down on. I have my computer and external drive running about 18-24 hours a day 7 days a week and have not noticed any problems or changes in the external drives run time, transfer speeds, or failure.  The unit remains completely cool even after running for these long periods of time.  This is a definite must have for backing up data and... Sat, 03 May 2008 12:55:42 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-da9f5 bullethiro 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-NearLine-35-400-GB-SATA-Hard-Drive-review-8efb0 Hard drive wasfairly easy to install. I had to make one change in BIOS to get it to detect. Overall I'd say I am pleased with the performance. It is rather quiet, though speeds for seek time could be a little faster. I had trouble getting in to boot in RAID 0. This was a problem with every hard drive I tried it with. My guess is it only will work in a RAID configuration with 2 of the exact same drives. ... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:48:33 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-NearLine-35-400-GB-SATA-Hard-Drive-review-8efb0 conjunctivee 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-562d5 The backup software, Free Agent, that comes with this drive is below 21st century standards. It cannot see either "Documents and Settings" or "Program Files". What gives? Yes it can see "My Documents", but that's it. What, I don't have data from Quicken, Money, or other software? Do I ONLY have data in the root of "C:" or "My Documents". —  Their tech support site also leaves much to be desired. Old style forums that Seagate doesn't even seem to monitor. — Bottom line - If you want a  backup solution, buy something else! —... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-562d5 jaxjohnny 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-8f372 Bottom-Line: If you want a small footprint, high capacity, affordable external hard drive from a name you can trust, look no further than the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB HHD.        Can one ever have enough storage space?  I say no, one can always find a use for space and with the prices for hard drive the only thing that seems to be dropping these days, it's easy to grab an affordable external hard drive for not a lot of green.  Such is the case with the Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB Hard Drive.  With an average (on-line and off-line) street price of $120.00, this brown beauty is a bargain waiting to found.         The Drive — I have a love, love relationship with Seagate hard drives.  They are comparable in price the trouble-prone Western Digital drives, but my experience has shown that they (Seagate HHD's) represent a far more reliable alternative.  And... Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:25:30 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-8f372 TheBard 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-09e22 my husband finaly talked me into buying this external hard drive. it is the best move we ever made we keep our movies and music on the device and it keeps our computer space free and clear to do many other things on the computer without being slow. i would recomend this product because it frees up so much space for all the big files and allows you to do so much more on the computer. i just should have purchased it sooner... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:50:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-09e22 myv8pony1 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-b0152 I have recommended these professionally to numerous customers of mine.  Prior to Seagate the best warranty was a year.  They build a very reliable product so you may never need to use the warranty. — — At these prices I can purchase another for redundancy.  Most people don't have a redundant disk in the first place on their computer, this would become their redundant disk. — — One a gamer note: these can be plugged right into a PS3 for Plug and Play upgrade. —... Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:41:42 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-b0152 scottmage 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-WDG1C5000N-500-GB-FireWire-400-1394a-Hard-Drive-review-28bf3 Collectively, my husband and I have six digital cameras -- you read that right -- ranging from the Canon Digital Rebel XTi to a Casio point-and-shoot not much bigger than a credit card. Since we're both semi-retired (he as an English teacher and I as managing editor of a business newspaper), we've taken up photography, practicing whenever and wherever the unpredictable weather in northeastern Ohio will allow. — Especially over the last couple of years when our most-often-used cameras are in the range of 10 megapixels or more, the photos we download to our computer's hard drive eat up space faster than a squirrel can make an acorn disappear. At one point, in fact, photos threatened to shut down normal operation, consuming the lion's share of a 70 GB hard drive (our trusty Dell is four four years old now). — To ease the problem, I've purchased a couple of external hard drives in the range of 100 MB, one of which travels with our Dell notebook (and us!) A few years back, I... Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:08:05 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-WDG1C5000N-500-GB-FireWire-400-1394a-Hard-Drive-review-28bf3 Honcha 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-40913 My drive works flawlessly. — It's plugged to an Mac Mini through FW. — It was recognized immediately but I had to do a quick re-format to HPFS since it comes formated for Windows. — The drive is surprisingly quiet and has a great performance. —... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:48:23 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-40913 Honolulu 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-750GB-External-USB-Firewire-Hard-Drive-review-fe661 The Segate 750GB is built on the Barracuda 7200.10 technology for outstanding Performance and reliability. — — This Drive also includes USB 2.0 and Firewire 1394 connections for speed and connectivity options. the foot print is about 7 by 7 inches but comes with a stand for vertical placement. The Case is also designed to stack with other Segate Externals. — — I carry this drive in my pack, everywhere I go. I store my CD and Concert collection on here and use it on average about 10 hours per day. I am not the most caution when transporting it either. The pack gets throw in and out of the car and dropped on floors where ever I go. This Drive has stood up to the daily punishment I submit to it. I have only used the USB port and have had enough speed for the most part (don't move large percentages of the drive between drive or you'll be waiting). — — I liked this drive so much I have another 750GB and a 500GB. — ... Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:31:27 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-750GB-External-USB-Firewire-Hard-Drive-review-fe661 lostsole 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-Seagate-320GB-FreeAgent-Pro-USB-2-0-Firewire-400-eSata-review-90a50 I bought this drive to store music, movies and pictures to free up space on my Mac. Great price for a fast extra storage. Love the interfaces options of USB 2.0/eSATA and dual FireWire interface. Come with Five-year limited warranty. Compatible with Macs and PCs. —... Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:43:14 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-Seagate-320GB-FreeAgent-Pro-USB-2-0-Firewire-400-eSata-review-90a50 jtoro 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-Maxtor-OneTouch-4-500-GB-USB-Hard-Drive-review-01491 A great product for even the not-so computer literate Just plug in the power cord and USB cable. All the installation software is on the drive. No installation discs to misplace. Great for digital music, video, photos, document backup, whatever. Half a Terabyte is a lot of... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:11:01 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-Maxtor-OneTouch-4-500-GB-USB-Hard-Drive-review-01491 MetalCurse 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-WDG1C5000N-500-GB-FireWire-400-1394a-Hard-Drive-review-cd700 After a horrendous experience with another brand of External Hard Drives I was in a panic to find something that would hold my home video editing files.  My son-on-law suggested Western Digital and I am hooked.  So easy to set up and use and reliable beyond my imagination.  I have filled up half of my 500 GB's and am buying another to use as a backup.  Excellent... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:17:36 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-WDG1C5000N-500-GB-FireWire-400-1394a-Hard-Drive-review-cd700 Cybergram 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-300GB-External-HHD-review-cf400 Everyone loves to have extra storage availble so as far as drive size, people have many choices available to them.  The ease of use of this particular drive is superb.  Using this drive with the firewire connection, also makes the transfer of data seamless and the amount of data and time it takes is next to not being... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:02:55 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-300GB-External-HHD-review-cf400 gposadas 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-250GB-FreeAgent-Desktop-USB-review-b29e1 I bought this device to store music and pictures to free up space on my pc. I have two teens and the amout of space they used up was outragious. I got this started moving files and freeing up space. It has to be the easiest unit I have ever used and I would recommend it to anyone. Great produce!! Thanks Seagate. — Sunnyhorn —... Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:44:10 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-250GB-FreeAgent-Desktop-USB-review-b29e1 sunnyhorn 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-Passport-160GB-review-81f21 This product came out of the package, was plugged into the USB port and has worked ever since.  I travel for my job and it is very useful to be able to transport 160GB of data without having to carry around a power cord and brick.  It slips into a pocket in my briefcase and takes up no extra space.  It's also very attractive with a metallic red case.  I will buy more when necessary. ... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:27:25 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-Passport-160GB-review-81f21 ranman42 5