Maxtor external hard drive

mich · Post by **mich** » Mon 11 Aug, 2008 05:52

Has anyone had experience of the Maxtor One Touch4 external hard drive, I have heard that they gave a bit of trouble, but they may have sorted it out by now, they are sold here with a 5yr wty so should be reasonable. good or not?

richardjgreen · Post by **richardjgreen** » Mon 11 Aug, 2008 07:32

They are very reliable had mine for 4 years use it every day no problems
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mich · Post by **mich** » Tue 12 Aug, 2008 02:08

Thanks Richard, at last a good word, it is the USA jokers that are giving it a bad name, they say there is no help unless you pay, and they o/heat + hard to set up. I just am not knowledgeable enough to sort out the really tech stuff. so is it easy to install?? I am looking at the 500GB model.

kinglauy2k · Post by **kinglauy2k** » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 14:25

mich wrote:Thanks Richard, at last a good word, it is the USA jokers that are giving it a bad name, they say there is no help unless you pay, and they o/heat + hard to set up. I just am not knowledgeable enough to sort out the really tech stuff. so is it easy to install?? I am looking at the 500GB model.

This is just a plug and play thing...No install required..

PVR · Post by **PVR** » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 14:49

There is an install - the onetouch software, otherwise it is just a dump hard drive.

Stoned@Home · Post by **Stoned@Home** » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 18:28

Don't bother with the software, just plug it in (ATA or SATA cables)
Windoze should find it, then quick format in NFTS.
or FAT32 if prior to Win Xp, FAT 32 cannot support files larger that 2gb.

italex · Post by **italex** » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 21:43

I have used two Maxtor external hard drives and have not has a problem with either, one is about 5 years ols the other about two years old.

The Onetouch software is ok but not essential as you can just plug and play (i.e view the hard drive) and back up to the new hardware using windows back up.

Alex

skeete · Post by **skeete** » Wed 24 Jun, 2009 12:31

I had one of these.. After a few years it started causing a few problems, I dont think it was the disk, but the firewire controller. I got an internal and copied everything before it went belly up..
Fairly good if you dont have room for an internal drive, but dont buy it if you want to transport data, its a pig with a brick..

Toon_Kev81 · Post by **Toon_Kev81** » Wed 16 Sep, 2009 10:51

I have two Maxtors 100 GB on both I think. One for DVDs and one for file storage. Both fine and both plug in and plays. No problems so far.

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