Maxtor announces OneTouch II external drive09/20/2004 08:33 AM Maxtor has announced the OneTouch II external drive, offering an
exclusive version of Dantz Retrospect backup software, a Maxtor
DriveLock security feature for added data protection and more powerful
restore capabilities, including historical backup recovery...
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external06/04/2004 03:52 PM Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its
Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into
either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard
drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a
PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console
Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the
Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and
DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.
Neowin Review: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB Hard Drive
Neowin Review: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB Hard Drive03/28/2005 12:38 PM After our very own Tom Graham reviewed some <a
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look at a Desktop counterpart by Maxtor. The massive <b>250GB
DiamondMax 10</b>. As large hard drives are becoming of an
increased importance, we will also cover a small guide so you know
what to look for when buying a new hard drive.
<ul>After plugging everything in, the drive was visible to my
onboard Promise RAID/SATA Interface controller’s BIOS. In
here, you can setup the “bootability” of drives
and decide whether you want your hard drives to work in a RAID
environment or simply to work alone; I decided to skip the RAID
options and work alone. Maxtor offer a setup of tools to help you
format the drive; MaxBlast, a piece of hard drive management software
for Windows by Maxtor, for Maxtor drives.
The first thing you may notice, or not, is the noise level of the hard
drive while in operation – it is, to say the least, very
quiet. I found noise only noticeable whilst doing sustained file
transfers between itself and my DiamondMax 9. I felt the drive was
probably about twice as quiet as the DiamondMax 9; serious credit to
Maxtor’s “Quiet Drive” technology, the
Fluid Dynamic Bearings, and the fact that the spindle runs at 7,200
RPM (Western Digital has a line of hard drives running at a noisy 10K
RPM).</ul>
Will this massive drive keep up to par with the other drives
available? Namely the 10K RPM Western Digital Raptor drives? On to the
review...
Wireless Connection To An External Hard Drive06/14/2004 10:47 PM I have a fairly convoluted set of alternate backup systems that seems
to get more complex every time I have yet another catastrophic hard
drive failure (such as the latest, which occurred two weeks ago).
Right now I have two external USB hard drives, one Mirra backup
server, and an offsite service that scoops up data off of my computer
every few hours and stores it in some hidden location. The second USB
hard drive is because the latest hard drive failure (only a week after
I had been told the machine had been "fixed") happened while I was
away and didn't have access to the other USB hard drive that remained
at home, or the Mirra server which only accepts backups on the local
network. The offsite remote backup worked, but was slow and had
limited space. So, I ended up with another external hard drive to
save whatever data I could get off the old hard drive before it kicked
it for good. When I got back home and went back to my old crappy
desktop (which is here for just these circumstances) I discovered that
the USB connections on this machine no longer work - so I can't
actually access the data saved on the hard drive (though, I can access
older data on the Mirra device). Unfortunately, I can't seem to get
data from the hard drive to the Mirra device, so I'm basically stuck
until I get my laptop back and it has a working USB system. With that
backdrop in mind, it's great that Maxtor and Linksys are teaming up to offer a
wireless way to connect to an external hard drive. Basically,
they've created a bridge that lets an external hard drive connect
directly to a wireless router (which, in some ways, just mimics what
the Mirra backup server is supposed to do, though with fewer
features). Either way, it looks like backup systems are getting
easier and easier, meaning no one has any excuse not to have something
set up these days. Of course, the next time my hard drive fails, I'm
sure I'll need to pick up one of these new systems.
TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive
TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive07/06/2004 10:14 AM TikiMac on Tuesday announced Kuna, a
new aluminum-clad external hard disk drive in capacities from 120GB to
400GB. The drive features two FireWire 400 ports and a USB 2.0 port,
and features an interlocking design that permits users to stack
multiple Kuna drives horizontally to save space. TikiMac uses 7200RPM
hard drive mechanisms with 8MB caches. Prices range from US$169.99 to
$499.99 depending on capacity.
Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With Built-In USB Cable
Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With Built-In USB Cable04/09/2004 03:55 PM JOEL JOHNSON -- Freecom Technologies has announced four external USB
drives, including the good looking FHD-XS, a bus-powered 40GB 1.8-inch
hard drive with an integreated USB cable. If 2003 was the year of Yet
Another Flash Drive, I welcome 2004 as the year of Yet Another USB
Hard Drive. Read...
Western Digital's Media Center external hard drive
Western Digital's Media Center external hard drive01/07/2004 07:12 PM New external 250GB hard drive from Western Digital that comes with a
built-in Flash memory. The confusingly named Media Center has slots
CompactFlash, Memory Stick,...
Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras
announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as
their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard
drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool
and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are
the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because
they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support
this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to
hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get
something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500,
though).
Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps
in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.
Maxtor intros OneTouch II FW/USB 2 drive09/20/2004 03:00 PM Maxtor introduced on Monday the OneTouch II external drive, which
features one button that activates Dantz Retrospect Express and
performs a data back-up based on the user's pre-selected preferences.
The OneTouch II features FireWire and USB 2.0 interfaces, 7200 rpm
with a 16MB cache, 250GB (US$329.95) or 300GB ($379.95) capacities,
DriveLock for password-protecting its contents, the ability to use it
as a boot drive and more. Maxtor noted that additional drive
capacities will be rolled out later in the year. System requirements
call for Mac OS X v10.1.2, v10.2.4 or v10.3 or higher with 128MB
RAM.
Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs07/02/2004 05:53 PM More hard times for a hard-drive maker as Maxtor sends out a
second-quarter warning and says it will make job cuts.
Maxtor introduces Ultra16 drive kits
Maxtor introduces Ultra16 drive kits09/13/2004 08:44 AM Maxtor Corp. on Monday introduced its new Ultra16 Hard Drive
Kits, designed to give Power Mac and PC owners the ability to add
additional Serial ATA (SATA)-based hard drive storage to their
computers. The systems include 7,200 RPM hard drive mechanisms with
16MB buffers. in capacities of 250GB to 300GB. The kits include a SATA
cable, mounting screws and an installation guide. The drives can be
used with existing interfaces in Power Mac G5s, or with the addition
of a SATA controller card in Power Mac G4s. The 250GB and 300GB SATA
Ultra16 hard drive kits are available for US$239.95 and $279.95
respectively.
Maxtor Ships 300-GB SATA Drive Kits
Maxtor Ships 300-GB SATA Drive Kits09/13/2004 04:11 PM Maxtor Corporation said Monday that it had begun shipping its Maxtor
SATA Ultra16 hard drive kits.
Maxtor ships multimedia-friendly drive
Maxtor ships multimedia-friendly drive08/17/2004 08:49 PM The new DiamondMax 10 drives are designed to help people run multiple
applications, such as games and music, without overwhelming their PC
system.
Maxtor offers OneTouch FireWire drive update
Maxtor offers OneTouch FireWire drive update01/07/2004 06:45 PM Maxtor has announced a software update that allows its OneTouch
FireWire external storage drive to become a boot drive on the Mac
OS...
Briefly: Maxtor ships multimedia-friendly drive
Briefly: Maxtor ships multimedia-friendly drive08/17/2004 08:49 PM roundup Plus: Gateway says, hold on to your hard drive...Kinko's
debuts Web-based print options...Majoras takes charge of FTC.
The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external
hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only
integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and
can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why
would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the
primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory
cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives
as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you
can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for
only the price of additional hard drives. Read -
Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]
Iomega intros new external hard drives
Iomega intros new external hard drives03/17/2005 04:02 AM Iomega Corp. on Wednesday added two new series of hard drives to its
line-up: a new Iomega Portable Hard Drive in capacities as high as
100GB and the External Hard Drive Silver Series, with as much as 250GB
of storage. The diminutive Iomega Portable Hard Drive draws power over
a USB 2.0 port and uses a 2.5-inch disk that spins at 4200rpm. It
comes with Iomega Automatic Backup and MusicMatch Jukebox software and
is compatible with all versions of Mac OS X. 40GB (US$119.95), 60GB
($149.95) and 80GB ($199.95) capacities are available now while the
100GB ($299.95) version will ship during the second quarter.
Coming soon: External SATA hard drives
Coming soon: External SATA hard drives01/10/2004 12:27 AM External hard drives offer easy and practical storage, but they aren't
as speedy as the internal models - yet. Vendors working on a new
technical specification say that the first fast, new models of
external drives could ship by midyear.
10.3: Use an external DVD drive with DVD Player 4.0
10.3: Use an external DVD drive with DVD Player 4.011/02/2003 07:37 PM DVD Player 4.0 now supports playback from external DVD drives without
requiring a patch (as it did in Jaguar). However, the Panther
installer will not install DVD Player by default if you don't have an
internal drive, so you ...
Linksys and Maxtor have teamed up to offer a wireless device that
will allow you to hook up a hard-drive to it. I am going to get one of
these as soon as they are available as I have some spare drives laying
around that could go to good use. [Cnet]
SimpleTech offers 160, 250GB external hard drives
SimpleTech offers 160, 250GB external hard drives02/10/2004 10:41 AM SimpleTech Inc. is better
known for their flash memory and RAM products, but the company also
offers conventional external hard disks for Mac and PC users looking
for more storage capacity. The company has announced its 160GB and
250GB SimpleDrive External Hard Drives, to be unveiled at the Photo
Marketing Association (PMA) trade show that kicks off later this week.
Iomega REV 35/90GB External Drive
Iomega REV 35/90GB External Drive05/13/2004 11:05 AM Review: Iomega's replacement for their ZIP and JAZ drives is here,
with greatly increased capacity and performance. Is it a better
solution than optical media, external hard drives, or tape backup
systems?
Digistor offers 4x external DVD-R drive
Digistor offers 4x external DVD-R drive06/04/2004 10:56 AM San Jose, Calif.-based peripheral maker Digistor has released its 4x Ultra Slim External DVD Super Multi Drive. The compact,
DVD-R-capable slot-loading drive sports USB 2.0 and FireWire
interfaces, and cost US$245. It can write DVD-Rs at up to 4x speed,
DVD-RWs at 2x, DVD-RAM at 2X, CD-Rs at 16x and CD-RWs at 8x. It
measures 6.5 x 5.5 x 1 inch, weighs 1.05 pounds and can be powered
from a 6-pin FireWire interface. The 4x Ultra Slim External DVD Super
Multi Drive does not come with Mac-compatible DVD burning software,
but Digistor makes Roxio Toast 6 Lite available for $15 when purchased
with the drive.
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive03/14/2003 02:10 PM Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the addition of a 250GB
drive to its popular line of Mercury Elite Pro external FireWire
storage solutions...
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