Maxtor - OneTouch External Backup Solution

One question that we continue to receive here at THG is: "How do you suggest that I easily backup my RAID stripe set in case I have a failure?" Maxtor appears to have finally found an answer for what have considered till now a very difficult question. The Maxtor OneTouch external drive solutions is a 1394 or USB 2 external drive solution with a button located on the front of the unit. Once the OneTouch is connected to your PC, you are able to press this button, which will activate the included Dantz Retrospect Express software and proceed to backup your hard drive to the OneTouch external drive unit.

The 120GB 7200 RPM Maxtor OneTouch external hard drive solution.

Yes! That is right: you press the button, and it launches the backup software and backs up your system to the OneTouch external drive unit. In order to achieve the kind of performance to make this process fast enough for you to tolerate, you do have to have a Firewire or USB 2 connection on your PC. I don't know how much simpler it could be. It is something that has been needed for a long time, and if backups are not your thing, you can still use the drive as a high-speed external hard drive. We think the true value is easy backup, but the easy ability to add more storage makes it sweeter. Available in 80GB, 120GB, and of course the new 250GB sizes, these new products are worth checking out. >From the demos that we saw today, this could be the best solution that we have seen so far for novice and experienced users who want the comfort that comes with the ability to backup without all of the headaches that go with other typical backup solutions such as CDR/CDRW/DVDR/DVDRW/Tape.