| | |  | Computer Accessories | Home » » Iomega REV 35GB USB 2.0 External Drive - 32927 | | | | | | | Description: | | Iomega REV 35GB drives and removable, durable disks are the perfect storage solution for high-capacity files or for archiving client files off-site! EMC Retrospect Express software is included for backup and disaster recovery of all your critical data. Simply add more REV disks to expand storage as your data or business grows and gain the peace of mind that your data is secure and always available. | | | Features: | |
• Back up and restore eight times faster than tape
• 35GB Native uncompressed; 90GB compressed
• Virtually unlimited rewriteability and password protection
• Media data transfer rates of 12.7 to 25.4 Mbps
• 30-year shelf life for disk
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.4 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 6.2 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.86 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Excellent hardware, shame about the software.Jan 13, 2005
By John Jones
This drive is marketed by Iomega as primarily an archival solution, but it is also great as a kind of floppy drive for the 21st Century (a super Zip drive). The hardware is faultless - a massive improvement on the deeply flawed Peerless drive - and the Iomega REV disks seem robust: I send one overseas though the mail once a week, have it returned the following week, and so far without any reliability problems.
However, it is as a backup solution that I purchased my Rev drive and in this context the whole is let down by the supplied backup software. Iomega's Rev-enabled versions of Backup Pro and Ghost just don't make the grade for serious backups. I soon gave up trying to make sense of Backup Pro and getting it to work consistently. Instead, I bought a copy of Dantz Retrospect 6.5 Professional, for about $90. Now, I make perfect daily backups.
For the cost of this drive, why doesn't Iomega bundle a copy (perhaps limited) of Retrospect?
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 One of the best backup solutions I've foundOct 08, 2004
By Dr. Laurence Hemming
The drive is fast, efficiant, reliable, and once saved my life because I'd backed up a whole hard drive of a laptop on to it - a laptop which then got left by an open window during a sudden downpour. I've tried a whole host of backup solutions over the years, this is the only one that allows you to take an image of an entire hard drive in about 35 minutes (15 GB of data: my last solution took nearly four hours to do this) and store it somewhere safe, for a rainy day.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
One BIG Zip DiskMay 01, 2004
This is being marketed as a backup solution, and that's fine, it's a great one and, depending upon what you're using, maybe a little expensive. However, don't overlook (and this isn't obvious at all from their marketing) that this is still just like one very fast, and, very, VERY BIG password protected Zip Drive! Iomega has finally delivered what they promised (and NEVER delivered at 2.0 USB!!!) with the Peerless several years ago. This unit is really small -- the disks are smaller than Zip disks -- and if they keep up with their plans of doubling the capacity every 18 months or so, they may really be onto something. Installation was totally unremarkable and exactly as promised. It comes with a version of Norton Ghost made especially for the Rev. Following the included directions step-by-step re: the Ghost backup is very important.
18 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Backup needs 1 disk for system and 1 for dataMay 10, 2004
By Sudoku Junky
"network_knucklehead"
Big suprise to me - Iomega REV software backs up user files ONLY.
The ad copy says "Save Everything!" but backing up Windows system files to a REV disk requies a special version of Norton Ghost (included with the REV).
REV Backup and Norton Ghost cannot share one disk even if partitioned.
Each must have its own disk.
Backing up a complete hard drive requires 2 REV disks.
REV Automatic Backup Pro will automatically back up user files at specified intervals but system backups are not automatic because Norton Ghost runs directly from the CD drive not under Windows.
I found the REV system software install confusing and my first attempt produced a configuration that does not recognize the disk that it created. Nothing in Help or the web site FAQ's addresses this issue.
I have not taken time to uninstall it and start over.The initial REV backup copy of 7.7GB took 3.5 hours. Be aware that the software shipped with initial units needs patches before use (available on the Iomega web site).
I believe that I can get this to work for me - but it isan't a no-brainer install.
Review pertains to the USB model REV on a Win 2000 Pro system.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
The Floppy of the FutureJul 04, 2004
When I first unpacked this , I was amazed to see just how compact it was. The software loaded without a hitch and I was up and running. This is a dream come true. It backs up my data as fast if not faster than my old external drive. I bought this because on my job we switched from our old Zip 250 to these, so I needed this at home for work, but wow It does so much more. I loaded all my sons pc games onto it so I could free up the pc's internal drive and they work just as well. I just pop out his disk and place in mine when I need to work. I love it, Thanks Iomega for a great device.
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