I have a 1 TB LaCie D2 Quadra Hard Drive and its power supply ** is not working right now (blinking blue light) – just when I need it. So I may be looking for a replacement. I could of-course send for another power supply – but somehow I lost trust in this product so I am looking alternate external hard drives.
I just called LaCie and their customer service was superb! and they have agreed to send a new power supply to test out. I like good customer service!
If I do get a replacement – the Seagate’s FreeAgent looks promising and reasonably priced – looks like ‘Go’ and ‘Desk’ are both varieties that work with Macs Time Machine. I am leaning towards the Desk model as it is a bit larger at 1 TB and 1.5 TB.
Update – I decided to cancel my SeaGate order after I learned that new technology (coating and electronics) enabling managing a large disks have a few problems (discovered in the Barracuda drives – but FreeAgent, I believe are made up of Barracuda drives. One problem is a firmware problem and SeaGate has come out with a fix, others are not convinced the fix is not enough because in addition to the firmware they think the new coating on the platters causes problems. One is that the coating flakes from the coating and obstructs the read/write heads – that in turn can ruin sectors that in turn aggravates the problem.
Interestingly, LaCie also includes Barracudas and that is the drive that failed for me in the first place. I will hold off a few days before deciding which disks to get – who knows I may return to SeaGate if the Firmware solution is working.
