large external drive recommendation

[Jeff Weinberger]

I've had a number of Maxtor drives of various models and sizes, and  
they've all died some sort of horrible death - I've lost some  
precious data.

I switched a few years ago to exclusively LaCie and (knock on  
wood...) I haven't had any problems (that were LaCie-related). I've  
never had a 1T or 2T drive, but I have a variety of models from 160GB  
to 500GB, and I've liked them all. I'm really surprised at this  
story, since I've also found their customer service remarkable.

One option, if it's viable for you is to get several 500GB drives  
(maybe more reliable due to having worked out the bugs already) and  
chain them in a pseudo-raid style (disk utility can do this) to  
create a single larger volume.

I'd stay away from Maxtor.

My next purchase will be a pair of 2TB drives for my growing music/ 
movie collection - so I'm anxious to hear about the result of this...


(BTW: The one problem I did have was I bought a pair of 640GB USB2- 
only drives and it turns out there's a problem with USB2-only drives  
and 10.4.9 where the OS doesn't recognize the drive at all. It  
affects a small number of users, and apparently I'm one of those. It   
does not happen with multiple-interface drives. LaCie accepted my  
return, paid return shipping and paid the shipping for my new multi- 
interface drives. I'd call that remarkable)

On Jun 3, 2007, at 3:28 PM, Robert Marini wrote:

> I've always had good experiences with LaCie products.  I know  
> Windows users who hate them because it requires a reformat but I  
> was surprised when I saw that link.  There are similar reviews on  
> Amazon.
>
> I've yet to own an external WD that didn't die within three weeks  
> yet I know a lot of people who swear by them.
>
> rob
>
> On Jun 3, 2007, at 5:40 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
>> I was about to order at least one LaCie Big Extreme 1T drive until  
>> someone sent me this link:
>>
>> <http://macworld.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/ 
>> product_id=11165851/id_type=masterid>
>>
>> can someone recommend a reliable big drive (750 minimum,  
>> preferable 1T)
>>
>> are the LaCie BIG drives that unreliable ?
>> I have a LaCie 250 (about 2 years old) that I love and an all- 
>> terrain (about 8 months old) that is fantastic ..
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> K
>>
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