Iomega Prestige 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive 34270 | 
| Brand: Iomega
List Price: $103.99
Buy New: $77.97
You Save: $26.02 (25%)
New (30) Used (2) from $77.00
Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 10
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Size: 500 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 6.1 x 8.9
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: 34270
Model: 34270
UPC: 742709342707
EAN: 0742709342707
ASIN: B001D7REIK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Easy-to-use: simple USB 2.0 interface; just plug and play | | • | Stylish and durable: stylish drive - available in a dark silver brushed finish; sturdy aluminum construction with included stand | | • | Secure: EMC retrospect HD (PC) license is included for easy file backup (software available via easy download) | | • | Energy efficient: powered by an Energy Star qualified adapter for a better environment |
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Product Description
The Iomega Prestige Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0 provides a simple and affordable solution for all your storage needs. Ideal for adding capacity to your system, this stylish drive offers a sturdy aluminum construction and included stand. It's the easiest way to save photos, music, videos and more, plus the Prestige Desktop Hard Drive is powered by an Energy Star qualified adapter for a better environment. EMC Retrospect HD (PC) software license is included for easy file backup (software via download).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 101 more reviews...
 Solid Product (So far) August 31, 2008
S. Dempsey (Champaign, IL)
62 out of 63 found this review helpful
I've had the Prestige for a little over 2 weeks now. It works great.
-There's No annoying software (like my friend's WD Mybook)
-Runs super quiet
-I've had it on for hours at a time and it only gets a little warm
-It's got a cool stand
-It has a power switch
I've been very impressed thus far and would highly recommend this hard drive. Only downside is its actually about 465 gigs, but most hard drives are like that. The reason I say so far is externals seem to be prone to crashing if you read reviews. Hopefully it lasts forever though.
Again, Sweet hard drive.
Edit: I've had it for almost 4 months now and it is still excellent.
Great Replacement for Bad WD September 30, 2008
Janet Palma (San Leandro, CA USA)
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
My first external hard drive was a WD500, but two months after the warranty expired, so did the hard drive. It is now in my trash bin. I talked over the possible reasons for its early demise and it came down to the drive is always on, which could easily burn it out. The Iomega has an on/off switch, so I only have to turn it on when it is time to back up the computer. I think this may be a much better design and will give it a longer life.
Good value for the money November 24, 2008
Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
Amazon offers this unit for less than some big-box stores. Another good reason to buy from Amazon.
Always remember that outfits like iomega, LaCie, Fantom and others are packagers, not hard drive manufacturers. There are only a few hard drive manufacturers and all of them turn out good products. This does not mean that hard drives don't fail - they do and anyone who keeps only one copy of critical data is a fool.
The units I purchased both had current models of Seagate Barracuda drives installed: excellent devices. Right now, the drives themselves from some sources cost only a few dollars less than the iomega unit, so you are getting the external housing for just a few dollars.
The housing has a power switch, very nice at a time when other manufacturers are eliminating such "frills" and a white activity light on the side, which strikes me as a strange place for it. Since the housing has no fan, there is no fan noise. The noise from the drive itself should be imperceptible. (If it isn't, return the unit immediately.)The housing remains cool to the touch in use.
The unit size is nice and a plastic base is included for those who prefer a vertical mounting.
A power supply and USB cable round out the package.
One of the very nice aspects of this unit is that there is no software installed on the drive - nor is any included in the box. Yea! The drive comes NTFS formatted and, for use with an Apple Macintosh, must be reformatted.
Overall, a very nice value.
Jerry
 Hard Drive Dead on Arrival November 22, 2008
G. Migaki (Campbell, CA United States)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
Received the Iomega drive opened box and set it up. The hard drive was not recognizeable by my notebook. I contacted Iomega support via online chat which is their only free support option and I spent 30 min. troubleshooting the situation. Support Tech determined it was an Iomega product problem. Had to box up the harddrive and mail it ($6.00 shipping) to Iomega support. Several days later they sent me a replacement refurb unit. Seems to be working fine now. Hoping it lasts for the long term.
 The drive works great, the backup software is another story September 15, 2008
R. Berry (Denver Colorado)
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
The drive itself works exactly as advertised, fast, quiet, high capacity. Plug it in and it is ready to go.
The backup software included sucks. It installs fine and backs up selected files or the whole drive, but won't restore the laptop to bootable condition. I had to run the system restore disks then selectively restore files.
Windows Vista running on Toshiba X205 laptop.
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