LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 301285U 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive by Lacie
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Digital camera reviews of LaCie Desktop Hard Disk 301285U 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: LaCie Hard Drive 500 GB works
Summary: 3 Stars
So far so good. It works and the software included handles PC and Mac. Only concern is how warm the unit gets. Venting is beneath but it sits on short legs so for peace of mind I will raise it higher with bumpers or something and maybe keep a fan on it. I hope La Cie reads this and takes note of user concern. Even better: if they sent out taller legs (a stand off, to promote a better airflow).
Best purchase: an energy saver surge protector that turns everything off when my PC shuts down.
Digital camera Review: Lacie
Summary: 5 Stars
If you need a lot of storage in a small box, Lacie is the name.
Saludos, Allan.
Digital camera Review: Lacie Drives Not Recommended
Summary: 1 Stars
I purhcased this Lacie drive in July of 07 and it has stopped working - now Jan 09. I'm not a heavy user of these drives. I use it for backup storage only. I purchased this drive to replace another Lacie drive that imploded after 1.5 years of average use. Sadly, I hadnt backed up my data in approximately 4 months and am now facing an "invasive recovery procedure" to get the data back. Total price for recovery if we decide to go ahead is $2000. Bottom line, after having two different Lacie drives perform well day to day - only to completely implode after about a year and a half - I would opt for another brand.Digital camera Review: Lacie external hard drive
Summary: 4 Stars
This drive works as advertised. Installation very easy and I will work in a USB 2.0 port and also USB 1.0 port, but just a little slower. good product.Digital camera Review: Lost files when reboot computer
Summary: 1 Stars
About 2 months or so after purchasing this product I noticed that many files that I had been storing in it were getting zeroed out and leaving only the file icon with no data. At first I wasn't sure how this was happening or when it even occurred until I went to open the files affected, because the file appeared to still be there. I finally realized when this was happening after one time when I restarted my compute and noticed I had 12G available on the drive due to it being such a significant change. I have had several other 5-10G losses since and am weary of turning my computer off anymore.
When I inquired to LaCie about this issue they told me that I would need to reformat my drive and it should fix the problem. My problem what I'm supposed to do with the 400+G of data I have remaining on this drive that I would like to keep in tact. They don't seem to have any suggestions for that that don't require spending at least another $100 or more. If I was trying to spend that much on a hard drive I would have done so in the first place. Now I'm going to take that $100+ and get a drive from a different manufacturer I guess and toss out this unreliable peice of junk.