Bought a Lacie 2 TB external drive. Hardly ever used - one hour max. Drive has failed and Disk Utility cannot repair it. I'll lose all my data. Buy another brand. This is the SECOND Lacie drive that has failed me over the years. Never again!
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28.06.2012
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Bought a Lacie 2 TB external drive. Hardly ever used - one hour max. Drive has failed and Disk Utility cannot repair it. I'll lose all my data. Buy another brand. This is the SECOND Lacie drive that has failed me over the years. Never again!
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15.01.2012
10/10
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I've had no problems with this drive. In fact, I've never had a problem with a LaCie drive even though I understand that all hard drives eventually go to hard drive heaven. I never know what to say about peoples complaints about early hard drive failures as some people have described here. If you look at reviews of other hard drives, there are complaints about each of them. I'm not minimizing how distressing it is, it just seems to be a problem amongst all the brands. Having said that:This drive is very fast (I do have a USB 3 docking station) so I can do a backup very quickly. It's small, extremely attractive and the price is right. If appearances are important to you at all, this thing looks very slick on a desk. My favorite amongst all my external hard drives. Very highly recommended.
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15.01.2012
10/10
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I've had no problems with this drive. In fact, I've never had a problem with a LaCie drive even though I understand that all hard drives eventually go to hard drive heaven. I never know what to say about peoples complaints about early hard drive failures as some people have described here. If you look at reviews of other hard drives, there are complaints about each of them. I'm not minimizing how distressing it is, it just seems to be a problem amongst all the brands. Having said that:This drive is very fast (I do have a USB 3 docking station) so I can do a backup very quickly. It's small, extremely attractive and the price is right. If appearances are important to you at all, this thing looks very slick on a desk. My favorite amongst all my external hard drives. Very highly recommended.
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01.03.2012
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I am now using my third Lacie Thunderbolt drive. The first would run, but would not mount. The second would not even start up. Would not spin up. The third (Lacie replaced the first one twice) runs, but there are two problems -- so far.1. It's really loud! The fan sounds as though the unit will levitate. I can't use it in the video editing / audio studio it was planned for.2. When I plug the second display into the Lacie drive, I get strange colors. It makes the second display unusable.This one will go back, and that's three strikes and you're out.Definitely not ready for prime time. (Or any other time.)
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08.11.2011
10/10
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I've had it over a month now, I almost didn't go LaCie again but I'm such a huge fan and this drive delivers. I installed a USB 3.0 Card Buffalo Technology DriveStation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express 2-Port Interface Card IFC-PCIE2U3 just for this drive and it is so much faster and better than my racked LaCie drives. Plus you really can't beat the quality, capacity and price. When I replace my other drives I'll be getting one of these again to stack on top of the other one. It's small, looks so cool, SO quiet, I never hear it like my other ones.I highly recommend it and for those that get a bad one, every product has bad ones, just get a replacement before you blow it off. It's worth it. I've had every kind of external you can think of and try to replace them on a yearly basis so that I don't lose sensitive work data and pictures, etc... LaCie has been the best by far so far... I do have a WD for traveling, kind of a throw away, but I'm falling for LaCie more and more each time I use them.
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08.11.2011
10/10
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I've had it over a month now, I almost didn't go LaCie again but I'm such a huge fan and this drive delivers. I installed a USB 3.0 Card Buffalo Technology DriveStation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express 2-Port Interface Card IFC-PCIE2U3 just for this drive and it is so much faster and better than my racked LaCie drives. Plus you really can't beat the quality, capacity and price. When I replace my other drives I'll be getting one of these again to stack on top of the other one. It's small, looks so cool, SO quiet, I never hear it like my other ones.I highly recommend it and for those that get a bad one, every product has bad ones, just get a replacement before you blow it off. It's worth it. I've had every kind of external you can think of and try to replace them on a yearly basis so that I don't lose sensitive work data and pictures, etc... LaCie has been the best by far so far... I do have a WD for traveling, kind of a throw away, but I'm falling for LaCie more and more each time I use them.
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25.07.2011
8/10
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The best thing about the rikiki is that its slim, stylish, and has aluminum body. This makes it very distinct with many other portable hard drives. The aluminum is really nice and it actually helps the hard drive cool down faster.Pros:Aluminum: allows the hard drive to cool down faster than most non auminum hard driveSlim: alot of people really don't realize how benefitial it is that its this slim. it fits in your pocket easily and to me that a really nicething. you wont find that many hard drives this slim.Stylish:Cons:The software package.Honestly, if you are buying this device for the software it comes with, I definitely do not recommend it. Most of the software are really complicated and sometimes does not function. Furthermore, there isn't much troubleshooting information available to diagnosing software error for Lacie. Furthermore, the USB Boost feature which i really wanted is not compatible with windows 7 or mac at all. The software package really feels like it was prepared for windows 7 or mac at all.Overall, but this hard drive if you care about the stylish design slim fit and you just want to use it to store information. this hard drive would also be a great if you don't plan on using it on a windows 7 or mac computer. I bought this hard drive for the stylish, slim finish and to store basic information and i find it a great buy.
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18.03.2012
2/10
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I bought this for my Mac as a backup storage option. Did all of my research and decided to go with the LaCie for its size and as a result of other reviews. Well, I had problems from the first couple of days but they seemed to clear up. Now its two weeks later and the drive automatically shuts off. Additionally, all the data that I transferred to it has not disappeared. I haven't lost the data since it was a backup drive - but I'm glad it failed quickly. I'm going back to the drives from G-Tech which have always performed well for me.
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18.03.2012
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I bought this for my Mac as a backup storage option. Did all of my research and decided to go with the LaCie for its size and as a result of other reviews. Well, I had problems from the first couple of days but they seemed to clear up. Now its two weeks later and the drive automatically shuts off. Additionally, all the data that I transferred to it has not disappeared. I haven't lost the data since it was a backup drive - but I'm glad it failed quickly. I'm going back to the drives from G-Tech which have always performed well for me.
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20.06.2012
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Very frustrating! I bought this item because I wanted to use the RAID mode. Apparently, changing to RAID mode does not work. I cannot return this item, either, because it is considered hazardous material. Really??
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19.02.2011
8/10
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Just got the Lacie Rikiki 1 TB USB 3.0 and it works just as expected. Phantastic transfer rates of up to 90 MB/s when transferring single 10 Gb backup files (I am using a high-end notebook with USB 3.0 so there is no restriction on that side), and creating a 100 GB data backup to that disk still transfered at ~40-50 Mb/s. USB 2.0 works with one cable on my older notebook. So the speed is great, size and design are superb (yes it is a bit thicker than usual 500 GB harddisks but it has an even smaller footprint than most of them).When you first plug it in it asks you how to partition the device (one device or addition of a small up to 32 GB Mac/Linux transfer partition, and notifies you that it WILL allow you to just wipe the disk and format it however you like with the standard windows software. Really nice, and one of the main reasons why I preferred this drive over the cheaper WD one which seems to have some annoying crippleware on it that seems to be difficult to get rid of.My main criticism is the fact that Lacie drives seem to never spin down (this is my second Lacie, the first one beeing a 3,5" 250 GB disk, and it had exactly the same problem). No matter what you do, even unmounting the drive does not set it to sleep. As long as it has power, it will keep spinning- for the desktop version even shutting down the computer did not help. At least the disks do that at a low, constant, not too annoying rate and they are quite silent. BUT I could imagine that a constantly spinning disk consumes more energy than a disk in sleep mode... so WHY, LACIE, DO YOU DO THAT?Since I am not going to let the external drive permanently connected to my computer anyway, only one star substraction for that feature. For the desktop version I would only give 3 stars since there you really don't want a drive thats keeps running even when you turn off the computer.
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19.02.2011
8/10
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Just got the Lacie Rikiki 1 TB USB 3.0 and it works just as expected. Phantastic transfer rates of up to 90 MB/s when transferring single 10 Gb backup files (I am using a high-end notebook with USB 3.0 so there is no restriction on that side), and creating a 100 GB data backup to that disk still transfered at ~40-50 Mb/s. USB 2.0 works with one cable on my older notebook. So the speed is great, size and design are superb (yes it is a bit thicker than usual 500 GB harddisks but it has an even smaller footprint than most of them).When you first plug it in it asks you how to partition the device (one device or addition of a small up to 32 GB Mac/Linux transfer partition, and notifies you that it WILL allow you to just wipe the disk and format it however you like with the standard windows software. Really nice, and one of the main reasons why I preferred this drive over the cheaper WD one which seems to have some annoying crippleware on it that seems to be difficult to get rid of.My main criticism is the fact that Lacie drives seem to never spin down (this is my second Lacie, the first one beeing a 3,5" 250 GB disk, and it had exactly the same problem). No matter what you do, even unmounting the drive does not set it to sleep. As long as it has power, it will keep spinning- for the desktop version even shutting down the computer did not help. At least the disks do that at a low, constant, not too annoying rate and they are quite silent. BUT I could imagine that a constantly spinning disk consumes more energy than a disk in sleep mode... so WHY, LACIE, DO YOU DO THAT?Since I am not going to let the external drive permanently connected to my computer anyway, only one star substraction for that feature. For the desktop version I would only give 3 stars since there you really don't want a drive thats keeps running even when you turn off the computer.
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11.03.2012
10/10
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LOVE IT!Super convenient and ultra quick. I was worried about the cable and how it has to bend to attach to my macbook pro but it's a durable cable and the connection on the hard drive side is secure so I don't worry about it disconnecting from the bend of the cable. The cable is short but I only use this at the desk to backup every few days. The shortness of the cable is completely fine with me as it saves me time rummaging through my bag of cables! Backed up 500gb so far and the speed was as expected. Works great!
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16.06.2012
10/10
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Great product, compact, easy to use. It arrived within 48 hours of order time. Strongly recommend! The hard drive is a great product that I can imagine using for many years from now.
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26.05.2012
10/10
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My Rugged Mini arrived on time, in perfect condition. It was really easy to set up, and I was able to back up my entire Hard Drive in a reasonable amount of time. It seems solid, and durable. I look forward to using it for many years to follow!
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09.06.2012
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The cable plug part is getting loose after using it for 6 months.It was good product before it happened.That part is wobbling and I decide to buy new one.I do not recommend to buy it.
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The cable plug part is getting loose after using it for 6 months.It was good product before it happened.That part is wobbling and I decide to buy new one.I do not recommend to buy it.
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09.10.2010
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Purchased late June. Spent 3 months trying for reliable operation in RAID 1 configuration (the reason I bought this hard drive). LaCie "button" software isn't Win 7 qualified. OK, not vital. Got the 64-bit version of the Genie-Soft Backup Manager Pro 8 from Genie-Soft at no cost but LaCie supplies a version (maybe not 64-bit) with their drive. I've been told both that this version is qualified for Windows 7 and that it isn't. Programmed G-S BMP to back up My Documents & My Pictures, using Firewire 400 connection; 97 GB took 53 hours! Bought e-SATA card and compared speeds for one folder transfer using Windows Explorer Copy & Paste. USB and e-SATA about the same, each nearly 7 times faster than Firewire 400. LaCie hard drive usually remains connected to the computer for 1/2 - 2 days before it disappears from view in Windows Explorer. Several overnight programmed incremental backups failed. Almost always when the connection to the LaCie disappears, the LaCie fan stays in a noisy, high-speed mode. After about 20 nightly incremental backups, the Genie-Soft Backup Manager Pro 8 program lost its "script" for backing up my documents, wouldn't stop, even with Control-Alt-Delete Task Manager, and Windows 7 had to be shut down with a switch - and then rebuild the desktop on start up. M-S BMP 8 did it again after rebooting. Uninstalled the corrupted G-S BMP 8 software. LaCie advised to "clean" the LaCie hard drive and then reformat it. The LaCie drive failed to initialize. I'm asking for a replacement, having spent much more than 40 hours trying to get reliable operation. I'm returning, unopened, the one I ordered for my wife's computer when the e-SATA card made the back-up time for a complete backup a manageable overnight proposition. Both LaCie and Genie-Pro have responded with advice reasonably promptly - but the LaCie is now dead weight holding my desk down to the floor. The many hundreds of pages in the G-S BMP Pro 8 pdf file aren't numbered - making it less than first-rate. It seems to be an olde program trying to keep pace with advances in Windows. I could never again buy another LaCie hard drive or invest in this back-up software, sorry to say. There are disadvantages to patiently trying to make something work that has so many problems.
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10.05.2011
4/10
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My desktop is an iMac with 500GB disk, and like many Mac users I use Time Capsule to perform incremental backups in the background. I had previously been using a no-name 1TB USB drive, but it fried last week, and I decided to get a little speed and reliability by replacing it with a dual-disk enclosure that supported RAID and Firewire 800. So I ordered the 2x1TB La Cie from Amazon, and it duly arrived a day earlier than promise. (I see that a lot recently.)Unboxing was easy, and I was soon ready to configure the beast. This requires access to the user manual from the CD (or downloaded). I chose "Mixed" mode, which divides each drive into two partitions; one pair is mirrored for reliability, the other striped for speed. The manual said, "If you choose 'Mixed', the partitioning will already be set up.", but this wasn't the case according to Disk Utility. I poked around for a bit, couldn't see how do do exactly what I wanted, and said, "Screw it, let's just go 'Safe'". {Mirrored.) I quickly set it up and started an initial Time Machine backup.At this point my partner came into the office and asked why I was using the vacuum cleaner. (Actually we don't have a vacuum cleaner, which made it even more puzzling.) I removed my headphones (I'd been listening to Live In Gdansk by David Gilmour), and the noise from the drive hit me. It was louder than the air conditioner, or even the dishwasher. Completely unacceptable for a home office environment.So it's going back. Maybe I'll get a couple of cheap USB drives and do software REAID...
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04.09.2009
10/10
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Our circumstances:-- Bought this puppy from Amazon for my wife's new (2009) Mac Mini that we recently purchased.-- Amazon delivered it overnight for just a $3.99 premium over the free shipping and it arrived well packed and on time.-- Though our Mini is the low end model with but 1GB RAM and a 120GB internal HD, the next model up, which features a 320GB drive and 2GB RAM, costs $200 more and was otherwise identical! I upgraded our RAM for $45 then bought this LaCie d2 drive for $153 and now have a 1.12TB Mac Mini for less than Apple's much more space limited 'upgrade' model--an especially good deal if you factor in tax savings!Pros:-- Quality! Feels really well made with high quality 3-way on/off/auto switch, well anchored ports and--and this was key for me--*all 4* cables that you might need--USB 2.0, eSATA, and both Firewire 400 & 800--a rarity! And... all are of reasonable length (ie., none of those 7-inchers some cheapo manufactures include). Quite heavy and definitely not what you'd consider casually portable, esp. with its required power brick (though it's rather svelte for a brick!). I consider this a positive for desktop applications.-- Quiet! Have it sitting behind the monitor and it's barely perceptible. Much, *much* quieter, for example, than the Fantom 250GB external drive I have on my Windows machine.-- Cool! Thick, heavy aluminum case is fanless and ribbed... pretty much a hollowed n' hefty heat sink that was just barely warm after transferring our 90GB of data... seems equally fast or faster than the internal drive... and way faster than the USB bus-powered Western Digital 250GB drive I'd had hooked up earlier; we're now attached via the included high quality FW 800 cable. BTW: Set up with the Mac was a complete no brainer... plugged it in and it asked if we wanted to optimize it for Mac or Windows/Linux... one click and about a minute later... Voila! Ready to rock! Furthermore--and this may be very important to some of the greener Mac owners--this drive reliably auto-powers down and then rapidly spins back up when you wake your Mac; apparently some of the currently available so-called "Mac friendly" Western Digital drives fail to power down & back up automatically, particularly when connected via Firewire (check the reviews!).-- Capacious! Comes in around 936GB, the usual... not sure what to do with all this space, so tried turning on the Time Machine feature of Leopard and no troubles there.-- Comely! The brushed aluminum exterior is refined with no sharp edges/burrs and a fairly close match to the Mini's, though admittedly, the ribs do lend it a different, slightly more 'aggressive' vibe.Cons:-- Cost... and this just a minor gripe... On Newegg and Amazon these days you can easily find 1TB drives for under a hundred bucks, though admittedly, these are not quad interface models with all cables and back up software--and perhaps more importantly, did not enjoy the positive reviews this drive's garnered.-- Reliability? Too early to tell... will hope for best but so far no signs it's gonna 'byte' the dust! And if it does... well then C'est LaCie! (heh!)Summary:I highly recommend this drive... especially for those of you with eSATA or Firewire 800 ports who want to take advantage of all that extra bandwidth, and/or those of you out there with Macs who--like me--*really* appreciate a hassle-free experience.~UPDATE 1/1/2010: Three months in now with no problems--still runs much quieter than Tiger's rapidly reversing Escalade, faster than his fleeing sponsors and more reliably than The Enquirer's coverage of his 'front nine'... 'Cie ya'!~
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04.09.2009
10/10
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Our circumstances:-- Bought this puppy from Amazon for my wife's new (2009) Mac Mini that we recently purchased.-- Amazon delivered it overnight for just a $3.99 premium over the free shipping and it arrived well packed and on time.-- Though our Mini is the low end model with but 1GB RAM and a 120GB internal HD, the next model up, which features a 320GB drive and 2GB RAM, costs $200 more and was otherwise identical! I upgraded our RAM for $45 then bought this LaCie d2 drive for $153 and now have a 1.12TB Mac Mini for less than Apple's much more space limited 'upgrade' model--an especially good deal if you factor in tax savings!Pros:-- Quality! Feels really well made with high quality 3-way on/off/auto switch, well anchored ports and--and this was key for me--*all 4* cables that you might need--USB 2.0, eSATA, and both Firewire 400 & 800--a rarity! And... all are of reasonable length (ie., none of those 7-inchers some cheapo manufactures include). Quite heavy and definitely not what you'd consider casually portable, esp. with its required power brick (though it's rather svelte for a brick!). I consider this a positive for desktop applications.-- Quiet! Have it sitting behind the monitor and it's barely perceptible. Much, *much* quieter, for example, than the Fantom 250GB external drive I have on my Windows machine.-- Cool! Thick, heavy aluminum case is fanless and ribbed... pretty much a hollowed n' hefty heat sink that was just barely warm after transferring our 90GB of data... seems equally fast or faster than the internal drive... and way faster than the USB bus-powered Western Digital 250GB drive I'd had hooked up earlier; we're now attached via the included high quality FW 800 cable. BTW: Set up with the Mac was a complete no brainer... plugged it in and it asked if we wanted to optimize it for Mac or Windows/Linux... one click and about a minute later... Voila! Ready to rock! Furthermore--and this may be very important to some of the greener Mac owners--this drive reliably auto-powers down and then rapidly spins back up when you wake your Mac; apparently some of the currently available so-called "Mac friendly" Western Digital drives fail to power down & back up automatically, particularly when connected via Firewire (check the reviews!).-- Capacious! Comes in around 936GB, the usual... not sure what to do with all this space, so tried turning on the Time Machine feature of Leopard and no troubles there.-- Comely! The brushed aluminum exterior is refined with no sharp edges/burrs and a fairly close match to the Mini's, though admittedly, the ribs do lend it a different, slightly more 'aggressive' vibe.Cons:-- Cost... and this just a minor gripe... On Newegg and Amazon these days you can easily find 1TB drives for under a hundred bucks, though admittedly, these are not quad interface models with all cables and back up software--and perhaps more importantly, did not enjoy the positive reviews this drive's garnered.-- Reliability? Too early to tell... will hope for best but so far no signs it's gonna 'byte' the dust! And if it does... well then C'est LaCie! (heh!)Summary:I highly recommend this drive... especially for those of you with eSATA or Firewire 800 ports who want to take advantage of all that extra bandwidth, and/or those of you out there with Macs who--like me--*really* appreciate a hassle-free experience.~UPDATE 1/1/2010: Three months in now with no problems--still runs much quieter than Tiger's rapidly reversing Escalade, faster than his fleeing sponsors and more reliably than The Enquirer's coverage of his 'front nine'... 'Cie ya'!~
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06.02.2012
4/10
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This is a nice little drive. Aesthetically gorgeous and incredibly portable.Mine failed 11 months in (there's a two year warranty on this product). LaCie's customer service is seriously lacking. They are unapologetic for any failure of their product and could seriously care less about helping you retrieve your data. They will send you to a third party vendor who works exclusively for LaCie and the third party vendor will charge you $300 for any possible data that may be saved. If you want your data accessible long term, I would not recommend this product.
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07.06.2012
10/10
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I bought this drive after my Iomega fail badly with no reason, I am not disappointed, the drive feels solid and durable. Also fast.
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