Maxtor Personal Storage 5000

[Jim Brown]

I am interested in buying one of the subject products to use as a
backup device. Does anyone know how well they perform? I want to use it with
firewire.

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Jim Brown

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Jim,

I have a 80 GB Maxtor Personal Storage USB Hard drive. The drive is
simply a Maxtor 80 GB HDD in a case with supplied software that allows one
button backup. I do not use the software for the backup but the drive
performs great as a portable hard drive that I can transport between work
and home.

The only problem I have with the drive is the power supply. It has a
connector similar to a S-Video connector on the back of the drive and it
does not stay plugged into the drive if you move the drive. This is a
concern since the drive's data can become corrupted during a write if the
power is unplugged.

I also think the power supply box is a little bulky for traveling from place
to place. The PS box has a connector that takes a standard PC power cable
end which is convenient since I only have to travel with the PS box and the
hard drive.

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"Jim Brown" > wrote in message
...
> I am interested in buying one of the subject products to use as a
> backup device. Does anyone know how well they perform? I want to use it
with
> firewire.
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Jim Brown
>
> My messages both sent and received are
> checked by Norton AntiVirus 2002.
>
>