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Summary: Very unreliable
Review: After about an hour of use, this hard drive just stops communicating with the computer. Information can't be stored or retrieved. Turning it off and then on again sometimes helps, but not for long. Turning it off for longer (> 1 hour) does allow it to be used again, but only temporarily. After trying everything I could think of to get it to work consistently, I returned it for a replacement. The replacement behaved exactly the same, which indicates this is probably a design flaw, rather than a defective unit. (I'm using a Compaq PC with XP, and have had no trouble with other USB2.0 externals.)
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Summary: AVOID at all costs.
Review: AVOID THIS PRODUCT, unless you like losing all your work without warning, when the drive directory suddenly disappears, and the disk reads to your computer as empty and unformatted. I bought the "porsche" 250GB hard drive, and was happy for 3 weeks, then lost 12GB of video editing work without warning or any sign of a cause. Tech support from LaCie gave me two options: 1 - get Norton Disk Doctor (I did, and it did not help at all) or 2 - send it to a disk recovery service at an estimated $500 charge (in no way reimbursed by the company). Other than that, the company offered ZERO support. Sometimes, when you buy cheap products you get what you payed for...and less. GARBAGE, from a company that, in my experience and judgment, could care less. Buyer beware.
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Summary: so far so good
Review: bought my lacie drive 1 month ago as a slave drive for my apple ibook. so far, it works pretty good. the speed is a bit slow though. its only good as a backup. it took me 5 minutes to get it running after receiving it.
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Summary: don't buy LaCie hard drives - they will die young
Review: I bought a 60 GB LaCie Pocket Drive USB2/Firewire drive in August 2003, for $349.95 from Microwarehouse. Died December 2004, 3 months after manufacturers warranty ended.
Customer service was unhelpful, told me that there are only 4 manufacturers out there, and all have the same warranty. So I'm out $350.00.
My company also bought a LaCie d2 FireWire , 80 GB (300656) Hard Drive, which died after 3 months.
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Summary: Great drive for PC!
Review: I bought this new drive from LaCie a few weeks ago. So far it has been great. I am using it under XP. It is fast and quiet. It is smaller than some other external drives that I bought in the past (2 maxtor and 1 iomega). It looks very good (better than the picture...) with "Design by Porsche" on the side.
I would definitely recommend it.
Rating: 
Summary: Fair
Review: I commend this piece for it's value but every Product has it's shortcomings including this one.
My Specs: p4, win xp, 512mb memory
PROS:
-true plug and play
-great value
-small size (to help you conceptualize- about as big as a VHS cassette but lacie's peice is 3/8" thicker)
-quiet
CONS:
-overheats easily
-transfer rate is a bit slow even if it us USB2.0 (my comp is usb 2.0 capable but i do transfer large files as big as 3 to 6 gigs)
In my opinion it was worth buying because as i see it the pros outweighed the cons. I don't use this hard drive for constant use. When i want to watch a movie or listen to music i just use this bad boy. If your going to buy a dedicated hard drive why not upgrade to an internal one? a couple of my friends use their ipods for file transfers whenever we go over each others apartments and i bring this. It's 1/3 less then their cost and it's storage space is 7/8 larger.
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Summary: Rock solid - great deal
Review: I got this drive for less than $190 (no stupid rebates needed).
It was very easy to install on my AlienWare PC. I use this drive for backup and mp3. So far so good. It's fast and very very quiet. I had to carry it a couple times and I appreciated the small size/weight. I would buy it again. If you are serious about your data, it's a good purchase.
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Summary: Bad deal, Good Hand Warmer
Review: I have a client running 8 of these drives by La Cie and they have replaced 6 of them within 1 year of purchase. They are not designed to be left running 24/7 because they overheat. My client has lost years worth of data due to the failure rate. What's with using Firewire still anyway? Get a FN clue La Cie and put a fan inside and lose the firewire, fricken MAC lovers.
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Summary: Very good product
Review: I have been using this drive for 4 months and I am very pleased with it.
I am using it with 2 pc (laptop and desktop) and I perform full backups quite often.
The drive is fast and reliable. It's smaller than the maxtor and accom date drives that I have.
I recommend it.
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Summary: No problems
Review: I have been very pleased with this drive. I owne a Dell 8100 notebook it was a plug and play. I see others have had problems with this drive. I have not. Though I do only use it for holding music. I play it often and on random play doubt makes a difference but it has never overheated,locked up or the likes. I also have been able to hook up multi ports without haveing to turn it off. I would think that was a computer flaw not a drive flaw in loseing connectivity but Im no computer tech. I recomend this drive.
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