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I first bought one of these back in 2009. Since then they have come down in price and Amazon are doing a really good deal on these at the moment. Since then I have added an additional three units.

Iomega are not hard drive manufacturers so I don’t know if all their units have the same drive inside or not. All mine had Seagate Barracuda drives in them. The drive comes with a three year warranty which is somewhat rare in the US. Most times you’re expected to cough up more money for anything over 90 days. Iomega are obviously confident of the drive’s durability and reliability.

The drive has a brushed aluminum finish and a small stand which enamble you to mount it vertically which how I have all of mine. It comes with a power supply cord (12v adapter if I remember correctly), a USB cable and various back-up software options. I have always liked Retrospect’s offering so that’s what I use. The software is available for download and you get a licence key in the instructions.

Setting them up is extremely easy. They are true plug and play. No driver disks are required. Windows XP, Vista (32 bit) and 7 (64 bit) all recognized the drive instantly and installed the correct drivers. One PC has the drive plugged straight into its USB port, the other three all go into a hub and were recognized instantly.

The drives are extremely quiet running. There’s no cooling fan installed in them and none of them have ever run hot despite being left on 24/7. There is a power switch at the back should you wish to use it and that’s a feature that seems to be fast disappearing in this “cost conscious” age in which we live.

This is a high quality unit which has performed flawlessly over the past 15 months and I thoroughly recommend it.