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A bit noisy. but does it's thing. I'm using it as a back-up of my main drive.
Everything the manufacturer claims about this product is true. I mean I dropped my 6 year old laptop down a flight of stairs while moving and it was fine.why can't this device be more impact resistant.I purchased this device as a "safe" backup for my confidential documents, because of it's compact size.I thought it would be easy to grab in case of fire, flood, or what have you. IMO, a company that cares about customer service would have offered to replace the device, instead they refused and warned me to use a LaCie approved Data Retrieval Service or void my warranty.
My dog's tail knocked it off the coffee table. Who cares if I void the warranty. It's cool, it's quiet, easy to use, great storage device.unless it suffers some kind of impact.
The device is a dead block of metal.which they refuse to repair. It fell 14 inches onto 4 layers of carpet and padding. Since I managed to catch part of it halfway down, the impact on the floor was minimal but the device was still rendered useless.It will now cost me more than twice what I paid for it, to have the data stored on the device retrieved by a professional (an expense that I do not mind paying for myself), BUT then I have to buy another one because LaCie's warranty doesn't cover this situation.
They don't care.In my opinion, if the device can't take a love tap.it's useless. Now that I know the disk wouldn't survive an emergency, I do not recommend it.
I switched cables and plugged it into a USB port instead of the FireWire port in case the problem was in either the cable or the port. Because of the very positive reviews, I purchased this drive in August 2008 to use as a Time Machine backup for the iMac I bought on the same day. Finally I couldn't access the internet at all (although my very old iBook on the same desk had a strong signal) and decided the LaCie itself might be the problem. The computer never behaved to my expectations, being unable to hold an internet connection for more than an hour or so, draining memory so fast that I was having to restart several (or many) times a day. None of the diagnostics showed what was wrong, so I began to suspect the LaCie. After I disconnected the LaCie and unplugged it, all the computer problems vanished. I have since installed a different brand of external hard drive and have had no further problems with internet access or with memory drain.
I normally keep this unplugged so that it hopefully lasts longer (for those who don't know, external HD's have the nortorious reputation of breaking frequently). I have only downloaded stuff to the HD using a USB cable, and am able to download 75+ GB(mostly hi-def pics, videos, and music) in about 20-30 min. The side design definitely helps keep the unit cool. The entire unit, other than the blue light up button is metal, so heat has a lot of surface area to disperse. I have found the software that came with the HD useless, but that is probably because I don't use the HD/have it connected to my computer all of the time. To put stuff on the HD, all you need to do is follow the instructions to install the driver for the HD, and then you can use windows explorer to put files on the HD.
I bought it to use with my iMac. for a while. After about 4 months, TimeMachine reported it could not access the drive. I had to reformat it and it worked. Then it became unaccessable again. I reformatted and within 2 days it was bad.Sorry, but an unreliable backup drive is NOT what I want.
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