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The d2 Quadra is fully loaded with all the best interfaces—eSATA 3Gb/s, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0—this all-in-one professional hard disk offers universal connectivity for PC and Mac users. For easy setup, the LaCie Setup Assistant helps format your disk according to your needs. Perfect for digital content creation, audio/video editing, DVD authoring, Web animation, etc., the d2 Quadra can handle multiple demanding professional tasks. 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. With the LaCie Shortcut Button***, you can easily launch any application in one push, such as the included Genie Backup Assistant software with data restore for Windows or Intego Backup Assistant software with data restore for Mac. The unique, fanless aluminum heat sink design with 60% more surface area for heat dissipation keeps it quiet and safe. Box Contents: LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk, SATA-to-eSATA cable, FireWire 800 (9-to-9 pin) cable, FireWire 400 (6-to-6 pin) cable, USB 2.0 cable (USB 1.1 compatible), External power supply, Drive stand for upright desktop use, LaCie Setup Assistant; LaCie Utilities (preloaded) Genie Backup Assistant software with data restore for Windows 2000, XP, Vista; Intego Backup Assistant software with data restore for Mac OS X 10.4
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- Quadruple interface for full PC/Mac compatibility- Sturdy aluminum d2 heat sink and ergonomic design
- Fast burst transfer rates: up to 115MB/s** (eSATA)
- Genie and Intego Backup Assistant included
- Apple Time Machine compatible
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By davidpotter42
I am a Photographer, and i need reliable fast external hard disk space. I have settled on LaCie drives using Firewire 800 after trying many other choices. I use two 1 TB drives for my photograph database. I put everything on the first drive, and then mirror that on the second drive. And then burn backups on DVD. And then upload to my Zenfolio hosted web site, [...]. Zenfolio makes a backup copy of all my uploads. My experience with using USB hubs has been spotty. I got several chances to use my backups when drives failed on USB hubs. I use high quality Firewire cables and daisy chain the drives on my MacBook Pro. I also discovered that on Mac OS X, i must actually turn on Journaling. Even though I formatted the new drives with HFS+ with Journaling, Journaling needs to be turned on. For those who are asking "What is Journaling?" Journaling keeps a log of all disk Writes, and backs out any incomplete operations, after a system crash interrupts the system. This is a very good thing! David
By Reynaldo Tolentino (Illinois)
Casing is high quality and it is very fast. I use this with my iMac and I like how it goes to sleep mode automatically when not in use for a long time. I've used it for 2 months now and never had any problems with overheating and data loss.
By The Resident Gourmet (California)
I purchased this drive in early May of 2009 and it has been running continuously 24/7 ever since. I use this as a Time Machine backup drive for my weather station computer (Apple Macintosh 24" Intel iMAC running OSX 10.6.4) so it needs to be on all the time. In addition to this application, the other partitions are used for Time Machine backups for two other machines on our network plus a 200 GB free space partition for network storage . Transfer speeds with Firewire 800 and overall reliability have been impressive so far and with the 3 year P&L warranty, I have the piece of mind in knowing that I am covered should anything go south. So far there have been no issues and the drive runs very quiet.
One of the other external drives on our network is showing signs of problems (EZQUEST 250 GB Firewire 400), so based on the solid performance of the d2 Quadra, I decided to replace the EZQUEST with another d2 Quadra. I just finished placing my order for the second unit and decided that it was time to post a review of this product.
I generally don't give 5 star reviews as a matter of course, but based on how easy this drive was to setup with OSX and how well it has handled running continuously for over 14 months, I figured this product deserved the high score.
Based on my experience with the product, aside from those reporting a dead drive out of the box or an early failure due to a defect, I don't understand where the folks giving this a 1-2 star review are coming from. I suspect their issues with performance are the result of pilot error, or some other user induced problem. The power supply failures many seem to be complaining about could be the result of poor AC line voltage consistency at the user's location coupled with a lack of surge protection. A high quality line voltage filter or battery backup with surge protection is a must for any computer gear, as is a well ventilated environment free from excessive heat for extended periods of time. Both of these conditions can cause a power supply to fail consistently unless the problems with fluctuating AC current/voltage and ventilation are corrected.
By Robert W. Orlopp (Largo, FL USA)
Having read some very disappointing reviews of other external drives, I decided to order two of these as backup for my digital images and music. This was an excellent choice. Both drives arrived more quickly than promised; were packed well and arrived in great condition; both drives contained all cables, power supply and instructions for a quick and easy installation; software is preloaded on the drives; compatible with both Mac (which I have) and Windows; the drives formatted quickly and accurately; both run cool and very quietly; quickly mount on the desktop when powered up; file transfer speed is impressive; compatible with Firewire 400, 800, USB and eSATA.; large capacity should be useful for a long time.
These drives are not inexpensive....but why would anyone chance losing valuable data on a cheaper (perhaps) inferior product. I would purchase this brand/product again in a heartbeat....they appear to be built to deliver optimum service for a very long time.
By Steven L. Meloan
This drive is the last LaCie product I will ever buy. I bought them for my Mac because they are the main brand at Apple stores, but I am finally done with them. They work fine for as long as they work, but the quality is incredibly substandard. I'm pretty tolerant of technology, and recognize that there's the possibility of a lemon with any company or product line. But I've gone through two of these in the last two years. The most recent one, the d2 Quadra, is only about six weeks old. Out of the box, it made an ominous "thunk" noise every time the disk would engage. But in the past week, it's now begin making a low droning noise at all time, which leads me to believe it's not long for this world. I only hope it remains functional long enough to copy my data to a replacement drive.
Do not, and I repeat, do not buy these drives. I never will again. I'm tired of throwing my money down a rat hole.
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