ORB 2.2GB EIDE Internal Drive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Castlewood Systems
Category: CE
Buy New: $49.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 68730
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.8 x 6.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: ORB2II30
Model: ORB2II30
UPC: 666411000253
EAN: 0666411000222
ASIN: B00004TS1B
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New , Sealed from the Mac & iPod Leaders Since 1988. Ready to Ship!
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| Features:
| • | More storage for your money! | | • | 12.1MB.sec transfer rate | | • | Mac/PC compatible |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Castlewood's removable media drive product, named ORB uses 3.5" removable media with a capacity of 2.2 GB, more than any other product in its category. Additionally, at an impressive 12.2Mbps maximum ORB sustained data transfer rate-the fastest transfer rate of any removable media product available today-is completely "video ready." ORB disks can be used in a variety of applications that require storage of large amounts of large files and digital data, such as music and video editing, graphic design, publishing and multimedia presentations. Information technology (IT) markets are expected to use ORB drives as a way to easily and quickly back up data, and increase PC storage.Castlewood is providing ORB Tools, a feature-rich suite of functions designed to help manage your ORB disks and make backups as intuitive for the novice as the professional. ORB Tools feature: Write Protect, Disk Partitioning and Formatting, Set ORB as Fixed or Removable, a file archive called "tracker," ORB Disk Duplicator, SCSI Mounter, and other useful maintenance functions. The ORB Tools Backup Suite includes 1-Click Backup, Volume Copy, Image Copy and Professional Backup. For the novice, ORB's one-step backup sets a new standard for thoroughness, simplicity and security by automating system disk and file backups. Also, ORB drives use a new design, called "headerless ID," thus eliminating the need for disk formatting.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good product when it works January 7, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Under most conditions, a great product. Fast, relatively affordable drive, compact media, convenient. But you have to consider replacement costs when you buy. I've had two of them fail -- one SCSI, one IDE -- both within weeks of the warranty ending (i.e. 13-15 months after purchase). Castlewood's fee to repair these things is $108 per drive, which is only [slightly] less than a brand new one! Factor in that you get a ...disc included when you buy a new drive, and basically it's a wash -- you might as well just buy a new drive! Competitor Iomega's track record isn't so great either, so I'm sticking with the Orb, but be careful -- the cost of this drive might be ...per year.
 beats CD-RW October 2, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very fast, very reliable, and your system sees it as another hard drive, which is much more convenient than CD-RW. Using Norton Ghost, I can back up 3gb of data to one disk in about 15-20 minutes. I can also back up my drive at work in 10 minutes. It is the only MR drive on the market, which makes it the fastest. ... The only drawback is that it isn't optical storage, so you have to remember not to subject the disks to static or other magnetic fields, but I've been using this drive for 2 years and this technology (starting with the Syquest Syjet) for 5 years and have never had corrupted data.
 Does what it claims to do, nothing fancy. June 5, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To date I've used the internal IDE version of the Orb drive in both Windows PCs and Mac G4 towers with good success. The drive functions as you'd expect. Performance is superior to that of comparable Iomega Jaz drives, though the Orb does have a much longer spin up/down cycle upon disk insertion / extraction.The drive door is also a bit inconvenient, as it requires two hands: one to hold the door open and the other to insert the disk. Mac users also take note that as of the time of this writing (Early June) no MacOS X drivers exist, but if you run MacOS 9.1 or earlier it works well. For the price this drive performs well and I have no major complaints.
 good concept- horrible product January 28, 2001
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
In theory, this is an excellent product- However, it is horrible. It is the reliability of the data storage that is the killer. Once you put data on a disk, you have to cross your fingers and hope that it hasn't become corrupted.
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