Seagate STM901203OTA3E1-RK Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini 120 GB Portable Hard Drive

Manufacturer: Seagate Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$183.86 Our Price:$106.16 Features: 120 GB portable hard drive connects to your computer via USB 8 MB cache buffer; 5400 RPM for fast read/write times Stores over 35,000 photos, 120 hours of digital video, or 2,000 hours of digital music Includes portable drive, software, USB 2.0 cable, and quick start guide 5-year limited warranty Description:

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Comment on previous review
Please note that the device of support "of drill of safety" holds account of a protection of the whole hard order, including the operating software and the programs.


The "Right Stuff"
Having often been told, it's not a question of IF, but WHEN the hard drive will fail, I've tried CD's, DVD's and flash drives, but was never really happy because of software shortfalls, or the need to manually remember to back up.

This unit is just what I've been wanting. Compact, affordable, and great software. It automatically backs up "My Documents" and a couple of other folders which contain most of my personal stuff daily. The initial backup took a bit of time, but subsequent daily backups occur in the background while I'm doing other stuff, and only take a minute or so. It came in handy yesterday, I deleted a file by mistake, but was able to restore it by copying and pasting from the Maxtor, even gave me a choice of which day's version to back up. Neat...

Copying the whole hard drive was really easy, click on a couple of settings, then hit go. It was surprisingly fast, 14GB in about 40 minutes. Hopefully, restoring the drive will be as smooth, should it become necessary.

The one limitation, as others have pointed out in reviews elsewhere, is that it only allows automatic backup of what the manufacturers deemed to be the most needed folders, and not all. Any other folder/files need to be manually backed up (copy/paste, or whatever). One possible work around might be to include these in one of the automatically backed up folders.

There are limitations as to some features based on operating platforms, but works perfectly for my Windows XP.


A Must Have

the Maxtor Mini is a great drive for work or travel dosnt get to hot
I cant say anything bad about it and for $100.00 it is well worth it.



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