Iomega eGo Desktop Portable 1TB Hard Drive
Iomega - 34267Release Date: Aug 2008
Great capacity with style to match! The Iomega eGo Desktop Hard Drive provides a simple and stylish solution for all your storage needs. Ideal for adding capacity, this plug-and-play drive is available in your choice of three colors: Ruby Red, Midnight Blue, and Jet Black. With EMC Retrospect HD (PC... Read More included (via download) for easy file backup, it's the easiest way to save photos, music, videos and more! Minimize
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Number of Reviews: 3Positive Reviews: 0%
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Negative Review
Reviewed by: Veeeeg on 16-Jul-09
Strengths: Lots of space
Weaknesses: NOT portable. Please watch your negligent labelings-this does not power from USB.
Summary: The Iomega Desktop ego is NOT a portable harddrive (does not power from USB). There are online sellers claiming it to be power from the USB and then shipping out this "portable" Desktop model. Iomega is partially to blame for this confusion (naming both Egos), but I guess there is no excuse for labeling a drive as powering from USB on your website and then shipping one that does not.
Negative Review
Reviewed by: jburke1968 on 24-Nov-08
Strengths: Looks nice, and is very compact. Handled backing up hard drive documents nicely.
Weaknesses: Ripping music into the hard drive, was a 50/50 proposition each CD. Then I noticed some of the songs just disappearing. Had to turn unit on and off to get files to reappear.
Summary: Seems like it is OK for storing, but not for constant use connected to the PC. Seemed to take over Explorer trying to find the many files inside the drive.
Negative Review
Reviewed by: yunde on 26-Aug-08
Strengths: capacity/price, nice finish, on/off switch
Weaknesses: gets warmer than my other two external 1TB drives. AC Adapter only sports US connector though it supports 110-230V, no stand for upright operation.
Summary: my enclosure came with a Seagate ST310003 drive. It's preformatted with NTFS. Performance is very well for a USB device. I did not test the EMC backup software which is available after registration from iomega's web site. I guess the form will accept any name/email.