Binding: Electronics Brand: APRICORN MASS STORAGE EAN: 0708326910613 Feature: Ultra-cool fan keeps enclosure at optimal temperatures, protecting your data Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Apricorn Mass Storage Manufacturer: Apricorn Mass Storage Model: EZ-BUS-DT-KIT Publisher: Apricorn Mass Storage Studio: Apricorn Mass Storage Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features
Ultra-cool fan keeps enclosure at optimal temperatures, protecting your data Back up everything: Data, OS, Settings, Applications Hi-Speed USB 2.0 - backup data in less time Sturdy aluminum enclosure Make an exact clone or compressed image backup of your entire hard drive
EZ Bus Desktop (DT) is the ultimate hard drive backup system. Its ultra-cool fan keeps the enclosure at optimal temperatures, which will extend the life of your hard drive and data. The sleek aluminum enclosure operates in horizontal and vertical configurations.Engineered for desktop or laptop applications, EZ Bus DT comes with everything that you need, including USB cable, and EZ Gig II backup software.With storage capacities up to 250GB you'll have plenty of space to not only backup your entire system, but for additional storage of all of your digital photographs, emails, music and video files.Regardless of whether you use a notebook or a desktop PC, or MAC, EZ Bus DT is the ideal hard drive to add additional capacity to your system. Simply plug EZ Bus DT into a USB port and you've instantly increased the storage capabilities of the computer.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: A manufacturing company which lacks integrity Comment: In November of 2007, the manufacturer of this product (Apricorn) discovered that, due to poor quality control procedure, some units which were currently in the hands of resellers (such as Amazon) were defective and were therefore inevitably headed back to them for disposition, with resulting pain to both the customer and the reseller. But instead of quickly taking appropriate action, which was to recall all outstanding units from its resellers and screening out those defective units _before_ they were sold to customers, Apricorn decided to conceal this serious problem from its resellers by a cover-up "solution" which discontinued this particular model under pretext, leaving its resellers holding the bag for innocently selling out the remaining "discontinued" units, some of which surely possessed a known type of defect.
In other words, as a substitute for propriety, Apricorn was willing to let some (random) customers buy _defective_ units from innocent resellers, and then be forced to go through an evasive, deceptive, and onerous return procedure. The unit which I bought through Amazon, _three months after Apricorn knew that it had a serious problem_, suffered from this particular defect. After I returned it promptly to Apricorn (they paid for the return shipping and promised to send me a new, properly working unit), they promptly sent the _same_ unit back to me, without explanation. It still did not work; hence it was neither repaired nor replaced, as promised in the warranty. Without explaining to me how this could have happened, they offered to refund my money after a second return. They justified this failure to honor their warranty, claiming that they no longer supported a discontinued product. Discontinued without _ever_ working properly!
It is inconceivable to me that one would want to buy a product from Apricorn, a company which has exhibited such a failure to deal in good faith with its customers--unethical conduct, lack of integrity, and utter contempt for the customer.
Customer Rating: Summary: Well Built Case and Works Well Comment: Aluminum case is well built and stylish. Like the matching aluminum stand. Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Drive fits inside of case. Power and data cables hook up very well, but a little tight inside of case, which is OK.
At first, I thought that the drive was loose inside of case, but after further reading of instructions discovered that you are supposed to use screws, which come with the unit, to secure the drive to the sides of the case. The screw holes are located beneath the four rubber feet on the sides of the case.
XP recognized drive via USB port right away. Drive was easy to reformat via Computer Management in Control Panel.
Like that the power switch and power indicator light are both located on the front of the drive (unlike the Seagate external drive that I have).
Have not tried the backup (synchornize), imaging or cloning software yet, but it does look interesting. Customer Rating: Summary: Be careful - check the specs Comment: First of all, the 3 stars has nothing to do with the quality of the product, it is all about the lack of quality of the description and documentation. If the drive that you intend to put in here is SATA, DO NOT buy this! This model is ONLY for the old style PATA interface drives. Nowhere in Amazon's description does it say that. If you have a SATA drive (as opposed to a SATA interface, which is how the case plugs into the computer), you need model DTS. Unfortunately I needed this quickly due to a backup failure, so I returned this and bought another brand at Fry's. There is a handy chart on the back of the box that tells you which model you need, but unfortunately you have to buy the case to see it...
Good Luck! Customer Rating: Summary: Good product, bad instructions Comment: Well, this is a fine product, has a wonderful fan for the HDD. However, the instructions provided do not explain how to put the HDD inside the case, so it took some hard thinking. For anyone else who buys one: open the case, take the 4 small rubber blue plugs off the sides, adjust the jumpers on the HD, plug the HD into the IDE and power cables inside the case. place the HD inside the case label up. replace the side of the case and THEN put in the four screws from the sides and cover the holes up with the rubber blue plugs. don't screw in the screws until you close the case. There you go. Customer Rating: Summary: Do It Yourself! Easy, Cost Effective & Better Quality! Comment: After a failed attempt with a Western Digital portable, I really did my homework on external hard drives. Putting together my own external hard drive seemed the most appropriate and cost effective way to address my ever growing mp3, video and picture collection. After hours of google searches and product reviews, I decided on this case along with a 320 GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive. The install took about 10 minutes and I was good to go. After 4 weeks, it is half full and has worked flawlessly. Being plug and play compatible is a huge bonus too. Do not be afraid to put this together yourself, it is slightly more difficult than changing a light bulb or tire on you car. There are plenty of sites online to get you started. More bang for the buck definitely applies here. As an aside, I needed to contact Apricorn tech support a few times for some simple questions. The call was answered quickly and professionally within minutes. Another huge bonus for anyone who has dealt with the tech support nightmare.
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