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Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini 160 GB External USB Hard Drive

User Rating:

(26 reviews)

Price Range: $71 to $199

cnet.com Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus (500GB) review

by Dong Van Ngo

Comments:

Review Verdict: The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus is a good choice for the average home user who wants a fast and simple-to-use external hard drive for backup and storage. Mac users will want to find a different restore utility to use with it.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Fast write speeds; includes backup and restore utilities; generous warranty.

Cons: The backup utility is a bit limited; restore utility doesn't work for Mac users.

goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini

by Online Shopper

Comments:
A very useful drive for the tech-savvy and not so tech-savvy alike. If you like to share data, or simply need to access two computers regularly you'll find this very handy.

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QuickTake:

Cons: Not e-SATA

pcmag.com Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus

by Online Shopper

Comments:
The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus is there to resurrect your system and your precious documents should your C: drive go belly-up.

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computershopper.com Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus (750GB) External Hard Drive Review

by Matthew Murray

Comments:

Review Verdict: The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus simplifies backing up files, folders, photos, and music in the traditional places. But if you want to back up data stored elsewhere, it might be a hassle.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Easy-to-use backup solution; good performance; software is friendly, easy to navigate

Cons: Maxtor Manager software doesn't recognize all folders; using on a Mac requires additional tweaking/formatting; full-system ghosting works only in Windows; too-bright, blinking backup button

zdnet.com.au Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus (500GB)

by Dong Van Ngo

Comments:

Review Verdict: The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus is a good choice for the average home user who wants a fast and simple to use external hard drive for backup and storage. Mac users will want to find a different restore utility to use with it.

Read full review at zdnet.com.au

QuickTake:

Pros: Fast write speeds, Includes backup and restore utilities, Generous five year warranty

Cons: The backup utility is a bit limited, Restore utility doesn't work for Mac users

digitaltrends.com Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500GB

by Josh Norem

Comments:
The OneTouch 4 has more features than any other backup drive we've tested....

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QuickTake:

Pros: Simple operation; tons of features; allows total system recovery; works with Macs

Cons: Have to manually save mail; can't sync between XP and Vista; encryption is difficult to use

goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus storage drive

by Network World staff (Network World (US online))

Comments:

Review Verdict: As an external hard drive the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus storage drive is solid, but add in the backup features of the OneTouch system and you have a first-class backup device.

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QuickTake:

Pros: It can perform a full restore of the system, encrypts backup, easy to use

Cons: Only keeps a synchronised copy of what's been backed up and not the files that have been deleted off your system

macworld.com Professional Review.

Attractive drive backs up with USB and FireWire

by Jeffy Milstead

Comments:
While the drive no speed demon, the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus's attractive styling and encryption features make it worthy of consideration.

Review Verdict: The drive features a programmable push button on the front that can be used to trigger an immediate backup using the included Maxtor Manager software. In practice, we discovered that the version of software that came with the drive was not compatible with

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QuickTake:

Pros: Includes USB and FireWire 400 ports; bundled backup software; dedicated backup button.

Cons: No on/off switch.

pocket-lint.co.uk Professional Review.

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus external hard drive

by Chris Hall

Comments:

Review Verdict: The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus provides a simple backup solution that will cater to the needs of most users without being overly complicated

Read full review at pocket-lint.co.uk