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Iomega Prestige Portable Hard Drive - Superspeed USB3.0 - 500GB

by Iomega
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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  • 500GB portable external hard drive
  • Fast - USB 3.0 allows you to store your media in a fraction of the time
  • Durable - Sturdy metal construction with Drop Shock technology
  • Secure - AES 256-bit hardware encryption and Iomega Protection Suite software is available via download
  • Black colour hard drive
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Product Information

Technical Details
BrandIomega
Item Weight349 g
Product Dimensions23.2 x 11.1 x 19.1 cm
Item model number35192
Screen Size2.5 inches
Hard Drive Size500 GB
  
Additional Information
ASINB004LWYFEU
Best Sellers Rank 27,436 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight358 g
Date First Available16 Feb 2011
  
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Product Description

This portable external hard drive made by Iomega has a sleek new design and great new features!

The Iomega® Prestige Portable Hard Drive features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface so you can transfer files at up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 (requires USB 3.0 PC for best performance). Iomega USB 3.0 drives are backward compatible to USB 2.0 using the same USB cable. So enjoy fast speeds now if you have a USB 3.0 computer or use USB 2.0 and be confident you can upgrade later!

This durable metal drive is perfect to slip in a bag or pocket to take anywhere your laptop goes.

It is also USB powered so it requires no external power supply.

The extremely safe AES 256-bit hardware encryption is built-in so you can feel confident taking your drive anywhere and Iomega Protection Suite software is included with purchase via download with several backup solutions and one year free antivirus protection.

The system requirements are a built-in USB connection and Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 Operating System. The drive must be formatted for use with Mac and use Mac OS X 10.4 – 10.6. It also includes a 3-year warranty when you register your product.

Product Description

The Iomega Prestige Can Be Used To Back Up 500 Gb Of Data. With Its Stylish Brushed Aluminium Case, This Portable External Hard Drive Features A Usb 3.0 Interface And High-Speed Transfer Rates. With Its 256-Bit Encryption And Downloadable Iomega Protection Suite Software, The Prestige External Hard Drive Is A Remarkably Reliable Storage Solution.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad... 19 Aug 2011
By J. Pickford
I bought this about six months ago for around £50 and I'm still reasonably happy with it. The price has increased since the flooding in Thailand so it's no longer such good value though.

The good:

- It looks nice and feels well made
- It's very compact
- It's very quiet and you'd normally have to listen carefully to notice any noise
- A single USB port has been sufficient to power it on every computer I have tried it on. But the supplied cable has two connectors just in case.

The bad:

- The preinstalled encryption software was pretty annoying and I had to update it in order to be able to remove it. Luckily the whole process only took a few minutes.
- In Windows it doesn't power down properly if you click Safely Remove Hardware or even if you shut down the computer. You sometimes hear a high-pitched screech when it goes off which is a sign of unexpected power loss. This is more of an issue with Windows though because it doesn't happen with Linux and OS X.

I've only tried it over USB 2.0 so I can't really comment much on performance but it seems fast enough.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Iomega Prestige Portable Drive 3 Jun 2011
By efairchild
The drive is easy to set up - just plug in the USB. The problem I found was with the QuikProtect software provided with the drive by download from Iomega. Put simply, it has been unable to find a "path" and won't do the job as intended. Fortunately there are plenty of other alternative back-up programs available, including freeware, so I am up and running.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars These are not portable 30 Mar 2013
By Coolchillie
I am amazed that any company would sell a portable hard drive without an attached warning.
Balance an egg on yours and if the egg falls off then you're in trouble.
My Iomega external hard drive was never abused, dropped, kicked, wet, sent on holidays, sent into space, loaned, chewed or anything like it and yet one Saturday morning I removed it from its protective hard case and plugged it into my laptop to be greeted with a clicking sound..... What would you do?
I unplugged it and then re inserted it and still the same noise. I tried it a few more times without realising I was damaging my data even further. After researching the problem on the internet, I then called my local data recovery company to be informed that the noise was definitely a failure with the heads.
A week later I've been told that 600 will be the minimum cost of the retrieval "IF" I am lucky. Success rate is approx. 70% if they can find a donor head from a similar drive.
Buyer beware....If you buy one of these then my advice is to buy another and back up your data in triplicate. It's cheaper than spending a fortune in the hope of recovering your precious memories.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
easy to transport; I stored my pictures, music and work files and can carry them on every where without any problem.
Published 2 days ago by Mario
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Drive
Excellent, as it has released a lot of memory from my PC. great size and good memory. A very useful acquisition.
Published 4 months ago by David Dutch
5.0 out of 5 stars useful back up
bought this over a year ago for back up purposes, it was easy to set up & Iomega have a neat piece of software that you download and allows automatic back up to the external hard... Read more
Published 5 months ago by K9
1.0 out of 5 stars poor build quality
My original drive was replaced under warranty less than 1 yr in, the second drive was also faulty and so they sent me a third one, i started to have issues with it after just a... Read more
Published 9 months ago by cliffr
1.0 out of 5 stars How can a hard drive be this bad!
So this hard drive should be avoided by all in short, but here is my experience with it.

I have used this as a backup drive originally for about 8 months and that was ok... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. T. D. Coster
1.0 out of 5 stars Pick another Model.../ make !!
Iomega Prestige Portable Hard Drive - Superspeed USB3.0 - 500GB
I am not a Techno-Nerd but this product WILL not work on my 7 month old new computer WIN7 Premium machine AT... Read more
Published 13 months ago by davidallan
1.0 out of 5 stars Cable and port make this awful.
Absolutely awful product. Arrived, it looks good and is just a hard drive. Nothing wrong so far. When you actually attempt to use the drive you have to have the cable perpendicular... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Kieran O'Brien
2.0 out of 5 stars Not bootable
The good:
It looks good - sleek design

The bad:
Its not bootable (after creating a bootable active partition using DISKPART - tested on various HP and Toshiba... Read more
Published 17 months ago by jamie
1.0 out of 5 stars Iomega Prestige Portable Hard Drive - Superspeed USB3.0 - 500GB
This product is a good idea but the implementation is absolute rubbish !!

I rarely complain about products and this is my FIRST ever review. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Cyril
1.0 out of 5 stars No Good
I bought this product to protect my music, video and written files but by the time I filled it it stopped working. Read more
Published 19 months ago by T.McLusky
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