With room to store 250GB,you can back up your entire system or add extrastorage space when your internal hard drive is full.Built to be lightweight and durable, these drives can beeasily moved for sharing and exchanging of files.Secured rubber feet allow drives to be stacked, so youcan get the most out of limited desktop space.
User Benefits : - Up to 250GB of storage
- Save photos, MP3s, data files
- Stackable to save desk space
- Hi-Speed USB connection
- Back up valuable information
World-Famous DesignDesigned by the world-famous Porsche Design Agency GmbH, the LaCie Hard Drive exhibits world-class style and elite performance. The result of decades of architectural expertise, these drives feature state-of-the-art design and awesome performance.
Built To MoveWith room to store up to 250GB, you can back up your entire system or add extra storage space when your internal hard drive is full. Built to be lightweight and durable, these drives can be easily moved for sharing and exchanging of files.
Hi-Speed DownloadsAvailable with Hi-Speed USB interface, the LaCie Hard Drive offers fast data transfer rates (up to 480Mbits/s) that are required for substantial jobs like downloading digital photos or saving MP3s.
Easy To UseThese drives offer setup that is nearly effortless, and are ready to use minutes after removing it from the box. Secured rubber feet allow drives to be stacked, so you can get the most out of limited desktop space.
1 Cheap price, Cheap Drive!
A couple of things... First, I had to learn the hard way that this device is not Windows Supported. You woun't learn about it until its too late, but most products go through testing to be certified as Windows Compatable. This is not. They either haven't passed Windows testing or haven't bothered.
That said, it wasn't until I defragmented the drive and had over 150GB of information erased. Initially, I thought it was the defragmentation program, but after running a diagnostic on the drive, I found that it has a physical defect.
It wasn't until I researched that I found that this is common with this brand. Also, the USB cord is about 15 inches long. So don't plan on putting it anywhere far from your computer.
Yes. It has an OK design by Porsche. Too bad the it doesn't run like a Porsche. This is an extremely compact drive, with no heat sink whatsoever. The drive gets VERY VERY hot. While researching my own problems with this drive, I found that many people have lost their data due to it overheating.
Purchase at your own risk! (OR install your own cooling system that the manufacturer forgot, get a longer USB, and scan for defects when you first get it)!! Not recommended if you have data that you can't live without... you risk losing it using this drive!
2 Good looks aren't everything
There's no doubt this disk is small and good looking, and a good price for a 250gb drive. But it makes more noise when idle than my other 2 external USB drives combined. When it's accessing data, the horribly loud clicking noises can easily be heard across the room during quiet movie scenes. It runs hot but does not have an automatic shutoff. (To be fair, most USB hard drives don't but a Porsche design should!). You can't solve this problem by using the on/off switch since it's this tiny thing in the BACK of the drive near the corner of the overhanging side and top - very hard to use for normal sized hands by feel alone. Maybe seems like a nit, but a portable drive really ought to have the sockets for the power and usb installed right side up so you don't have to remember to turn the sides with the icons down when inserting. It was plug'n'play on xp sp2, came formatted in fat32 with the dirty flag turned on so you have to run chhksk /f before running convert. You decide: looks or personality?
3 Drivers not updated by La Cie
Yep. They are a waste of money since they only last for your current OS. One update will kill their usability, since La Cie will not create updated drivers for its customers.
This is outrageous corporate behaviour.
I have both a La Cie 250 gig storage drive and a La Cie CD burner which will not function at normal speed any more.
Slow as molasses, since they need new drivers for OS 10.3 update.
My recommendation? DON'T BUY any LA CIE products!
4 No updates for a new OS. NOTHING.
Lacie are getting the wrong end of the stick from me. The fact that this company refuses to update drivers for old hardware for new versions of an OS is simply a farce in this day and age.
Lacie refuse to develop drivers to support a new OS or even an update. Back in the days of NT they would not even bring out Win2k support for the systems. When XP arrived most of their hardware the year before was simply left to dry up with age.
In short if you buy Lacie then it will only perform to your current system specs. Any changes to the OS and chances are you will be shelling out more doe for new hardware.
CON.
5 Does exactly what I wanted it to do store files. Lots!
I bought this in use in conjunction with the Linksys storage Link NSLU2 and it works perfectly. Now, I believe that the USB 2.0 doesn't have the same bandwidth as FireWire, but still the drive works just like I had planned and stores massive amounts of files is 250 GB right now I only have half of it filled and I have more than 20 DVDs on it. So I am psyched!
This drive does look cool I mean, it was designed by the guy who designed a Porsche so it's cool, clean lines, sleek and I'm a major geek for saying that about a hard drive sad!
These drives are stackable to. They also require an external power sorce.
Peace out
