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Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500 GB 3.5" USB 2.0/FireWire 400 External Hard Drive | 
| Brand: Seagate
Category: CE
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 3205
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
System Memory: 16
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 10.3 x 5
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: STM305004OTA3E5-RK
Model: STM305004OTA3E5-RK
UPC: 763649004517
EAN: 0763649004517
ASIN: B000VB5MZG
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| Features:
| • | 500 GB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable or FireWire 400 | | • | Simple Maxtor user interface for drive management, security, and backup scheduling | | • | Two levels of security against unauthorized use - Maxtor DrivePass and data encryption | | • | Sync data between 2 or more computers on the same operating system | | • | Drive and power management utilities; 5-year limited warranty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Backup your files with a push of a button or set up the software to perform convenient automatic backups. With 7200 RPM and 16 MB cache buffer, you get fast drive performance, seamless data exchange, and instant access to your files. With the Maxtor SafteyDrill software for windows, SafteyDrill prepares, reboots and recovers your PC's entire hard drive in case of system failure or virus/spyware infection. No need to worry about unauthorized access to your private files with the Maxtor DrivePass and encryption. Simple setup, just connect the USB 2.0 or FireWire cable, and your Maxtor OneTouch 4 hard drive automatically appears on your desktop. For all those precious pictures, videos, music and data files, external hard drive is a must have. FireWire 400, IEEE 1394a, iLink and SBP-2 compliant Up to 480Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with USB 2.0 400Mb/sec Bus Transfer Rate with FireWire 400 Operating system - Windows XP Home or Higher, Mac OS X (10.4.7 or later), 256MB RAM Approximate Unit Dimensions - 2.5 X 6.0 X 6.75 Approximate Unit Weight - 2.5lbs
Manufacturer Product Description
The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus solution is a full-featured backup and storage solution with Maxtor SafetyDrill for complete recovery of a hard drive's contents in case of a system crash or virus/spyware attack*. With two levels of data security and capacities up to 1 TB, users can confidently back up or sync work and home computers. 
Protect your data from unauthorized use. |
Back up your files with one touch of a button. | 
Add on storage for your desktop or laptop. | Portable Performance and Security
Provide a safe haven for your entire working environment. Don't back up and protect just your files anymore. System crashes and virus attacks can happen, and it's difficult to get your computer back to just the way you like it. To prepare, should the unfortunate happen, Maxtor SafetyDrill automatically creates a snapshot of the entire contents of your PC's hard drive which can be readily booted for an easy and complete recovery. With this elegantly simple full-featured backup solution, Maxtor's software makes automated backup scheduling, specific file restoration, sync, security, drive and power management a snap. To safeguard against unauthorized use, Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus comes with both data encryption and Maxtor DrivePass. To top it off, with up to 1 TB you have more than enough room for your important documents, videos, photos, graphics, and music in one safe, convenient location - over 16,660 hours of digital music or 320,000 digital photos or 1000 hours of digital video or 250 two-hour DVD quality movies or 500 games. The sleek and slim design of this hard drive--only measures 6.75 x 2.50 x 6.00-inches (H x D x W). The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus lets you transfer files seamlessly from your computer via its USB 2.0 connection at a brisk transfer rate of up to 480Mb/sec. The drive delivers a spindle speed of 7,200 RPM, giving you the high-speed performance you need to back your data up quickly and safely. It's easy to install - just plug the external drive into an available USB or FireWire port on your PC or Mac, run the preloaded software, and presto you're good to go. At this compact size, and with this high performance, you now have the ability to take your data with you anywhere you go, so your digital content finally has room to breathe. A five-year warranty is also included, giving you complete peace of mind. Product Highlights
| Maxtor SafetyDrill prepares, boots and recovers a PC's entire internal drive contents in case of system failure or virus/spyware infection.* | Back up all your files with one touch of the button or automated scheduling. | | Maxtor DrivePass and Encryption protects contents of drive in case unauthorized use. | Quick and easy installation with pre-loaded software | | Simple Maxtor user-interface drive management, security and backup scheduling | 5-year limited warranty | | Sync data between two or more computers on the same operating system. | Customizable Maxtor OneTouch button | | Auto Updater helps keep your Maxtor OneTouch solution current. | Drive and power management utilities | Dual interfaces:
 —FireWire compatible up to 400Mb/sec data transfer rates
—USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible up to 480 Mb/sec data transfer rates | PC and Mac compatible | | 7200 RPM, up to 16-MB cache buffer |
*Windows Only
Maxtor is the expert and the leader in designing simple external storage and backup solutions for consumers and professionals. Maxtor offers a broad line of trusted, intuitive storage solutions for safeguarding critical business data, digital files and personal memories. Maxtor developed the industry's first external storage device that features easy-to-use OneTouch button backup and restore capabilities. The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus solution is the easy way to back up and store photos, videos, games, music, business data, personal information and more. The OneTouch 4 Plus solution continues the OneTouch legacy as the leading external hard drive for small office users, consumers, creative professionals and mobile warriors.
What's in the Box
External hard drive with preloaded installation software, USB 2.0 cable, FireWire 400/1394a cable, Maxtor SafetyDrill Recovery CD, quick start guide, AC power adapter
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Good Product December 16, 2008
chrisc12
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is what I was looking for. Has great capacity, a backup software is included and setup was easy. Can't get much better than that.
 DO NOT BUY A MAXTOR ONE TOUCH HARD DRIVE December 16, 2008
Canuuk (Canada)
If you're reading the other reviews and they haven't had their hard drive for more than a few weeks take the review with a grain of salt. These are truly terrible hard drives. I had mine for just under a year and my computer will no longer recognize the hard drive. After going to the web site and finding out that you cannot download drivers - you have to have them email them to you - I started a ticket. That was almost a month ago. I was finally emailed by someone in support who gave me a phone number to call. I waited about 45 minutes to get someone who didn't seem like they knew what they were talking about. They walked me through a few things and then informed me it was pooched! They guarantee the unit for five years but it will cost me 5 times what the drive is worth to recover the data. The last thing I would do is have them send me another to go through the same thing all over again. Yes it's true other hard drive reviews have a few similar complaints but no where near the amount you will see on site after site on these units. Do yourself a favor and buy anything else but a Seagate product _ they make a lot of models under different brand names so be careful!!
Unreliable drive, avoid it! December 8, 2008
Jessica Richardson (Torrington, CT)
I bought this drive at staples at the recommendation of the salesman. It failed after one week on my computer. We had an old computer and so I thought that it was just a problem with the computer. Got a brand-new computer two weeks later and it seemed to work fine on that one but failed after a week on that computer too! It had all kinds of partition issues, characters coming up in chinese, and it wouldn't let my computer reboot. All problems dissappeared once I removed the maxtor. Took it back to staples, I'm on amazon now ordering an iomega, which gets much better ratings - and is cheaper!!
What the heck??? December 8, 2008
N. Simmons
Shopped today for this thing...$120 at Office Depot, bought it. Saw it 30 min. later at Staples for $100, bought it and returned the first one. No instructions with it, you just plug it in. The "automatic" software did not appear on my computer, and I went in to open the drive from My Computer. 134 page PDF manual, the first pages of which displayed dialogue boxes that I guess are supposed to open when you plug it in. All it did was flash that white light on the front. Nothing ever happened. Restart computer, nothing. Click on various files, nothing. Copy the launch icon to the desktop, click, nothing. Next stop, Google search for customer reviews, land here. Should have done that before spending the afternoon and this evening with this piece of junk. Yeah, no on/off switch either, which is part of what irritates me about the 200 GB Maxtor I bought some months ago (which actually only had 165 GB available). From the Maxtor reviews, I expect the 200 GB to die on me soon. I need to find out who makes REAL external hard drives, not garbage. These things need to be flawless and bullet-proof, or there's no sense in having it. I'll get my money back tomorrow, but I won't get back the time I wasted. Maxtor sucks.
Don't Bother November 26, 2008
Joe G (Pittsburgh, PA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500 GB external hard drive in May 2008 based on Maxtor's good reputation and the software capabilities. It's a sharp looking drive. As of a couple weeks ago it's now a very expensive paperweight. SeaGate Techs weren't helpful in figuring out why the drive suddenly decided to password protect itself (I didn't put a password on it), nor why Windows XP won't recognize it nor why even though the software states that the drive now needs to be formatted, it can't do it. They told me they never heard of the drive doing this before, and yet there's now tons of information on the net and on the SeaGate forums regarding this particular issue with the Maxtor drives. They offered a replacement, but I can't send it to them because of the confidential information on it. I tried all the fixes people listed and ran password cracker programs and data recovery programs on the drive and nothing worked. I replaced it with another brand--I won't buy another SeaGate (Maxtor) product which is a shame as I've worked for years in the computer industry and they were top of the line back in the day. If you value your data, use another brand. And one other suggestion--use more than one external hard drive for redundancy. I had some of the data on CD's, but really wasn't worried at the time since it was a Maxtor. Learned my lesson.
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