The Good Very fast data transfers; inexpensive; empty drive bay for your choice of SATA drives; streams to UPnP-compliant DMAs; includes backup and restore software; built-in print server; three USB ports for printers or additional hard drives. The Bad Software firewalls may prove problematic during installation; RAID 1 capability only. Cara Instal Driver Canon Mp237. The Bottom Line HP's Media Vault is a storage drive that offers an easy way to back up files from your networked PCs, along with the ability to stream your digital media files to other networked devices in your home.

We really like this drive. Visit for details. Main content Despite its consumer-friendly name, the HP Media Vault is essentially a network-attached storage (NAS) drive with media-streaming capabilities. The drive is available in two capacities: the 300GB Media Vault mv2010 costs $380, and the 500GB mv2020 costs $550. We tested the mv2020 model. Both drives ship with a single hard drive and an empty bay to add a second drive for more capacity or a RAID 1 array.

HP is including a modified version (3.1) of the Data Vault software, and one of the biggest changes is the removal of the Twonky media streaming software which means that the Remote Media Streaming features of the X510 are not available in the X310 and that the iStream app for the iPhone and iPod Touch also will not work. The iTunes server is. I recently acquired a HP StorageWorks x510 Data Vault 3TB. The system drives are gone though. Driver Epson Tm 300pa. I would like to get it back operational but don't have the recovery disk to install the software to new drives.

The Media Vault can stream audio and video to any -compliant digital media adapter and comes with backup and restore software, a pre-installed full-length movie, and two free movie downloads from CinemaNow. Though both Media Vault models represent a reasonable per-gigabyte price, the is slightly less expensive per GB, with a 1TB drive retailing for about $900, and there are larger sizes available. Still, since the HP Media Vault lets you choose what drive to put in the second bay, you could easily create a 1TB drive for less than $900 by finding a good deal on a hard drive.

And even better, the HP Media Vault is quick with data transfers, making it an excellent option for the networked home user with tons of digital data and the desire to share it. The silver-and-black Media Vault looks a lot like HP's own. Its design is spare: on the front is a series of lights for power, network connection, and disk activity, and a single USB 2.0 port. A black-plastic door conceals the empty drive bay, and a lone power button graces the bottom of the device's face. On the back are two additional USB 2.0 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and a power port.

The built-in print server lets you network any compliant printer using the USB ports--as many as three printers. Alternatively, you can use the USB ports to attach additional external hard drives. You can add a second SATA drive to the empty drive bay--IDE drives are not supported--to increase your capacity or to set up a RAID 1 array. RAID 1 simply copies what's saved to the first drive to the second, so you have redundancy but not increased write-speed. Should one drive fail, you have everything copied onto the second drive. Keep in mind, though, file errors and bugs are also copied, so while RAID 1 is better than nothing, it's not the most secure solution either.

(RAID 1 also reduces your overall capacity.) The Buffalo TeraStation Home Server offers RAID 5 capability, which is better for data security, though transfer times take a hit. The maximum capacity for the Media Vault, including secondary SATA drives and external USB hard drives, is 1.2TB. Installing the Media Vault is a simple process: Plug the drive in and connect it to one of your router's LAN ports using an Ethernet cable. Power it up and wait to see that the power and network lights are properly lit. Then install the backup and restore software and the Media Vault utility from the included CD. During the installation process, you'll be prompted to map a drive letter to each of the shared folders on the Media Vault. (If you choose to skip this step, you can also map the drives later using Windows XP.) There are a couple of things to keep in mind for a successful installation.