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Last post: 3 months ago | Thread started: Aug 21, 08, 5:35 p.m.

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• nicole_marie

  Hi I just filled my last one so it's time for a newbie. I am thinking about this one... anyone have this one? Or know of a very reliable one?

  Thanks.

  http://www.amazon.com/Iomega-Ult…

  Aug 21, 08, 5:35 p.m. – Permalink

• MrDinky

  yah.. just dont get lacie...

  • ya i just had a lacie brick DIE i lost a ton of work!– traut1/3

    Me too. I think I've had two LaCie hard drives crap out on me.– CyBrain2/3

    +1– poolio3/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 5:37 p.m. – Permalink

• MrDinky

  

  • thats looks like it could fly.– nicole_marie1/3

    is that shit hot swappable ?– traut2/3

    and shave your beard– epete223/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 5:39 p.m. – Permalink

• MrDinky

  

  i have 3 of these.. but hate the touch button.. cant turn off or cant turn on

  • These get pretty hot too, don't they?– dog_opus1/6

    not really, the lights are very pretty though– MrDinky2/6

    heh Excellent.– dog_opus3/6

    fail! don't do it, had the desktop version and it crashed, lost a lot of stuff!– search4/6

    i got one of these.– akrokdesign5/6

    ghey.. bought one, its all plastic and cheap feeling... never again– horton6/6

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 5:42 p.m. – Permalink

• ifeltdave

  no to lacie? really? I have at 500gb that I've never had issue with, but I do keep it unplugged and off when its not in use.

  • Mine are constantly on (they go to sleep until needed).– ribit1/2

    i've had good luck with LaCie's too– locustsloth2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 5:49 p.m. – Permalink

• dog_opus

  Huh, I've had a LaCie Posrche for years and I haven't had problem one with it.

  • i lost 2 porsches....– MrDinky1/4

    Gulp!– dog_opus2/4

    The holes in the back of the drives aren't for fornicating with, Dinky– locustsloth3/4

    lacie...misery and crash– capsize4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 5:50 p.m. – Permalink

• MrDinky

  i lost 3 HDs from lacie, hardly used them.

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 5:52 p.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  +1 on Seagate. Western Digitals are decent too.

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 6:57 p.m. – Permalink

• Jaline

  Seagate, then WD. Seagate usually has a 3-5 year warranty, and WD has 1-3 years.

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 7:15 p.m. – Permalink

• ian

  A friend of mine just had a lacie crap out on him with all his backup on it. I've got a seagate and its been no problem at all, but gonna invest in a new one soon cos it's filling up. I know the WD are also good but any others that people would recommend, maxtor or other?

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 2:03 a.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  i have a laCie, never had a problem with it, but now it's full

  • 160 Gb of movies and series
    :unsure:– digdre

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 2:06 a.m. – Permalink

• Fariska

  Lacie = maxtor = say bye to your disk after 2 years
  (seriously... of all the PC i've assembled in the past years using maxtor disk 85% are gone)

  Recently got the 1Tb WD My Book. Definitely recommended.

  • Seagate acquired Maxtor.– jaylarson

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 2:06 a.m. – Permalink

• ian

  Yeah Fariska, was looking at the MyBook, seems like good value. Pixmania are selling them for €156 now. That seems a mental price for 1TB.

  • I payed mine £150, few months ago... seems fine as price– Fariska1/2

    I meant mental as in, 'jebus, thats cheap!', seems like they've come down in price a lot recently!– ian2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 2:24 a.m. – Permalink

• trooper

  i haz iomega 360gb - nice and a new PVM thingie which is whisper quiet ;)

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 2:57 a.m. – Permalink

• joqui

  Just bought the WD MyBook studio 500GB
  

  

  
  So far very satisfied! Way better than my LaCie Porsche rubbish disk...

  • I have three of these...– TheBlueOne

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 3 a.m. – Permalink

• autoflavour

  avoid western digital like a girl with crabs

  • why?– Fariska1/7

    i have had 3 drives fail on me in a 10 year period. ALL of them were WD.– autoflavour2/7

    I've had the same amount in that time only none broke :/– jasontroj3/7

    + 1, it's true.– search4/7

    External or internal in an enclosure?– jaylarson5/7

    2 internal, 1 in external case– autoflavour6/7

    external, purchased 5, 3 failed.– search7/7

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 3 a.m. – Permalink

• somatica

  nicole_marie, not sure if you use ebayexpress but I recently picked up a Western Digital MyBook 750GB for nearly the same price. I had two Lacies crap out on me and so far the MyBook and also my WD passport 320GB drives have been amazing.

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 6:57 a.m. – Permalink

• lackofcolor

  nicole-marie: I have that drive. I've had it for about 6 months works fine. I've also had no problems with lacie. But the drive you are looking at is a sweet deal.

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 7:01 a.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  Incase it is buried in the notes, autoflavour, were the WD's external's or internals in enclosures? Also, how recently was this 10 years range?

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 7:11 a.m. – Permalink

• mwc1979

  

  Anyone have experience with multimedia drives like this one? You can store and run disk images off of it, direct into your tv. I was thinking of one of these for storing movies and music.

  http://www.lacie.com/us/products…

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 7:13 a.m. – Permalink

• formed

  I've got about 7 maxtor one touch drives, so far not one issue. Seagate added their 5 yr warranty when they bought'em, too.

  I've got a WD portable and Lacie portable, so far both of those are great too.

  All luck, imho.

  

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  Dog-earAug 22, 08, 7:21 a.m. – Permalink