Iomega 33082 External 160GB Hard Drive

USB 2.0, 7,200 RPM - MPN: 33082

Description: Save more of your important data with Iomega HDD Desktop Hard Drives! 5,920 hours of your favorite music, 240 hours of digital video from your vacation, or 640,000 photos of the company party. The Iomega HDD 160GB desktop hard drive is a high-capacity data protection and sto... read more

Save more of your important data with Iomega HDD Desktop Hard Drives! 5,920 hours of your favorite music, 240 hours of digital video from your vacation, or 640,000 photos of the company party. The Iomega HDD 160GB desktop hard drive is a high-capacity data protection and storage solution that also doubles as a disaster recovery solution. At 7200 RPM, this external hard drive is fast and functional; you can run applications directly from it enabling you to take the whole application with you to use on different computers.The 160GB drive is both USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible and includes Iomega Automatic Backup and Symantec Norton Ghost disaster recovery software ? so you can designate certain files to be backed up, or recover your entire system if your computer?s hard drive crashes. Add data storage ? and protection ? to your life with Iomega HDD. minimize

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dtbeaude from WI

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Jul 2004

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User has 3 Months of experience with this product

I've had the hard drive for 3 months and it is rea ...

Strengths:

Reliable, quite, and very easy to use.

Weaknesses:

Doesn't automatically power down.

Posted Jan 30, 2005 - I've had the hard drive for 3 months and it is really reliable, quite, and easy to install. The Norton Ghost software that the drive comes with is really easy to use and will make restoring my parents PC much easier and less time consuming on my part. If you're using the Hard drive all the time the fact it doesn't shut off when you power down is kind of annoying. Overall if I had to pick a hard drive again this would be the one.

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C. J. C from NC

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This seems to be another high quality product typi ...

Strengths:

Quiet, Fast, Durable, And Looks Good- Turns on automatically when computer boots

Weaknesses:

Doesn't turn itself off automatically at computer shutdown.

Posted Aug 1, 2004 - This seems to be another high quality product typical of Iomega! It was easy set up and it auto-configures with WinXP.It's quiet and very fast. It has little inset rubber legs so it sits well on top of a floor PC. And it looks sleek with a blue power light that matches my Sony. The only thing that's a pain is that it doesn't turn off automaticallly at shutdown. But maybe Iomega will come out with a driver for it that does that.

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som from NY

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I bought this external hard drive to free up some ...

Strengths:

compact attractive design, plenty of space

Weaknesses:

none

Posted Dec 6, 2004 - I bought this external hard drive to free up some space on my main disk. I have been taking many digital photos that were starting to bog down my computer. I have transferred all of the old photos to the Iomega and I download the new ones directly there. No problems. Easy to set up and easier to use.

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ewanko from NC

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Iomega 160 GB Ext HDD

Strengths:

Compact design, Ease of use

Weaknesses:

Price, No auto powerdown

Posted Aug 14, 2005 - This is a high quality external drive that is easy to install and use. It's a bit pricey compared to other drives like WD. The design looks sleek and the unit is compact. Operation is quiet. You'd probably want to disable auto-back-up when modifying a file that is pre-set for auto-backup; otherwise, it would slow down your work. I would also prefer having automatic powerdown with my computer.

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z28gal from VA

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User has 5 Months of experience with this product

Would recommend to anyone. Very easy to use and in ...

Strengths:

Holds a lot of information. Easy to use. Great name brand company.

Weaknesses:

Had to download some extra software to get it running on my computer.

Posted Jul 1, 2005 - Would recommend to anyone. Very easy to use and install. Works great, I just needed to download some extra software to get mine running right. Stores a lot of information.

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SquirrelWork... from TX

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Frankly, there just isn't all that much difference ...

Strengths:

Easy to install (no drivers needed), large storage capacity, reasonably fast, quiet, stylish.

Weaknesses:

No firewire interface (would be even faster than USB 2.0), 1 yr warranty.

Posted Jun 30, 2005 - Frankly, there just isn't all that much difference between one external hard drive and another. The biggest improvement *any* manufacturer could make is providing BOTH USB 2.0 and firewire support, since firewire is typically 30-50% faster than USB 2.0. IOW, the interface is the biggest bottleneck w/ ALL these USB 2.0 based external hard drives. It would also be nice to see the warranty extended to 3 yrs, esp. when you consider that I could construct my own DIY unit by simply buying a separate external enclosure (w/ firewire too) and retail hard drive with 3 yr warranty for about the same price (w/ careful shopping, rebates, etc.). But to be fair, when compared to its competitors, this Iomega external hard drive certainly is a quality unit and is among the best in its class. I just hope the internal hard drive gives me at least 3 yrs service (time will tell).

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rupdip from CA

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User has 15 Days of experience with this product

I am using this hard drive since last couple weeks ...

Strengths:

LOW Price - less then $1 per GB - USB External

Weaknesses:

Weak Documentation - but, this can be ignored as it works very smooth. Easy to install - just plug and play.

Posted May 31, 2005 - I am using this hard drive since last couple weeks - no issues. Easy to Hook-Up to my laptop and runs fine. AWESOME deal at this price.....what more do you expect?

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beluga3858 from CA

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User has 2 Months of experience with this product

Quick and easy to setup. Using the included Norton ...

Strengths:

Easy to use

Weaknesses:

Doesn't automatically power down

Posted May 30, 2005 - Quick and easy to setup. Using the included Norton Ghost software to backup the PC to this drive is a breeze and works flawlessly. The drive is quiet but does not power down automatically so it is always making a small amount of noise. Would buy again.

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JayZeroZero from IL

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User has 1 Week of experience with this product

This hard drive is high-capacity and was easy to s ...

Strengths:

High capacity, easy to use

Weaknesses:

Power cord is humongous

Posted Apr 22, 2005 - This hard drive is high-capacity and was easy to set up and use; however, it comes with cables that are a pain to arrange on my desk. Other than that minor issue, I would recommend this product.

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