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IOGEAR Combo 3.5 Inch ION 200 GB Drive with Tri-Select
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IOGEAR Combo 3.5 Inch ION 200 GB Drive with Tri-Select

Average customer rating:

Can't daisy-chain
Quiet drive, runs cool, lots of storage
Easy Plug and Play
A dud ! A palpable dud !

IOGEAR Combo 3.5 Inch ION 200 GB Drive with Tri-Select

Manufacturer: IOGEAR
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

200 GB external hard drive in sleek, stylish form with small footprint
Tri-Select backup lets users design multiple types of back up prescriptions for their computer
Features USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 ports for fast data transfer rates
Comes with Dantz Retrospect software for a corporate-level backup solution
Quick and easy installation--just plug it in and it will be recognized immediately

ASIN: B0000CG44K

Product Description

IOGEAR's 3.5" Combo ION Drive is the most stylish and practical solution for storing and protecting your documents, as well as audio, video and other media files. This attractive and small-footprint enclosure boasts both USB 2.0 and FireWire compatibility. The ION Drive supports extremely high data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps (FireWire) and 480Mbps (USB 2.0) for blazing fast transfer of large multimedia files. It is also backward compatible with USB 1.1 specifications. This enclosure is very easy to connect to your PC or Mac desktop or notebook, is hot swappable and Plug-n-Play.

Customer Reviews:

Can't daisy-chain.......2005-03-05

I can live with the blue light and the warranty is not a big issue to me. BUT, if you're using this for video captures and your video camera interface is Firewire you've got a problem with this drive. It supports Firewire and USB 2.0, but it only has one connector for each. This means that this drive has to be the last device in the chain. I don't know of any cameras that have two Firewire or USB connectors, so unless you have two of either on your computer, it's a mess to try and capture video to this drive.

In my case, I have my external drives on Firewire and I only have one Firewire port on my computer. I also capture video via Firewire, so I can't have my capture device and the ION drive in the Firewire chain simultaneously. I have a USB 2.0 port on my computer, but because I use a USB 1.1 hub attached to that I can't put the ION on that port either otherwise it would be the only thing on that port.

If you have a clean USB 2.0 chain and don't mind ending the chain with this drive, then it might be OK. But I haven't tried the USB interface yet.

Just a warning,
Dave

Quiet drive, runs cool, lots of storage.......2005-01-23

I purchased my Iogear 200gb firewire/usb2.0 drive from "another online store" because they had the drive "in stock" & they had a coupon for a percentage off.
Unfortunately, amazon didn't offer this drive when I needed it and I had to order elsewhere.

After nearly a month of calls & emails, I finally received my drive from "the other online store" and other than the serious lack of customer service or ability to ship in stock items in a timely manner, I must say that I really like the drive.

It's sleek design kind of reminds me of car designs from the 1950's.
The case is a plastic material, that believe it or not, runs much cooler than my maxtor external hard drive.

The drive is relatively quite when reading/writing data.

The drive came formatted & is actually 186gb.

It features both firewire & usb2.0 interfaces and an on/off button on the front. Included in the box is the drive, power cables, as well as usb and firewire cables, and cd & manual.

My computer recognized the drive within a few seconds & I was transferring data in minutes.

All of the literature, both on "the other online store" as well as on iogear's website indicate the drive has a 3 year warranty which is a BIG reason I purchased this drive. Unfortunately, the box in which my drive came in indicates the drive has a 1 year warranty. I registered my drive online and the registration process states a 3 yr warranty.

I'll be doing more investigation to see how long the warranty actually is.

The only complaint I have is the blue indication LED on the front... this thing is BRIGHT and annoying!! I fixed this by covering the indicator LED with a post-it note.

Easy Plug and Play.......2004-11-15

I was sort of freaked out by the previous review, but bought the Ion anyways, based on the recommendation of a friend. It was simple to use, and very, very fast.

A dud ! A palpable dud !.......2004-02-18

I chose an IOGEAR product because of the 3 year warranty. I know of no other company offering more than 1 year. Unfortunately, despite spending 2 days trying to get this thing to be recognised by any of 3 computers that I tested it on, I failed miserably. Was I unlucky enough to get one of the rare duds that fell between the cracks or is IOGEAR Quality Control non-existent? To heap insult upon injury I had to pay the shipping to return this useless object to the "The Nerds.Com".

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