I should point out my comments are about Maxtor external FireWire
drives specifically. I don't know how they've designed their bridge
but they've had all sorts of problems.
Some of the newer, big Maxtor (BARE) drives have had good comments such
as the SATA drives that Craig is using but BEWARE the 80 & 120 in the
unit you mention. I've just had a look at the spec sheet for the
one-touch backup drive and it is a real joke. It appears that pressing
the button launches Retrospect Express which ships with the drive.
You get charged a premium price for pressing the button rather than
your mouse.
Hi Cal
There are some really bad user reviews for these units. I'd also be
very wary of Maxtor drives generally.
I'm currently using a pair of 250GB SATA Maxtor disks and I'm pretty
happy with them. My array of five Seagate SATA disks is going very
nicely in the server here, too. I had bad luck with Western Digital
last
year (three drive deaths out of seven drives) but that was apparently
just one bad batch.
Keith Palmer
7 The Strand Bunbury 6230
Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
