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Maxtor OneTouch II (300GB)

By Brian Nadel, CNET.com on 19 November 2004

Maxtor's OneTouch II external hard drive makes a good thing even better, with 250GB to 300GB's worth of one-button backups, but be warned: it eliminates any excuses for not backing up a computer.

User rating:6.6

Comments (18)

  • Lumen gave 9/10 on 12/04/2009 08:55

    • Good: I'm witty... at best
    • Bad: I'm not funny

    *They will keep it alive years longer. Also called "proper use." Remember it is a Hard Drive, not a hammer, golf ball, or fry-pan, use it as such and it becomes a Frizzed-by

  • Lumen - Good Review, Tips & Rememberz gave a review on 12/04/2009 08:47

    • Good: I've had mine for 5 years now, no problems. I use every day.
    • Bad: While I like the Bullet proof look & security that comes with, I question the ability to cool. i find mine spazes if I run it for a few days in a row without down time.

    For you "Too heavy" people, its METAL, you get what you pay for. Go back to Drop = Brokez plastic notebooks.

    For "lost & no found" use GDB.exe (Get Data Back) for all your unformated drive load error needs. (Was my own fault and I knew it.)

    For "Total Brokz" Save the drive. "Take to a pro, to save the info."

    There are common logic laws that go with computer use that are unknown vast # users. They will Defragdment, place drive in proper position, Do not feed after midnight.. Er I mean don't get it wet, keep cool, do not move while in use, Read manual, plug in, bal bla blab bla, please remember and obey them.

    Now my problem is I lost my power cord and can't find any information to get a correct replacement. Little help?

  • cmtrjp gave 1/10 on 20/06/2008 07:13

    • Bad: If you trust your data to this external hard drive you are looking for a big problem. Check he web and go for something else.

    I am really not happy with this external hard drive. Initially it worked well and I backed up two laptops filled with digital photos and my husbands Ipod collection. Right now the Maxtor is not showing up in either of our laptops and there is no solution on the Maxtor site. Absolute waste of money...

  • El Draco gave 2/10 on 09/10/2007 16:09

    • Good: Pretty to look at
    • Bad: Hopeless with VISTA. NO DRIVERS and a lot of people rreally pissed off.

    Bloody thing wont work under vista and you can't get rid of the damn software once its installed and you discover you can't even see the drive

  • Yammii gave 5/10 on 05/03/2007 05:51

    I've had this drive for over a year and all has been good until I decided to upgrade to Vista... After upgrading to Vista and installing the drivers, the hard disk only worked once... I went to their website to see if there were any vista Drivers, I didn't find any... this is very frustrating...

  • Cat gave 2/10 on 22/02/2007 21:11

    • Good: None

    Well my Maxtor 300 gig has failed and taken with it all my data. Luckily for me it is two days inside the warranty period. This is the second Maxtor external that has failed on me. No way will I buy another one

  • very unhappy gave 2/10 on 26/01/2007 09:17

    Maxtor one touch SUX!! This is our second unit to die in less than a year. We should have learned when the first unit died after 13 months.l...just out of warranty of course. We stupidly bought another and this morning we have suffered the same fate. Thanks Maxtor for supplying us with around $900 worth of scrap metal in the past two years.

  • songbookz gave 2/10 on 13/12/2006 09:53

    Failed and lost 300g of data - next time I'll buy another company's product.

  • clwinston gave 2/10 on 06/08/2006 21:20

    INSTANT FAILURE

    Failed without warning after 14 mos. Too bad 12 mo warranty. 300 GB is alot of stuff to loose, better buy two to backup your backup.

  • davidlucantonio gave 3.5/10 on 08/06/2006 01:14

    • Good: - Nice attractive casing
      - Easy button to access HDD
    • Bad: - Maxtor is known for their harddrives to fail ALL the time...and it's true...it happened to me. I had a HDD and it broke, luckily all the data I had on the drive was still on my original drive...because all that data that was on my new Maxtor drive was LOST forever. BAD. Now whenever I put something on it...I always worry that the drive will stuff up. But it hasnt happened since Maxtor replaced my drive with a new one.

    First HDD Failed - Second is working

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