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To clarify the previous review (from another user)
I recently bought this drive, and I am pleased to get this external drive to ensure the safety of my data on the iMac at my workplace and the compatibility of FAT32 system to allow me port individual files between my home PC and that iMac.
To clarify the confusion in the previous review, I want to stress the compatibility issue for the out-of-box 8 partitions formatted with FAT32. This allows PC-Mac crosstalk in my case. In their manual, they provided the following instruction in ca...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by Y. LIN "save the earth" can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/17/2005
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Houston, TX United States
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83%
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250GB Divided By 7
First, the "bad": this 250gb hard drive comes partitioned into seven different sections each 31.9 GB in size. There's an 8th partition that's 8.93 GB. Add it up and that's not 250. Plus it's a little annoying to see 8 different drives pop up on your desktop. I would have preferred fewer partitions. This means that if you have over 31.9 GB of related data (say, MP3s or digital photos/videos) it needs to be copied onto 2 or more different partitions/drives. I'm sure there was some reasoning for th...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by Buffy can be read at Amazon.com]
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Buffy
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03/23/2005
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Sunnydale
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52%
(10 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful
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So far, so great
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Plug and Play set up. Unbelievably quiet.
Nice styling.
USB and Firewire connectivity.
Cables included (though you might need an alternative Firewire cable to connect to your PC)
Fast data transfer
Handy base and rubber feet to stabilize the unit on your desk
Cons: Comes with 8 x FAT32 partitions.
Is overly complicate...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by adr58 can be read at Newegg.com]
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adr58
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12/09/2005
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100%
(5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Solid device, good software, but too many partitions
This external hard drive is one of the better constructed and visually appearing ones on the market. It is vented for heat reduction, has a soft blue glow, and since it is vertically mounted it does eat up desk space like a big brick (many competitors do.)
I saw in another review that the FAT32 format was a welcomed feature for MAC users and it should also help for those older operating system like Win98. Due to size limitation you end up splitting the 250GB into 32GB chunks. All...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by J. C. Roth "just another devel can be read at Amazon.com]
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J. C. Roth "just another devel
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08/30/2005
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Collinsville, Illinois USA
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100%
(3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful
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nice drive
Tech Level: average
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: No fan, hence no noise. The copy dialog box estimates 70 min to write 100GB to disk
Cons: 8 FAT partions -- should come with instructions how to convert to 1 NTFS. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000
Should take few minutes to do.
Other Thoughts: XP convert to 1 partion how-to...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by jm can be read at Newegg.com]
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jm
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03/14/2006
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100%
(2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful
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IOGear 250 gigabite Hard Drive
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Ok, you have looked at the western digital ,Maxtor and Phantom. Now you see the IO Gear External 250Gbit Drive...Hmmm... so you can not tell which which will best suit you.
Let me help. I looked at all 4 top contenders. OK... I was looking at Western Digital.
WD had some issues.which were, power cord wasnt snug and it has no power on and off switch.<...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by C-Man can be read at Newegg.com]
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C-Man
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02/01/2006
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100%
(2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Plug and Play with FC4
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Hooked it up, it worked. End of story.
Fast transfer.
Cons: None that I know of.
Other Thoughts: I got this just today. I plugged it in, all eight partitions showed up right away. I had to take a little refresher in hard drive management, but I repartitioned it for two partitions, set up the fstab, and everything i...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by archie can be read at Newegg.com]
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archie
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01/09/2006
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100%
(1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Not user friendly...
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Comments: It's more complicated then what I was looking for. I'm sure it works really well but it's not user friendly. I was looking for a simple external hard drive to store media files and this is just to confusing.
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by Brad003 can be read at Newegg.com]
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Brad003
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11/10/2005
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20%
(1 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Great buy
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Comments: Fabulous hard drive, especially for the price! As another customer mentioned the 3 buttons causes some confusion that I still have to try and figure out. I called Iogears' service line and they were very helpful, but referred me to the manual and told me it would be better to work through the manual befoore calling them. I have tried and still I am confused - so now I'll...
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by Naas can be read at Newegg.com]
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Naas
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08/29/2005
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100%
(1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Great ext HD
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Comments: For the price - you can't beat this external hard drive. For a few dollars more than an internal 250 GB, this external drive features two firewire ports, along with a USB 2.0 port. The xfer speeds are incredible, I often acheive speeds in excess of 1GB/min. Unbeleivable! The only drawback I was able to find is that you cannot attach to multiple computers at the same time....
[IOGEAR 250GB Combo USB 2.0 / Firewire Tri-Select Hard Drive w/ Back-Up Software (GHD335C250) review by N/A can be read at Newegg.com]
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N/A
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06/20/2005
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100%
(1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful
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