Acomdata HD320FE5-72 E5 320 GB FireWire400 External Hard Drive
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(5 out of 5)Top of the line
I now have four of these units (over a terabyte), and for my money, they're the best I've seen/used in 20 years. Their function is absolutely silent and dead on reliable. I never have problems hot connecting them, and NEVER have mounting problems as I occasionally do with some cheaper drives.
The ONLY recommendation I would make would to be to TRASH, instantly, any versions of Retrospect and find a more capable (and stable) backup program. I believe I'll now settle on Synk.
Other than that, I am extremely pleased with these drives and intend to pruchase unints for back for both my kids' and my wife's machine, no to mention my newest laptop.
geoffbeneze
(4 out of 5)Highly recommended.
Let me get something straight really quick: I'm no expert in the ways or functioning of computers.
There. Now you know.
Basically, this thing is amazing. It's compact, it's quiet, and it's SOLID. Not that I recommend dropping it to test its durability, but the casing is made of metal. Not the seemingly flimsy plastic you'll find in 80% of external hard drives nowadays. PC users that want to store files larger than 4 GB, don't get worried when it tells you there isn't space on the drive for them. You just need to re-format it first (which takes a little while). The tax bumped up the cost to approximately $205, but the shipping was free and FAST (I ordered it on a Friday and received it the following Monday).
My only complaint is that it is advertised as being a 320 GB drive, whereas my PC tells me it only has 298. :/ While that's nothing to scoff at, those extra 22 GB are very significant to me, as I only plan on having one of these. Not to mention, I paid for them.
Ultimately though, I'd definitely sacrifice the memory lost for the quality I've got. If you're looking for a professional-looking, well-built, high-performance piece of hardware and don't mind compromising for it, look no further.
You have found the promised land.
(1 out of 5)Mine crashed!!!
Mine crashed only after a year. NO OPTION FOR REPLACEMENT! and I lost all my data. I should last longer than one year!
(1 out of 5)Not reliable!
I bought one of these to keep on hand for emergency back-up and it crashed after only 2 years! I called their tech support and they said there wan't anything they could do for me. Apparently it's a problem with the ventilation, as the drive does run hot and the casing doesn't allow it to cool.
At any rate, if you want to archive your data for long-term storage, this obviously is NOT a viable option.
(2 out of 5)Good Device But Don't Bet On It
I purchased this product about 10 months ago. The first couple of backups went well. Recently I needed to rebuild my system. To ensure a good backup I had Acomdata tech support staff walk me through the steps. On the surface the backup appeared to work great. However, when I needed to restore my files I could see all folders and files but none of the files were usable. Acomdata said the files were corrupted during the backup process. Since all the files worked well prior to the process, its either an issue with the device or the Redemption software. The tech staff who support Redemption were also equally useless. In the end, I lost several months of data inspite of working directly with Acomdata staff to cover my bases. I have since transferred other files with this device but without using the Redemption software or Acomdata tech staff and it seemed to work okay. However, I will never fully trust the device nor the vendor's staff again.