LaCie Hard Disk 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive designed by Neil Poulton 301304U
by Lacie
|
Our Price: $198.70 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $85.00 (click here) Category: CE See more product details |
|---|
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of LaCie Hard Disk 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive designed by Neil Poulton 301304U
Customer Review: Newly installed backup software reports it is counterfeit!
Summary: 1 Stars
I just bought this 1 TB hard disk, which seems unnecessarily large and bulky. (I may return it for 2 of the 500GB Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives. I have used those before and really liked them.) I installed the software that was on the hard disk, which is called Genie Backup Assistant 8.0. I was never asked to register the software, and when I ran it and selected the update function, the software accused me of having a counterfeit version!! It asked me to report the incident to them, including the source of the software, which I did. I believe that this is simply a ploy by LaCie or Genie-Soft to get me to register and/or upgrade my software, but it is a tactic that has caused me to instead consider returning the drive.Customer Review: Lazy very very LaCie
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this Product last year and have used it only to back up data. I turn it on only to update backed up data, which is probably on average 4 times a month. Yet a year later I am now hearing a clicking sound which means death is coming for my backed up data. To add to insult I have tried contacting LaCie as to use my 2 year limited warranty and am having a little trouble getting this done. I recommend you switch to more reliable manufacturers because LaCie is very unreliable now a days.
edit: Well the drive did die on me like I expected. No help from Lacie either as I also expected. Long story short I'll stay away from Lacie from now on and stick to Western Digital drives as I know these are built to last.
Customer Review: clicks and Alzhimers
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this drive and within a few weeks, it clicks and stopped working.
I returned it and got a new drive without a problem but lost all my files.
The second drive lasted 8 months and then after working fine one day, it couldn't access any of my files and after trying several other USB ports and a different computer, it somehow formatted itself!!
Even if I got a new one under warranty, I couldn't trust it again for the third time. It's going in the bin.
I notice some reviewers say it is very reliable and many others say it is a brick. Seems to be an inconsistent in its reliability. If it can pack it in after 8 months, can you take the gamble?
Customer Review: Lemon
Summary: 1 Stars
I have purchased three of these drives in the last few months. Two of them have died horribly, and one of those [since I called LaCie and allowed them to "repair" it for me] has died twice. The last survivor is now sitting in a cool dark place, unattached to its power supply, until I can find some way of backing up its contents onto something more reliable. Taking into consideration the two other LaCie terabyte drives of an earlier model I had purchased previously, both of which have also died, the conclusion I must draw is that data stored on a LaCie drive of this capacity might as well be erased immediately, without wasting the time and expense of pretending to preserve it.Customer Review: Don't buy this drive
Summary: 1 Stars
I owned my 1TB Lacie drive for about 18 months when it started making a horrible grinding noise. It was intermittent at first but then grew more and more constant and loud. It sounded like a bad bearing or fan or something. I transferred as much data as I could to another drive. After several months of tolerating this, the drive finally died completely, emitting sick clicking noises. I submitted my problem to Lacie and after several weeks of emails back and forth they said my warranty had expired and that they'd charge me $99 to repair, and that doesn't include data transfer. Since a new drive costs $80, I told them to shove it. I will never buy Lacie products again.