External Hard Drive 120GB

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  $ 259.00 (AUD)

Ankur Badhwar PC World 18/08/05 Follow @pcworldau

Pros

• Solid enclosure, fast transfer rate

Cons

• Not the cheapest 120 GB external hard drive available

Bottom Line

An easy-to-use and durable portable external storage solution.

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The 120GB version comes in a heavy duty, matte-finished metal case weighing in at 1.1kg.

Connecting the hard drive is as easy as plugging in the mains power cable and hooking it up to a free USB port. This drive is compatible with both USB 1.1 and 2.0 ports, although for moving large amounts of data, a computer that supports USB 2.0 is recommended.

The theoretical burst speed of USB 2.0 is 480Mbps, although USB 2.0 devices are rarely able to sustain this speed. Through a series of large file transfer tests, we concluded that this drive is capable of a respectable sustained transfer rate of 23MB per second.

Iomega's Automatic Backup software, Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 and Musicmatch Jukebox are included with the drive. The backup software, in particular, is quite handy.

Iomega's hard drive range is well worth looking into. The price is reasonable, and for people not technically inclined, this drive provides an easy to use, plug'n'play interface.