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AcomData E5 HybridDrive HD500UHE5-72 - hard drive - 500 GB - Hi-Speed USB

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"Sounds like a great drive at first: DIED WITHIN WEEKS"

by RedLine55 on April 30, 2007

Pros: Nothing really... this drive really is a 1 out of 10

Cons: Everything about this drive is bad: sucky software, faulty hardware, worst customer support, etc....
Summary: This drive is a total waste of money, I advise ALL TO STAY AWAY FROM THE ACOMDATA "HYBRIDDRIVES"! It died on me and I lost ALL of my data within a week or so. When you first plug it in the drive takes FOREVER to start up and try and install a bunch of worthless software on your computer. But the windows that popup are literally CUTOFF so you are not able to ever completely install the software and setup the drive! I contacted the tech support (basically nonexistent) and they say this glitch is common and ?there is no way at all to fix it, just press escape?. Then a few days after this happened no computer would even recognize the drive, I tested this on 4 new laptops/desktops! I contacted the tech support again and they said it was my fault so I had to pay to ship the drive to them and then weeks later I finally get it back and apparently they had to replace the entire USB/Power adapter of the drive. So now after it being ?fixed? I tried plugging it in and after what seemed to be FOREVER the computer finally recognized the drive and it prompted me to yet again try and install a bunch of crap programs. But a few days after this it crashed AGAIN and I have to contact the tech support AGAIN! I think you get the picture, it?s a never ending cycle and I have been on the phone with them for HOURS! But guess what? I am still left with a broken piece of junk drive.. oh yeah and I just wasted $250!

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