Maxtor OneTouch II USB and FireWire External Storage Drive: Never stress about lost data again!

It seems to be human nature to hold on to things. Whether it is our childhood toys, photos and videos taken years ago or those old 'collectors' CD's and dare I say... records. As the days role on by, so do the bundles of materials we find it hard to get rid of. It's no different for our computer files and data.

With digital multimedia booming and the increasing size of digital storage, people are trying capture every Kodak magic moment with their new cameras and video cams. Given the advantage of storing all our music on file and creating Playlists for both personal and social occasions, we tend to dump every known song onto our PC's. Let's not also forget the accumulative number of 'important' documents we have on our computers that are either essential to our work or management of finances. Just stop and imagine for a moment that you lost all that data... how would you feel! Awful thought isn't it! We know backing up data is essential, but it can take so long and be more confusing than should be. Flash Drives are great, but are expensive when requiring larger storage capacities. Well the Maxtor OneTouch II USB and FireWire External Storage Drive series is an affordable option that takes the complexity and worry out of your life!

As an external storage device, the Maxtor OneTouch II drives connects to your PC using either Firewire or USB 2.0 technology. There are also the Network Attached Storage options by Maxtor that hook up via an Ethernet connection to your network. Maxtor has prided itself on reliability and efficiency. Backing up your data is as simple as pushing a button! You can setup the easy to follow software with periodic data backups so you don't even have to worry about it. If for whatever reason you lose your data or your internal hard drive dies; instead of ripping out your hair in disbelief, you can simply reinstall your safely backed up Windows and data files from you Maxtor drive. What luxury!

On top of that the drive can be used as another standard hard drive for you to copy all your photos, office programs, video and music files. It can double up as your portable multimedia storage centre. Take it with you to a friend's house and simply plug it into their computer so you use the drive as a digital photo album or play the bucket loads of music you've accumulated! I have just bought one of these drives, and I was quite impressed with it's data transfer speed and versatility. I know I can now rest assured all my files are secure!

Features of the Maxtor OneTouch II USB and FireWire External Storage Drive:

* Maxtor OneTouch™ button - the easy way to make backup copies of your files
* Ideal storage for photos, music, editing video and creating high-end graphics
* Maxtor DriveLock™ protects contents of drive if lost or stolen
* Simple Maxtor user-interface for drive management, security and backup scheduling (Windows only)
* Creates historical backup versions with full system restore to a point in time*
* 7200 RPM, 16MB cache buffer
* Whisper-quiet fluid dynamic bearing motor
* Dual interfaces:
- FireWire compatible — up to 400Mb/sec data transfer rates
- USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible — up to 480 Mb/sec data transfer rates
* Anodized aluminum case
* Customizable Maxtor OneTouch™ button
* Expandable:
- Connect up to 62 FireWire® devices
- Connect up to 127 USB 2.0 devices with USB hubs
* Plug and play storage
* Hot-swappable
* Dantz® Retrospect® Express software included
* Power on/off button and power management utilities included
* Quick and easy installation
* PC and Mac compatible
* 300GB holds up to:
- 21 hours of DV video
- 230,000 digital photos (JPEG-normal)
- 5,000 hours of high quality digital music (MP3)

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