External Hard Drive

I finally got around to pruchasing an external HDD this week. The one that I finally decided on was an Iomega Prestige 1Tb Desktop Hard Drive.

To be honest, there was not much to choose between the different makes and models, but I chose this one because I wanted a brushed aluminium finish, to match my ‘xPC Shuttle’ computer, which it now sits atop, and also because this model uses a Seagate hard drive, rather than some unknown far-eastern make.

To top it all, the price was quite amazing. At less than £70, this works out as less than seven pence per gigabyte.

Good points -

• Reliable drive manufacturer.
• Fairly quiet and fast operation.
• Neat stylish looks.
• 1 Terrabyte storage (a thousand Gigabytes, or a million Megabytes).

Bad points -

• Very short cables, particularly the USB cable (you can always use another cable – just make sure that it is good quality).
• As with all drives that are 1Tb or greater, it is not ’self powered’ through the usb cable.
• It comes with an external power adapter.
• No software supplied in the box. This can be downloaded for free from the Iomega site. (It does not need the software to work, unless you need scheduled backups).

Specification -

• 1Tb capacity
• USB 2 interface
• Power adapter
• Brushed aluminium cabinet (dark)
• Plug & play
• PC or MAC
• Desk stand supplied
• Reliable make

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