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| | Features | External hard disk offers 1 TB with triple connection interfaceSupports eSATA, FireWire 800/400, and USB 2.0 connectionsStylish enclosure by Neil Poulton reduces heat for quiet, fanless operationShortcut button on drive lets you launch any applicationDevice measures 1.7 x 6.3 x 6.8 inches (WxHxD); backed by a 3-year warranty
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| | Description | The LaCie d2 Quadra 1TB Hard Drive handles multiple demanding professional tasks, including digital content creation, audio/video editing, DVD authoring, and web animation. It can be daisy-chained via FireWire or connected to your DV camera and is even bootable in FireWire for Mac and in eSATA for Mac/PC. Advanced features include 3-level power management (Auto/On/Off), using USB or Firewire, and software RAID 0/RAID 1 potential when daisy-chained with other drives. Fully loaded with all the best interfaces ¿ eSATA 3Gbits, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ¿ it offers complete universal connectivity for PC and Mac users. Use it to easily store all of your files or back up your computer or small server regularly, whether at home or the office. With fast burst transfer rates of up to 105-115MB/s via eSATA, this industry-leading hard disk delivers superior performance. Setup and use is quick and easy; the preloaded LaCie Setup Assistant helps format the hard disk according to your needs. With the LaCie Shortcut Button (via USB or Firewire), you can easily launch any application with one push such as the included EMC¨ Retrospect¨ professional backup software for PC and Mac users. The d2 Quadra¿s new design is sturdy, compact and versatile, making it ideal for intensive professional use. The unique, fanless aluminum heat sink design with 60% more surface area for heat dissipation keeps it quiet and as safe as possible at all times. The d2 Quadra can stand upright, be stacked horizontally with other drives or rackmounted to save desktop space. System Requirements: Computer with an eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 port, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows VistaTM; 500MHz processor or higher, Mac OS 10.2.8 (Mac OS 10.3 for eSATA) or later; G4, G5, Mac Intel 500MHz processor or higher, Minimum 128MB RAM (512MB or greater recommended). | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 1.7 inches | | Product Width: | 6.3 inches | | Product Height: | 6.8 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.3 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 8.8 inches | | Package Height: | 6.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 5.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 237 reviews |
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 So Far so good Jul 31, 2010
This is my third Lacie drive and I recently ordered two more. I have been buying Lacie drives for about five years now, I continue to buy them because so far I have never had a problem with any of them. But let me state now that I always power the drives down when they are not in use which is by far most of the time, I can't speak for how long they would last if they were constantly spinning. The drives are easy to daisy chain if you need that, but for me the connection flexibility is key. I have Macbooks and use the Firewire most of the time but I can switch to USB2.0 if I need to have several connected at once. During certain projects I have ran the drives for a week or more at a time and they never get hot, at most they may get slightly warm to the touch with the back of the hand so heat build up is not a problem.
I have yet to find a use for their software so I can't speak to that.
I don't know why but their drives do seem to cost a bit more than other makes, but if they continue to work I wont complain over spending an extra $20 or so.
Works well, but ... Jul 31, 2010
I installed this drive via eSATA cable to a new Dell Optiplex 980 running Windows 7 Enterprise. When I run a file backup (using Second Copy) from the C:\ root drive to the Lacie, the eSATA connection always gets dropped after a few minutes of backing up, and the computer no longer "sees" the LaCie. The Lacie has to be powered off and the eSATA plug detached and reconnected before it can be recognised again. The solution was to disable write caching on the disk, but you can leave Windows caching on. Might slow down backups a bit.
FWIW: sometimes the cheap cables supplied by manufacturer are poor quality. Trying a better Tripp cable may help too. Also, connecting the SATA cable directly to the MB, rather than via an external eSATA, could also help.
high performance Jul 26, 2010
This hard drive is great! It's not noisy and doesn't really heat up that much. I'm surprised at the stability and performance of this hard drive. There's only one thing - the shortcut button software is not compatible with Windows 7 so I can't use that feature. Also, they could use a better backup assistant software. But I could always use the Windows 7 built-in backup system anyway so I don't mind. What matters to me is its performance and stability which works superb!
Win7 64 bit shortfall Jul 22, 2010
I received this 1.5TB Lacie drive this week and installed it on my system which is a Win7 Pro 64 Bit with a ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard and i-Core 7/930 CPU. I chose the Firewire connection as it looked like it would be the fastest. Drive was found and proceded to do a Win7 backup. Twenty four hours later it still was not done. I than did some checking and found you needed to install a legacy Firewire driver. I did then than ran a simple drag and drop copy of a folder with 18GB. Sustained copy rate for the new Firewire connection was no more than 9 MB/sec. I switched over to a standard USB 2.0 port and the same drag and drop transfer rate went to 20-25 MB/sec. Another issue is that unless you buy the $69 upgraded version of their Genie backup software, there is not backup SW included that is Win7, 64bit compliant. I get the impression that Lacie though well made might not be up to date on the technology side (more issues with type of eSATA connection it will accept too). For now it works fine but it was disappointing to uncover these issues.
external storage Jul 22, 2010
This is my second LaCie external hard drive. The first one was full, so I needed another. I use it as a place to keep duplicate digital images, which have been getting larger with technical advances. So, having a 1.5 TB storage drive was necessary. So far, it has met my expectations. It is faster than the last one I had and I suspect it will be quite a while before I fill it.
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