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(54 customer reviews) 25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Windows 7 users need to re-think purchasing this hard drive,
July 23, 2011 Pepper Jack (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 3.0/USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive 35180 (Personal Computers)
I purchased this drive so I could back up my computer and many media files, and to relocate some files from a very old and very small hard drive. After purchasing this drive I learned something that is not listed in the product description. This drive does not work with windows backup, or basically any other system imaging software, due to its sector size (4k vs the standard 512). Iomega support found on their forum blames this on Microsoft, and Microsoft blames this on the hardware. Regardless, avoid purchasing this drive until it starts working with back up programs.
If you're just going to use this to hold files and don't mind manually transferring and re-transferring files should something happen to your computer, this is fine. But for the price, I expect more.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Attractive case, great USB 3.0 potential,
May 19, 2011 S. Jentsch (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Iomega Prestige 1 TB USB 3.0/USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive 35180 (Personal Computers)
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Out of the box, the Iomega Prestige external hard drive is a looker. The dark brushed metal finish and metal case gives it a substantial feel and appearance. The drive is marked as being made in China.
As can be seen in the photos for this product, all the connections are on the back of the unit, as well as a physical power switch. Power is supplied by an external wall transformer with an output of 12V at 1.5A.
Getting the drive operational on a 64-bit Windows 7 PC was very easy and straightforward. Attach the power cord, the USB cable, and flip the power switch. After a short spin-up, the drive appears in the list of available drives in Windows. Windows responds with the normal dialog about browsing the drive's contents, but there is also a second dialog that appears for something called "Virtual CD" which is a separate virtual drive that is xxx in size. This partition contains a 83 MB file that appears to allow for encryption on the drive.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Windows 7 users watch out!,
November 5, 2011 Fdo Shopper (MA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega Prestige 2 TB USB 3.0/USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive 35182 (Personal Computers)
No matter what version of Windows 7 you're running you will have issues with this device. I read the reviews, saw the Win7 issues (everyone seemed to be running a version of Win7 Home) and thought the same wouldn't apply to me. I'm running Windows 7 64bit enterprise which is the most idiot-proof, stable and least buggy OS I have ever used (I'm including Mac's in the latter) so I thought I stood a good chance of a positive experience. Nope.
Pro's: The drive connects and transfers files phenomenally (I'm getting -+28mbs transfer speeds). It also shuts down and powers up with your system (but this can be buggy as I'll explain). That's about it, if you would like it to do more than that you're going to be out of luck.
Cons:
- First thing I noticed was my system would hang upon boot when the drive was not physically turned off. So I turned it off by the power switch and the system would boot properly. I tried swapping the USB ports, reformatting the...Read more
