| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: IOMEGA | | Mfg Part#: 33654 | | UPC: 00742709336546 | | Buy.com Sku: 202930159 | | Item#: C47RDX | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 153 | | View similar products |  |
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| | | | Product Guides | | | | The Iomega Desktop Hard Drive - Limited Edition provides a simple and affordable solution for all your storage needs. Ideal for adding capacity to your system, this plug and play drive delivers maximum performance. It's the easiest way to save photos, music, videos and more.
| | Features |  | Easy-to-use Hot swappable - just plug and play | | Sleek Design - Redesigned with new sleek ID - looks great on any home or office desktop | | Simple Setup Preformatted for quick and easy set up | | Economical Low cost drive |
| | Tech Specs | | Features | | Capacity: 500GB | | Preformatted FAT32 | | Fast 7200 RPM | | Compatible with PC and Mac | | 8MB or higher Cache Buffer | | One-year limited warranty | | Requirements for PC Users | | Pentium II-class or equivalent processor or higher | | USB controller | | What is USB? | | Microsoft Windows Vista* / 2000 Professional / XP Professional | | USB 2.0 host connection or controller for USB 2.0 speeds | | 32MB RAM or more as required by operating system | | Requirements for Mac Users | | G3 (blue and white G3 only) or iMac computer with built-in USB connection | | Mac OS X or higher | | USB 2.0 host connection or controller for USB 2.0 speeds | | 32MB RAM or more as required by operating system |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Value |  4.5 | | Performance | 4.5 | | Ease of Use | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction |  4 |
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5 of 5 Great External Drive Wednesday, July 09, 2008
A Customer from Atlanta, GA
After having a Western Digital 500GB completely crash on me, being 90% full, I was not willing to risk the same mistake a second time. I took a chance based on other reviews of the Iomega, and I have now bought two of these drives.
I have never had a problem with the drive being recognized by Vista, XP, or Win2K (I have connected it to three of my machines), nor have I had any problems transferring data to it.
Reads and Writes are very fast, even when copying multiple files from multiple places and downloading music and movies from the Internet, all at the same time.
I would highly recommend this drive for its value (thanks to Buy.com) and its performance.
You probably know this, but just in case...make sure you format using NTFS rather than FAT32. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Easy.... Wednesday, July 09, 2008
A Customer from Memphis, TN
Just plug it in and go. How easy is that for setup? It's fast, relatively quiet, gives me great peace of mind knowing I've got everything backed up. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Totally worth it! Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A Customer from Baton Rouge, LA
It came as promised, performs great, I've had no problems and it has so much space it'll probably out live my new computer! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 All I could want in an external HD Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A Customer from Boston MA
Worked right out of the box, plug and chug. Not much more I could ask for, especially for the price tag. Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Iomega 500GB External Hard Drive Model 33654 Tuesday, March 11, 2008
giantpuppy@hotmail.com from Westfield, NJ
I purchased this drive on 2/20/08 from buy.com at the best price I could find with free shipping & no sales tax & it arrived on 2/22/08. I placed the drive in a flat position & set a small USB laptop cooling fan in an exhaust position on top of the drive to hopefully make it last longer. I formatted the Iomega to NTFS & ran a full disk check & found no bad sectors. I plan to use it for extra storage & backups. I already have a 3 yr. old 120GB Maxtor & I added the Iomega to create backups with Norton Ghost for C drives on 2 XP PCs. I will alternate backing up with these 2 external drives weekly to provide a 2nd level of backup archives. My plan is to have to go back only 2 weeks to recover if one of the drives fail. I have only used the Iomega for 3 weeks with no problems so far. So time will tell. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Easy to use Thursday, March 06, 2008
Jonathan from New Orleans, LA
As the headline says, it is just that, easy to use! The product is plug and play, priced right and has a cool blue light!! Overall, I am pleased with my purchase from Buy.com Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Easy as pie! Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Dawn from Marietta, GA
When I received this hard drive all I had to do was plug to the USB port on my laptop and start moving files. It was very easy and I have taken it to a friends to transfer some pictures and it connected to her computer with no issues as well. The space available is definitely enough for what I was looking for and I would recommend this to anyone! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Iomega Limited Edition 500GB External Hard Drive Wednesday, February 27, 2008
A Customer from colorado springs, colorado
Received quickly as described. Very happy with performance. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Worked right out of the box Monday, February 25, 2008
Jim F. from Orland Park, IL
This device is used to backup multiple computers, some running Ubuntu Linux and others WinXP Home. I use a free third party disk cloning software to backup entire drives to this Iomega device. So far, so good. The backups work, but I haven't tried to restore a backup yet, although I am confident that will also work.
The only flaw I found with the device is that a specific disto of Linux (PING- Part Image is Not Ghost) does not recognize the drive. Not a deal breaker, I used a different cloner to back up the machine. Remember, the Iomega does work perfectly with Ubuntu and my hardware. Ubuntu even found the drive when I plugged it in after the system had booted. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Works Great. Sunday, February 24, 2008
A Customer from Arlington, WA
I re-formated the drive in ext3 and it's working flawlessly with Ubuntu Linux. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Good stuff Sunday, February 24, 2008
A Customer from El Dorado, KS
Received this only a few days aftering ordering, even with free shipping option. Brand new in box, plug and play right away. I formatted the drive first thing, don't know if I really had to. I had an 80GB IOMEGA drive that didn't last very long, this one, visually anyway, seems much better made. So far, it's been great. Would have given it a 5 on value too, but I DID have to pay for it. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Excellent! Sunday, February 24, 2008
A Customer from Miami, FL
Excellent service, arrived very fast... item performs perfectly, just plug & play. Thank you! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 IOMEGA External Hard Drive Thursday, February 21, 2008
A Customer from Cville Georgia
Love this product. It's my back up. I did have to get help online from Iomega to get it to run properly but that was due to the format of my computer not the product. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 So far, so good Monday, February 18, 2008
A Customer from Brkoolyn, NY
The product looks good. No problems so far Was this review helpful?
2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Not the sleekest but very functional Sunday, February 17, 2008
Graham from Seattle, WA
I have owned two different external hard-drives prior to this purchase, with which I've been very pleased. This drive is solid, if somewhat clumsy in design and noise. The blue LED is by no means subtle and will light up a dark room when left on. Not a bad thing necessarily, however the drive is a bit louder than what I'm accustomed to...upon access or file transfer it whirs into action, but does so quickly. No major complaints; highly recommended. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Nice drive for the Price Sunday, February 17, 2008
Bill from San Antonio, XT
Fast drive speed, seems to transfer faster when formatted as NTFS system under WinXP. Overall, very pleased! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Good Price, Works Well Sunday, February 17, 2008
A Customer from Tulsa, OK
Other than having to go through the format process twice, which may not be related to the drive - but my Vista desktop, it is working well.
It is a slightly larger case than my LaCie drive, but they stack fine. I needed more space for recorded TV, and it seems to be working well for that.
I appreciate the slightly longer power cord because my UPS is on the far side of the desk. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Great Value Sunday, February 17, 2008
A Customer from Draper, UT
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