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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

THEY MIGHT NOT BE D.O.A.

Written by MR

20/09/2007

Reading a lot of reviews that these machines are DOA that might not be the case, I thought mine was.
The remedy hold the ON button for approx 3-4 seconds they then boot up.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Easy peasy

Written by SB from High Wycombe

19/10/2007

The reviews are getting more helpful, but too many early reviewers apparently did not press and hold the power button for the two seconds or so necessary to turn it on.

I have found this drive beyond reproach.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Works well, but too noisy for me.

Written by PT from SOLIHULL

4/11/2007

I recently moved over to an iMac, partly because of the low noise levels - and with Leopard I was keen to use Time Machine and the Iomega seemed the ideal solution.
However it is extremely noisy - noisier in fact than the PC I replaced with the iMac. The problem is not the dual drives but the small high speed fan used to cool them.
Otherwise it worked fine, so if noise is not an issue then go ahead - it works as described, but if you value a quiet working environment, I would look elsewhere.

I returned the item to the Apple store for a refund (which was very painless - thank you Apple).

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Ideal Time Machine external HDD

Written by WP from STOCKPORT

19/12/2007

I purchased this 1TB external HDD from an Apple Retail store specifically for the purpose of Time Machine backups of my MacBook which has an almost full 250GB internal HDD; because Time Machine stores all the changes to the system I figured a this amount of headroom was justified. I plug another FireWire drive into the back of this so that I can access 2 FireWire drives even though my MacBook has only a single FireWire connection.

I chose this drive because of the FW400 and FW800 interface (my next Mac might have FW800) and for the hardware RAID capability. It ships with RAID0 which is ideal for Time Machine; I don't see any reason to compromise capacity and performance (by using the RAID1 setting) if you use this drive solely for Time Machine.

To answer previous criticisms/queries: Press and hold the Power button for a second to start the drive up. Fan noise has been acceptable but during disk access the enclosure does seem to amplify the clatter and rattle of all the disk activity---but no more intrusive than the internal HDDs in a PC.

In summary I think this drive hits the sweet spot by including the features I want and saving me money by not including features I don't need. Highly recommended.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

great while it lasted

Written by AN from London

17/11/2007

Initially great (just worked straight out of box, huge capacity, not *too* noisy) but mine stopped working after a week.

Lights on, fan on, drive spinning - but MacBook Pro won't mount the drive any more, with AirPort Disk can't see in Finder under SHARED any more, etc. Tried off/on, rebooting mac, rebooting airport extreme - all to no avail.

Popped into Apple Store at Regent Street but person I spoke to didn't really have any other ideas, gave me the card for Apple Care. Haven't called them yet ....

but grrr.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

So far, so good!

Written by DT from Marylebone

12/12/2007

Three months on, this drive has worked perfectly with Time Machine backing up hourly and daily backups using the partition.

It loses a star because its a bit noisy, other than that, its great.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Good product

Written by TH from Bradford on Avon

4/12/2007

Worked out of the box, but does make quite a bit of noise when data is being stored, fan noise does fade in to the background, but in a quiet room/office can sound a bit like a wasp at a window.

Full copy backup of hard dive took the best part of 12 hours so a good read of the pdf manual is time well spent, paper manual in the box is basic. As others have noted the firewire cables in the box are short about 1ft.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Avoid this drive

Written by DR from London

18/10/2007

Unless you're a real technical expert and have time to research all the problems you'll encounter, I'd recommend avoiding this drive entirely.

The documentation is awful - and just plain wrong is some places. If you want to change from the default RAID 0 configuration, you'll probably end up with 2 red lights which the manual says means the hard drives have failed. In reality, you just need to hold 'rebuild' for 10 seconds.

I had all sorts of problems after switching to RAID 1, with the drive simply not being recognised at all. Even now, the only way I can get it to work is with Firewire 400 (slower than USB2).

The case is solid, but it's really too big for a 2 drive enclosure, and the fans are quite noisy too. I also find the extremely bright LEDs on the front which light up my whole room at night quite annoying.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Power problems

Written by MB from BURGESS HILL

16/11/2007

unfortunatly i am not able to switch this drive off! even by holding the power button for a number of seconds

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

A great product but keep it cool

Written by VG from ELLON

8/08/2007

This really is a lovely enclosure, it's got everything you'll possibly ever need and probably more and for the price you really can't go wrong. if you need to upgrade it at any point or change out a drive if one dies, it's simple to do.

i got mine and honestly the most annoying part of it is the LED light for the power on the front. it's very bright and if it's at eye level, it's quite distracting. a simple hack in the case did wonders for that.

buy one of these, they're not overpriced, which seems to be one of the most annoying things about terabyte raid enclosures.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Amazing Hard Drive

Written by NW from LONDON

18/10/2007

I have had this product for almost a year now and have had no problems. Works perfectly and very fast.

Great Product.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Very very reliable

Written by SN from London

18/10/2007

Have had two of these capital drives for a while, no problems. They work reliably on Firewire 800, with which I have experienced many problems with other drives. A truly great product. Many years ago I had occasion to write to the CEO of Iomega about some problem, and I had an extremely quick and effective and satisfactory response. So far, I trust Iomega with my data. VERDICT: a good drive from a manufacturer who cares about customers.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Excellent external HD with little to let it down.

Written by AJ from Prestatyn

27/03/2008

I have had this drive for about 6 months now and it has performed very well indeed. I currently have mine set up in a RAID array to give me a hardware backup of the data stored on the drive. The FireWire 800 interface is very fast and allows for impressive video encoding direct to the external device.

The only complaints that I have are that it's a little on the noisy side (but you can switch the fans off if it's stored in a cool place) and it doesn't power up and down with your machine. Other than that, it's exceptional.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Great product, poor support

Written by MH from Reading

1/04/2008

Purchased March 2007, and it's work faultlessly for 12 months and on just about 24x7.

It's died, 2 year warranty is fine, but try getting support from Iomega. No response for 4 days, and if you want to call them, get your credit card out, as it's 20 Euros plus VAT.

I shall be calling Apple for a replacment tomorrow.

Product is 4 stars
Service is 0 stars

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Total disaster

Written by EM from Espoo

4/11/2007

I've got the product for 11 months and then it just stopped working. It doesn't mount anymore to any of my Macs. And of course there is all my music, photos, software, movies and other files .. now lost

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Great product - Cool running and quiet

Written by DS from Brighton

27/09/2007

Don't believe the reviews(!) These drives are very reliable. To turn on, hold in the power button for about 5 seconds to turn the drive on and do the same to turn off manually.
Great power management - turns itself off when you unmount it.
Its a gorgeous case the complements the mac - rock solid and full metal. It runs quietly and very cool unlike many drives I've used before.
Full Marks!

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Failure within 1 year

Written by TA from LARGS

26/06/2008

I purchased the 1Tb drive with a new iMac last year to provide a secure raid backup for images, only when I recently hit the maximum 500Gb in raid configuration I looked at a new drive and purchased the Drobo with 4 (1tb) drives. Luckily I copied everything over to the new Drobo a couple of weeks ago and only then reformatted the Iomega drive for time machine.

The drive has not moved from the desk for months yet last night it started to click and the drives would not spin up. If all my data had still been on the drive even with raid configured I am not sure what I would have done.

The drive was fast connected to the iMac firewire 800 port, 4000 odd images would transfer in under 10 minutes. But having researched more and more it appears that you get what you pay for and Iomega don't appear to have a strong reputation for creating reliable drives.

It is a great drive if you don't depend on a reliability and the ability to easily get to your data in the event of a failure.

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Iomega 1TB UltraMax Hard Drive with Triple Interface + USB/FireWire Hub

Appalling

Written by MH from Kings Lynn

21/04/2007

Bought this drive to compliment my new Mac Pro. However I used it on my PC Laptop using MacDrive 7, while I was waiting for the Mac to arrive. Within a day it was showing that the drive was damaged, (although it would still mount). When my Mac Pro arrived, it wouldn't show in finder. However the other drives that were plugged into it WERE showing and could still be used. Actually getting Iomega to answer emails was a pain. They did however agree to replace the drive, (after paying 20 euros for the pleasure). Still not entirely sure why I had to pay when I had only had it for a few days.
All in all, it's a huge drive for a reasonable price, (Cheaper than an Apple 750 Gig internal drive). I am adding this part on 21 April and I still haven't received my replacement drive. As a company Iomega is appalling. It takes days for them to get back to you after any emails. I would never buy another. I wish I had bought it from Amazon, (wasn't available at the time), then there would have been a no quibble return and replace.

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