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Acomdata External 80 GB USB 2.0 & FireWire Hard Drive (PC/MAC)
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(2.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Acom works well for me
(4 out of 5) by M. Copeland on Jun 12, 2005 (N. Bellmore, NY USA)I bought this drive for my Dell Inspiron 8100. It has USB 1.1 (useless for this) and a 4 pin Firewire which is how I connect. I use backup image software for protection and had no place to back it up. While hibernate and sleep mode will sometimes cause the drive not to be seen, it is easily remedied by either rebooting or unplugging and replugging in the firewire port. I also connected an external DVD burner through the firewire interface and copy my backups to disk. I've had the drive over a year and so far so good. I've already gotten my money worth as I had to restore my image a few months ago and all worked well!
This works well enough so I am buying another Acom (160 gigs) for additional storage.
This works well enough so I am buying another Acom (160 gigs) for additional storage.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Good value for money.
(4 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jan 24, 2004I had no trouble getting this external drive to work in Windows XP using both USB 2.0 and FireWire. Both cables are included. Not the fastest but fast enough. Cost after manufacturer's rebates was under $... Good value for money considering that the drive comes with both USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Beware the rebate!
(2 out of 5) by R. Lee on Dec 15, 2003 (SoCal)The drive is a competent but not speedy performer on the firewire side using a PC. Benchmark performance on Sandra was 15% - 20% off optimal. I have not used the USB interface. ACOMDATA failed to pay out its rebate offer despite three phone calls and a letter to corporate. I gave up at that point. They won't get by business again.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Spen a little extra and get a good one
(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Mar 13, 2004Six months old and it's failing. It's only operated once a week for backup. I am very disappointed - still waiting on tech support for resolution (1 week - they promis 72 hours). I will not deal with them again!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
broken drive after minimal usage
(1 out of 5) by Bradley Snobar on Oct 22, 2006 (Bellevue, WA)I used this drive about 4 times per month for 6 or 7 months. I haven't used up much space on this drive yet. Now the drive is dead.
I was smart and backed up to other media too. I have a lot of work that I am afraid to lose (I write a lot of software), and it was a really good thing I didn't depend on this drive as my main backup facility.
Don't buy an ACOMDATA product! I will never buy another.
I was smart and backed up to other media too. I have a lot of work that I am afraid to lose (I write a lot of software), and it was a really good thing I didn't depend on this drive as my main backup facility.
Don't buy an ACOMDATA product! I will never buy another.