Introduction

Terabyte hard drives are becoming more popular with the need for more hard drive space. If you're looking to expand your hard drive capacity I think the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB External Hard Drive would be great for you. This drive includes USB and Dual FireWire interfaces with available capacities of 250GB, 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB. The drive is jam packed with plenty of software to suffice the most avid external storage fanatics, while being easy to use for the everyday individual. Read on further to see what all this OneTouch drive has to offer.

Features

- Maxtor SafetyDrill prepares, boots, and recovers your PC's entire internal drive contents in case of a system failure or virus/spyware infection
- Two levels of security, with data encryption software and Maxtor DrivePass which password-protects all of the contents on your drive
- Easy to install - simply plug in the power and USB cables, and run the pre-loaded installation software
- Easy to use - just push the button or schedule automated backup
- Sync data between 2 or more computers on the same operating system
- Customizable Maxtor OneTouch button
- Dual interfaces: FireWire 400 and USB
- PC and Mac compatible
- 5-year limited warranty

Specifications

Hard Drive - 3.5 inch ATA with ATA 133 interface
AES 256-bit software encryption
Capacity - 250GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB models
RPM - 7200
Cache Buffer - 16MB
Interface
- FireWire 400, IEEE 1394a, iLink and SBP-2 compliant
- USB 2.0 and 1.1 compliant
Sustained Transfer Rate
- FireWire 400 43MB/sec
- USB 2.0 33MB/sec
Bus Transfer Rate
- FireWire 400 400Mb/sec
- USB 2.0 480Mb/sec
Dimensions - 2.5 x 6.0 x 6.75 in (63.5 x 152.4 x 171.45 mm)
Weight - 2.5 lbs (1.11 Kgrams)
AC Voltage - 100-240 VAC
Input Frequency - 47-63 Hz AC
Compatibility - Mac and PC

Packaging

The Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus comes packaged in a simple, yet sufficient retail box. The front of the package displays the drive itself as well as the warranty, hard drive capacity, and the interfaces it supports. The one side of the box shows the dimensions of the drive while the other has some marketing for the drive. The back of the package covers some of the features and specifications for the drive as well as what's inside the box and the PC/Mac requirements.

The box opens up with a flip-out and up design. The drive is well protected inside the package. Inside the box we find:

- Portable hard drive with preloaded installation software
- Quick start guide
- Power adapter
- USB 2.0 cable
- FireWire 400/1394a cable
- Maxtor SafetyDrill Recovery CD