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LaCie Rugged Hard Disk
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LaCie is a company which has disappointed me twice with their Big Disk Extreme. Their tech support took 2 weeks to reply. Their agent in SA took 2 weeks to fix a drive which failed 2 days after purchase. Avoid LaCie, their products shock absorbers or not. I'll be honest, no other portable drive - and I've lots (Maxtor, WD, Iomega, Seagate) has failed.
My bad experience is only limited to LaCie and on TWO occasions. AVOID LaCie products.
My bad experience is only limited to LaCie and on TWO occasions. AVOID LaCie products.
scotty777
...doesn't know
I love lacie products, the reliable(for me 
) and they generally perform quite well
) and they generally perform quite wellIv also had a very bad experience with a Lacie external and wouldn't recommend them.
My 500Gb regular Lacie failed after about 6 months for no apparent reason. I took it back to the store and it was sent to Lacie. I was contacted about 10 days later and told that the warranty was void because I had opened it (which I hadn't).
Why on earth would I open it, as if I posses the technical know how to fix a Harddrive riddled with bad sectors.
It gets worse. After much arguing I gave up, realising that it was now my word against theirs and they weren't budging. I then asked them to send it back to the store so that I could atleast have the bloody thing and see if I could recover some of the Data. Somehow it got lost between them and the shop and was never seen again.
I replaced it with a 500GB seagate and it hasnt given any problems in about a year.
My 500Gb regular Lacie failed after about 6 months for no apparent reason. I took it back to the store and it was sent to Lacie. I was contacted about 10 days later and told that the warranty was void because I had opened it (which I hadn't).
Why on earth would I open it, as if I posses the technical know how to fix a Harddrive riddled with bad sectors.
It gets worse. After much arguing I gave up, realising that it was now my word against theirs and they weren't budging. I then asked them to send it back to the store so that I could atleast have the bloody thing and see if I could recover some of the Data. Somehow it got lost between them and the shop and was never seen again.
I replaced it with a 500GB seagate and it hasnt given any problems in about a year.
MidnightWizard
Executive Member
Ruggedised HDD Enclosures
Hi ,
Pity -- I was looking at this one -- but in a 2.5" form factor.
Anyone know of a good reliable "ruggedised" external enclosure for a 7,200 RPM "crash-proof" 2.5" HDD ( with good aesthetics )
Or am I going to have to look at making my own ?
MW
Hi ,
Pity -- I was looking at this one -- but in a 2.5" form factor.
Anyone know of a good reliable "ruggedised" external enclosure for a 7,200 RPM "crash-proof" 2.5" HDD ( with good aesthetics )
Or am I going to have to look at making my own ?
MW