| Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 750 GB 3.5" USB 2.0/FireWire 400 External Hard Drive | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6994
Category: CE
Publisher: Seagate
Studio: Seagate
Brand: Seagate
Label: Seagate
Media: Electronics
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System Memory: 16
Hard Drive Size: 750
Special Features: nv:Capacity (GB)^750|Interface^USB 2.0/Firewire|Spindle Speed (RPM)^7200|Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0^Up to 480 Mb/sec|Data Transfer Rate on FireWire^Up to 400 Mb/sec
Warranty: 5 years warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 10.2 x 4.9
MPN: STM307504OTA3E5-RK
Model: STM307504OTA3E5-RK
UPC: 763649004579
EAN: 0763649004579
ASIN: B000VB3M08
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 750 GB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable or FireWire 400 | | • | Simple Maxtor user interface for drive management, security, and backup scheduling | | • | Two levels of security against unauthorized use - Maxtor DrivePass and data encryption | | • | Sync data between 2 or more computers on the same operating system | | • | Drive and power management utilities; 5-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Backup your files with a push of a button or set up the software to perform convenient automatic backups. With 7200 RPM and 16 MB cache buffer, you get fast drive performance, seamless data exchange, and instant access to your files. With the Maxtor SafteyDrill software for windows, SafteyDrill prepares, reboots and recovers your PC's entire hard drive in case of system failure or virus/spyware infection. No need to worry about unauthorized access to your private files with the Maxtor DrivePass and encryption. Simple setup, just connect the USB 2.0 or FireWire cable, and your Maxtor OneTouch 4 hard drive automatically appears on your desktop. For all those precious pictures, videos, music and data files, external hard drive is a must have. FireWire 400, IEEE 1394a, iLink and SBP-2 compliant Up to 480Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with USB 2.0 400Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with FireWire 400 Operating system - Windows XP Home or Higher, Mac OS X (10.4.7 or later), 256MB RAM Approximate Unit Dimensions - 2.5 X 6.0 X 6.75 Approximate Unit Weight - 2.5lbs
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Drive OK, OneTouch Backup software BE AWARE June 22, 2008
I have had a 300G "One Touch" drive for a couple of years now. It still functions acceptably.
I recently bought this current 750G Maxtor drive that I use primarily for backing up mp3 files (music) and photos. The price and capacity were right. I thought the most recent version of software would show some improvements. You see--the last version of the One Touch back up software, and now, this most recent version does not "save my life"--as it says it will on the label of the box.
IF this software "saved my life" (that is, back up ALL files on my hard drive as I specify) then it would do the simplest of functions--specifically the back up of all the files associated with mp3 files in a folder. You see, the jpg album art and folder images are part of the mp3 files. Without those images, folders lose their thumbnail identifiers. Without those images, moving files back and forth between drives and any other player program, whether it be iTunes, Windows Media Player, or to an ipod, those images are lost FOREVER. OK, maybe "forever" is not quite right, but if you have 10,000-20,000 songs on your ipod and on your hard drive, it is very time consuming to go out and grab those image files again.
So much for saving a life or even an image associated intimately with another file or folder. The problem, noted on the Seagate/Maxtor site and by other reviewers here, is that the software will NOT copy "hidden" files (even if they are unhidden in the folder). In fact this the list of files not automatically backed up...
* Operating System files that are in use
* Hidden/System Files & Folders - this includes Microsoft Outlook Data & Personal Files (e.g., *.PAB and/or *.PST files)
* Microsoft Compressed Folders
* Microsoft Encrypted Folders
* Offline Files
So you can forget about using the OneTouch software for backing up your music library (at least with the image files attached) OR your Outlook email/contacts folder (*.pst). I also noted the software was not copying zip files (compressed?) or even some Acrobat files (huh?). Oh, you CAN copy these files manually by dragging them from one location to another... but when you have a couple thousand mp3 files, that is pretty tedious!
Supposedly, SafetyDrill --another program from Seagate-- will copy these types of files, but since it was not provided in the box...there was no way to test it.
I just did not understand. So I persisted... I tried any number of methods to create a back door so I could possibly "save my life" and could not get anything to save those (un)hidden image files. I played with my file folders thinking that it was just the fact that the files are "hidden"... so I unhid them in both folders on my computer and the One Touch folders. No luck.
So with a functioning drive, that I WANT to use... I finally just dumped the software and am using a program called "filesync", available with a quick search on the web. (and well worth the $15 requested).
Why would Seagate provide such a disabled "save your life" program to customers who expect to be able to use the software for something as simple as backing up their ipods?
Would I recommend this drive to someone? Certainly not to a beginning computer user. I might if the experienced purchaser knew up front that THE MOST COMMON USE (back up of music files with image files in the same folder) is severely lacking using the Maxtor software... AND they would need to purchase another back-up program to do things properly. This lack of functionality is disappointing, especially when the Seagate/Maxtor site is loaded with commentary going back over a year about the same lack of functionality. Makes you wonder if they will listen when more serious problems might occur.
 A MUST HAVE for Apple TV owners! June 18, 2008
Seagate STM307504OTA3E5-RK Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 750 GB External Hard Drive I bought two of these for my Apple TV Library. Raided them (formatted them as one, 1.5 TB External Hard Drive) on my iMac. It took 77 Hours of continuous use to copy over all of my iTunes music, movies and TV Shows. I've been using them now for two months and have not had a single problem. I highly recommend these Hard Drives. I am so impressed with them that I have purchased a 1 TB drive also. I have a four year old Maxtor I use to back up my PC and have had no issues with it. I am sold on Maxtor and Seagate.
not as easy as advertised May 30, 2008
I wanted a bare machine restore solution and I did get it to work for that, but I think the one touch backup is misleading as it doesn't backup hidden or system files in its normal backup mode. It does when you do a complete disk image backup, but you would not normally do this daily. The first time I tried to do a full backup it crashed my vista pc. After reading some articles on there support site I did get it to work. Also several support articles advised that you download an older free disk restore program from their web site as it works better than what comes with this disk. I would not recommend this product.
 Caveat emptor May 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't buy this product. It doesn't do what it says on the box. At the most basic level, it won't back up hidden file or folders. Which in most computers will include your Outlook files. Guess I should have read some reviews before buying it myself.
Failed within two weeks of purchase April 27, 2008
I was excited about having this much storage space in a product with a five year warranty. I assumed that having a five year warranty meant that Maxtor must be VERY confident that their product would last a while. Shortly after I installed it and copied my data over, it began making *EXTREMELY* loud noises while being accessed...it woke me up in the middle of the night as a scheduled backup was occurring. It sounded as if someone was hitting the drive with a drumstick for each data access. That didn't bode well, so I made sure that all of my data was still in old locations. Sure enough, within a few days it died. Windows complained with "can't write cached data to drive H:", and disk manager saw different things each time you ran it (some times a partition, sometimes not). I'm very disappointed, and will likely make my next purchase a multi-drive RAID device. Having one drive as a potential point of failure is just too risky.
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