I'm not a tech geek or a gear head - I'm just a music lover who has a ton of songs to store and access. My last two external hard drives betrayed me - first: the Western Digital 250 GB started clacking hard 2 years in, so I replaced it with a G Technology Q Drive (500 GB) that, kid you not, died a week into use. I went to their customer support forums only to find most of their users were having the same problems - no matter what port you use - it just disconnects and drifts off at random like a toddler with ADD. I tried swapping all of the cables - but the problem was clearly in it's cro-mag port board.Salvation came in the form of LaCie's 1TB hard drive - recommended to me by a guy who is the personal computer concierge to Hollywood's A-list. The suggestion was spot on. A year in, it has been an all-star player for data storage and music. I house all of my iTunes files there and it plays and syncs like a charm. My Mac is old, 10.4 OS, so I am appreciative of the way this LaCie helps me keep it going strong.Plug and play set-up, durable and stylish. Super quiet and never over-heats. I love the comforting blue orb light that tells me it's doing fine. Unlike my previous two drives - it never disconnects when my lazy Mac falls asleep. Bliss.
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29.08.2011
8/10
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simple and easy to use, transfer speed is good. Only issue i had was it was not compatible with my wireless router so can only connect through PC/laptop instead of having it as a network back-up for my home network.
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29.08.2011
8/10
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simple and easy to use, transfer speed is good. Only issue i had was it was not compatible with my wireless router so can only connect through PC/laptop instead of having it as a network back-up for my home network.
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24.01.2010
8/10
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I've had my LaCie 1 TB Big Disk Extreme hooked up to my iMac for a little over a year and I've had no problems with it other than vibrational noises. Having had external hard drives fail on me in the past makes me constantly nervous, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Since I'd had two other external hard drives fail on me, both much smaller capacity, cheaper and USB rather than Firewire, I decided to buy a more expensive, larger, Firewire device & settled on this one after doing extensive research.I've been pleasantly surprised by:The easy set up, it truly is plug and play.The lightening speed transfer rates, it's VERY, VERY quick, just drag and drop even very large files and it copies them in no time. I copied all of the files from another computer and it took less than an hour for years of work, tons of files, photo's, artwork, applications, etc. to be copied onto the external hard drive.It stays nice and cool at all times & I leave it on all the time.My favorite feature is the huge 1TB capacity. I have broken it down into 4 partitions so that it holds all the files from an older computer, all of my art, scans & photos, a clone of my hard drive prior to upgrading my OS to the new Snow Leopard after hearing that many older applications wouldn't work with Snow Leopard (I've found this to be completely false) and I use a fourth partition for my Time Machine back ups & I still have a lot of space left on the drive.My only complaint is that it makes a lot of vibration noises, it does this not only when I am booting from it, copying to it or otherwise "using" it, but also when I am downloading stuff to my computer, opening applications on my computer and performing other functions on my computer. It makes me very nervous, but from what I've read this is pretty much standard with this and other drives. I think what I'll probably do, just to ease my own mind, is buy another one of these hard drives to back up this one, that way, if one fails I won't lose any of my files. Having lost years of irreplaceable work on previous hard drives has made me super cautious with my back up devices. Overall, this hard drive is awesome, if it wasn't for the noises I would have given it a five star rating.
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20.09.2010
2/10
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I can only echo what many others have already posted here and in other forums. The LaCie brand and company isn't one you should trust your most valuable data to.I bought this drive at the time thinking it would be helpful to have multiple interfaces. In fact it was very helpful to have the multiple interfaces. And in case you have a computer that has a FireWire interface but not yet an eSATA port then making sure the external hard drive does come with a FireWire port should always be highest priority.Unfortunately the drive I received was very noisy and I only learned later that this was an entire batch apparently and a known issue. To make matters worse, shortly after the warranty expired the electronics, meaning the interface of the LaCie drive itself failed. The HD was no longer recognized by a Mac or a Windows computer. So I contacted support and this ultimately reassured me that LaCie is not a product one wants to own. The support operates via a website and they kept coming back with yet another question that I had to respond to and then it always took 24 hours or more for yet another support person to look at the case. So it took almost a week to only cover the basics in the support case. Needless to say in the end this support case was going nowhere, no repair, nothing.My time and my data is much to valuable to ever trust it to the LaCie brand EVER EVER again.
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27.04.2011
10/10
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Have been using the LaCie d2 Quadra, 500 GB, for about a month now, and I am very satisfied. It is extremely quiet--if it were not for the indicator light, one would not be aware that the drive is running. I also have an older d2, and the two drives work well together and are daisy chained with FireWire. Both drives are used for external back-up. Only one caution with the d2 Quadra: it has a 3-way switch, on, off, and auto (which will turn the drive on and off as the computer is on and off). The auto position in in the middle and difficult to detect, but it is not a problem once one has become familiar with it.
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27.04.2011
10/10
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Have been using the LaCie d2 Quadra, 500 GB, for about a month now, and I am very satisfied. It is extremely quiet--if it were not for the indicator light, one would not be aware that the drive is running. I also have an older d2, and the two drives work well together and are daisy chained with FireWire. Both drives are used for external back-up. Only one caution with the d2 Quadra: it has a 3-way switch, on, off, and auto (which will turn the drive on and off as the computer is on and off). The auto position in in the middle and difficult to detect, but it is not a problem once one has become familiar with it.
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23.12.2009
10/10
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Pro's:* Easy to switch between RAID modes.* Presence of special "mixed" mode with combination of RAID1 and RAID0 partitions for people who need just small protected space and a lot of general unprotected storage.* Aluminum heatsink body design + fan seem to help to keep the device cooled. The body doesn't feel warm, and the stream of air from the fan doesn't either, although I operate it in quite warm conditions.* Bundled with pro versions of backup software for MacOS (Intego) and Windows (Genie). Haven't tried the Intego, but Genie is good.* Comes with data transfer cables for all the available types of ports.* Presence of power saving mode of operation.* Just looks great and sturdy.* I like the 3-year default warranty, because my previous external HDD (from WD) broke down just after the 1-year warranty expired. I hope the 3-year one means it was built to live at least about that time.Con's:* The weblinks that are embedded in the backup software for Windows don't work, so you'll have to search them online yourself. (the website is [...])* eSATA cable that comes with the drive is rather short (about 1m).* Printed manual is very short and covers only the two basic operations - installation and changing of the RAID mode. It wasn't a problem for me, but for other people it might be confusing if they get the package, open it, change the RAID mode to "safe" (RAID1), connect to the computer - and the drive won't show up, because you need to initialize it and format. If you encounter this situation - online or CD manual covers the steps you need to take.Other thoughts:* Fan is not completely silent, although I wouldn't call it loud at all.* The tradeoff for having aluminum sturdy+heatsinking design is the weight of the device. Two hard drives also add to it, making it quite significant. But it is to be expected.* The manufacturer's cardboard box was slightly damaged (a crack hole in the surface), although the shipping cardboard box wasn't at all. I haven't noticed any damage on the device, but it is just something to leave a note about.Resume: I did quite a bit of research of similar devices available for purchase, and I think this one is the best option - warranty, interfaces, convenience, design, etc. Although it costs slightly more than some others, but it appears to be worth it.
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23.12.2009
10/10
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Pro's:* Easy to switch between RAID modes.* Presence of special "mixed" mode with combination of RAID1 and RAID0 partitions for people who need just small protected space and a lot of general unprotected storage.* Aluminum heatsink body design + fan seem to help to keep the device cooled. The body doesn't feel warm, and the stream of air from the fan doesn't either, although I operate it in quite warm conditions.* Bundled with pro versions of backup software for MacOS (Intego) and Windows (Genie). Haven't tried the Intego, but Genie is good.* Comes with data transfer cables for all the available types of ports.* Presence of power saving mode of operation.* Just looks great and sturdy.* I like the 3-year default warranty, because my previous external HDD (from WD) broke down just after the 1-year warranty expired. I hope the 3-year one means it was built to live at least about that time.Con's:* The weblinks that are embedded in the backup software for Windows don't work, so you'll have to search them online yourself. (the website is [...])* eSATA cable that comes with the drive is rather short (about 1m).* Printed manual is very short and covers only the two basic operations - installation and changing of the RAID mode. It wasn't a problem for me, but for other people it might be confusing if they get the package, open it, change the RAID mode to "safe" (RAID1), connect to the computer - and the drive won't show up, because you need to initialize it and format. If you encounter this situation - online or CD manual covers the steps you need to take.Other thoughts:* Fan is not completely silent, although I wouldn't call it loud at all.* The tradeoff for having aluminum sturdy+heatsinking design is the weight of the device. Two hard drives also add to it, making it quite significant. But it is to be expected.* The manufacturer's cardboard box was slightly damaged (a crack hole in the surface), although the shipping cardboard box wasn't at all. I haven't noticed any damage on the device, but it is just something to leave a note about.Resume: I did quite a bit of research of similar devices available for purchase, and I think this one is the best option - warranty, interfaces, convenience, design, etc. Although it costs slightly more than some others, but it appears to be worth it.
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09.11.2010
10/10
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The measurements listed are not correct -- the height is ~0.7 in. It is thicker than the average slim external hard drive. This is due to the fact that it's a frickin' terabyte. I don't know how well padded it is internally because it has tamper-proof torx screws. There are not many enclosures out there that are metal and minimalistically attractive, the alternative I know being Iomega's Prestige Portable, but that series does not have USB 3.0 yet. Both series have plastic endcaps though. There is a power port left of the USB, power adapter is not included and not needed. There is a tiny hole right of the USB, that glows white when the drive is plugged in and blinks to indicate activity. Since it's recessed it's not an annoying strobe. The included USB 3.0 cable is 2 ft long, just right IMO.There is a simple utility on the drive to format for Windows or Mac and make one or several partitions. I would recommend formatting it yourself if you don't want a blue oval LaCie logo for an icon, it's system hidden.Performance test -- A solid 2 GB file transfered in 1:03 over USB 2.0, at a constant 33 MB/s. Transfers with many small files will be slower. Powered hard drives are generally faster.
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09.11.2010
10/10
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The measurements listed are not correct -- the height is ~0.7 in. It is thicker than the average slim external hard drive. This is due to the fact that it's a frickin' terabyte. I don't know how well padded it is internally because it has tamper-proof torx screws. There are not many enclosures out there that are metal and minimalistically attractive, the alternative I know being Iomega's Prestige Portable, but that series does not have USB 3.0 yet. Both series have plastic endcaps though. There is a power port left of the USB, power adapter is not included and not needed. There is a tiny hole right of the USB, that glows white when the drive is plugged in and blinks to indicate activity. Since it's recessed it's not an annoying strobe. The included USB 3.0 cable is 2 ft long, just right IMO.There is a simple utility on the drive to format for Windows or Mac and make one or several partitions. I would recommend formatting it yourself if you don't want a blue oval LaCie logo for an icon, it's system hidden.Performance test -- A solid 2 GB file transfered in 1:03 over USB 2.0, at a constant 33 MB/s. Transfers with many small files will be slower. Powered hard drives are generally faster.
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14.08.2011
2/10
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Lacie is bad news. We've had 2 of these up and die on us with no help or support from Lacie. In fact, Lacie customer service is almost non-existant.Do yourself a favor and go with WD or anything else when considering an external HD.
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04.04.2011
6/10
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Overall, this external hard drive is good. It seems to be working well so far. Initially, when I first got it, the software that was included with the hard drive (LaCie Setup Assistant) did not work. I had to completely erase what was on there and reformat it for my needs. The Intego backup assistant software was usless to me because it wouldn't let me backup files from a network drive. I was forced to buy the Intego Backup Manager Pro to do the job.Now that I have the necessary software, everything is fine and is working properly. I'm alittle upset that I had to pay additional money for something that should of been included right off the bat, but you live and learn.
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04.04.2011
6/10
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Overall, this external hard drive is good. It seems to be working well so far. Initially, when I first got it, the software that was included with the hard drive (LaCie Setup Assistant) did not work. I had to completely erase what was on there and reformat it for my needs. The Intego backup assistant software was usless to me because it wouldn't let me backup files from a network drive. I was forced to buy the Intego Backup Manager Pro to do the job.Now that I have the necessary software, everything is fine and is working properly. I'm alittle upset that I had to pay additional money for something that should of been included right off the bat, but you live and learn.
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02.09.2011
10/10
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Love it! Totally had enough space to store all my junk from my laptop... and then some! I think I've even stored all my movie DL's , and that's over 100!
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02.09.2011
10/10
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Love it! Totally had enough space to store all my junk from my laptop... and then some! I think I've even stored all my movie DL's , and that's over 100!
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05.09.2011
8/10
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Хорошо
Using it for TimeMachine. No problem everything is nice and small though cable is not part the structure like the old Lacie.
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05.09.2011
8/10
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Using it for TimeMachine. No problem everything is nice and small though cable is not part the structure like the old Lacie.
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26.06.2011
2/10
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For a hard drive... It's loud!This hard drive when reading or writing sounds like an Xbox 360 with the additional fan assembly attached to the back.Also the big blue button on the front is annoying. Every hour my backup software kicks on and that blue light lights up my bedroom room.In retrospect I now wish I would have bought another Western Digital.
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02.04.2011
10/10
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I just recently purchased this hard drive through another company, upon unboxing I notice it has multiple plug ends depending on what county your in this is a plus. It's 6"L 4"W 3/4"D and is housed by an aluminum casing, which is great for heat dispersion, the ports in the back for plugging this thing in seem kind of cheaply made, one false move will snap them off, another thing that's annoying is the power on button is on the back, which means you have to place is where your gonnna have access to it at all times, other then that it's a great little harddrive, until ssd hard drives go down in price, this is a must with plenty of space....
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02.04.2011
10/10
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I just recently purchased this hard drive through another company, upon unboxing I notice it has multiple plug ends depending on what county your in this is a plus. It's 6"L 4"W 3/4"D and is housed by an aluminum casing, which is great for heat dispersion, the ports in the back for plugging this thing in seem kind of cheaply made, one false move will snap them off, another thing that's annoying is the power on button is on the back, which means you have to place is where your gonnna have access to it at all times, other then that it's a great little harddrive, until ssd hard drives go down in price, this is a must with plenty of space....
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13.02.2011
2/10
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I am a light Time Machine user and bought this because I thought having a RAID attached would at least protect my backup data. No Luck. My 2Big Quadra threw the towel after less than 6 months of use (and very intermittent use at that). It started when i noticed that sometimes, the Drive seemed to somewhat start spinning non-stop (i could tell by the loud fan noise from the other room). Not quite sure why, as this was mostly only hosting my itunes and iphoto libraries. This went on for about a month, until last week when it suddenly refused to mount. Now All I have is a bunch of red flashing light. i am not sure if the Disk themselves failed or whether the problem is in the enclosure. I am taking the disks to work tomorrow to check it out; but it's the last thing i expected from this purchase :/
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13.02.2011
2/10
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I am a light Time Machine user and bought this because I thought having a RAID attached would at least protect my backup data. No Luck. My 2Big Quadra threw the towel after less than 6 months of use (and very intermittent use at that). It started when i noticed that sometimes, the Drive seemed to somewhat start spinning non-stop (i could tell by the loud fan noise from the other room). Not quite sure why, as this was mostly only hosting my itunes and iphoto libraries. This went on for about a month, until last week when it suddenly refused to mount. Now All I have is a bunch of red flashing light. i am not sure if the Disk themselves failed or whether the problem is in the enclosure. I am taking the disks to work tomorrow to check it out; but it's the last thing i expected from this purchase :/
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31.12.2010
6/10
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After I did a great deal of searching for a hard drive that could be used between a Mac and a PC, I decided this was the one even though it had gotton not so great reviews. People warned me about the edges being sharp which they are, and the fact that the USB cord was too short which it was. How any company can supply a 7.75 inch cord is beyond me.I will be writing the company about it because using the supplied cord would mean that the hard drive would be hanging from the computer. It is way too short to reach the table the computer is on.The hard drive did allow me to copy files in the exchange portion only to go from a Mac to a PC which has maximum space of 32 GB. This is true with all of them. I have asked many people including IT guys and they say that's the way it is. I was using it for video files and used that space up pretty quickly. There must be a better product out there somewhere. I am somewhat disappointed with the product.
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