Iomega have a new USB 2.0 drive out called the Prestige Portage Hard Drive – Compact Edition, and here is our review.
Here is how Iomega describe the Prestige Portable Hard Drive – Compact Edition:
At just over 110 millimeters long, the super-compact, lightweight Iomega® Prestige™ Portable Hard Drive, Compact Edition is perfect to carry in your pocket, backpack or laptop bag. It requires no external power supply – just plug it in and go. And with the Drop Shock™ feature, the Prestige Portable Hard Drive is rugged enough to safely store data for travel environments. Iomega® Protection Suite includes Trend Micro® Internet Security software (12 month free subscription), EMC® Retrospect® Express Backup software, Iomega QuikProtect, and MozyHome™ Online Backup service (2GB free) to protect your data and your computer (software available via easy download).
This is a great travel companion that lets you take your files, photos and music anywhere.
Compact Super-compact drive easily fits in a pocket, laptop bag, or backpack; One of the smallest portable hard drives in the marketplace.
Easy-to-use USB 2.0 interface available with no external power supply required
Durable Sturdy aluminum construction; Drop Shock™ technology on all models
Secure Iomega® Protection Suite includes :
Trend Micro® Internet Security software (12 months free subscription),
EMC® Retrospect® Express Backup software,
Iomega QuikProtect simple file-level backup, and MozyHome™ Online Backup service to protect your data and your computer. All software available via download
The drive comes as either a 320GB drive, a 500GB drive or a 1TB drive. For this review we are looking at the 1TB drive.
WHATS IN THE BOX?
- Portable Hard Drive
- USB 2.0/power cable
- Quick Start Guide
- Iomega Protection Suite Iomega Protection Suite software (via download)
- Retrospect Express HD
- Retrospect Express
- MozyHome Online Backup 2GB Free
- Trend Micro Internet Security software
USING THE DRIVE
When you plug the drive in, the light on the rear of the unit illuminates.
Connecting the drive up to Windows 7 took a only a few seconds for it to be recognised.
Running some tests with HD Tune Pro showed some fairly good results:
FINAL THOUGHTS
The drive is a little bigger than my iPhone, and a bit heavier as well. Perhaps it wont be entirely practical to have it in your pocket, but you could do if you really wanted to!
It looks really good with a cool finish on it and it works without any problems.
Speed wise I had no problems writing to, or reading from the drive with different size files.
Price wise here in the UK it retails for £144.99 and it retails in the US for $179.99. It also includes a 3 year warranty.
If you are looking for a good looking, portable 1TB USB 2.0 hard drive then you really should take a look at this one.
For more information, click here: http://go.iomega.com/en/products/external-hard-drive-portable/prestige-portable-series/prestige-compact/?partner=4735#overviewItem_tab
USB 3.0 drives are starting to make their way onto the market now – so watch out for our reviews coming up soon.
Andrew,
Misco have it in stock on their web site at
nice one – thanks Dave
its strange the Iomega's UK website only show up to 500GB to buy!
Andrew
well, actually in it there are 2 500gb disks, thats why it is thicker than other portable drives.
i do not recommend anybody to buy this, it is thick and it requires more power and 2 usb ports, 1 exclusively for power.
it is slower, and requires much power than a real 1tb 2.5 hard drive!
This hard drive is garbage. I bot 3 and all of them developed bed sectors.
Rule number 1. Scan for errors and bed sectors. than check the SMART STATUS
Scan 3 times and check smart status for changes like (Reallocated Sector Count) every time. If after scanning 3 times the SMART is ok , thank You can put your data on it.
when i was using it by 3 weeks (i was thrust it) after a crash of my computer it seems to disappear the partition scheme!!!! i have 4 partition GUID scheme only MAC Formated …
and i lost my 750 GB of information…
i try everything but the disk appear like it never been formated….
i afortunatelly has a backup of almost averything…
i tried to reformar an create the 4 partirion again… then i copy 100 gb to test…
in thath nigth when il try tu copy a movie file to anothe computer… it crash…an after restart the computer the hard drive again is completely clean also without partitions….