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LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive (500GB)

Reviewed by

Felisa Yang

on 02/02/2007

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CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
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Quick specs
Hard drive size: 500 GB
Interface type: IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) / IEEE1394 (FireWire) / Hi-Speed USB / eSATA
Enclosure type: External
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The good: Fast performer; per-gigabyte price is good; lots of connection options; comes with backup software for Windows and Mac PCs.

The bad: Support hours are limited and customers must pay a toll for calls to support.

The bottom line: The LaCie d2 Quadra is a capacious and speedy drive, with lots of connection options.

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CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
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Reviewed by:
Felisa Yang
Reviewed on: 02/02/2007
Released on: 01/29/2007

LaCie's new d2 Quadra drive is a compact, 500GB drive designed for people who need high data transfer speeds over an eSATA connection or FireWire 800. Slower connection options--in the form of USB 2.0 and FireWire 400--are also available, so you can use it with a variety of PCs. The drive comes with backup software for both Windows and Mac users, as well. It's speedy to boot, and it's a good deal: $300 for the 500GB drive.

Drive type: External hard disk drive
Available capacities: 500GB (7,200rpm)
Capacity of test unit: 500GB
Cache: 16MB
Dimension: 6.3x6.8x1.7 (HLD in inches); 3.31 pounds
Notable design features: Blue LED on front can be programmed as a one-touch launch button; drive can be oriented vertically or horizontally or rack-mounted
Connection options: eSATA; FireWire 800 (2 ports); FireWire 400, USB 2.0
OSs supported: Windows 2000/XP or later; Mac OS 10.2.8 (OS 10.3 for eSATA) or later
Software included: LaCie 1-Click Backup software; SilverKeeper software; EMC Retrospect Express 6.1 (Mac); EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.0 (Windows)
Additional features: Three-way power switch lets you set it to on, off, or auto
Service/support: One-year warranty; toll-free phone support: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday through Friday and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT on Saturday; e-mail support via an online form; Web site has a searchable knowledge base, FAQs, downloadable drivers, and software.

In the CNET Labs' read/write tests, the d2 Quadra proved itself to be a speedy drive. Over a FireWire 800 connection, it wrote our 10GB folder of mixed file types in 6 minutes, 7 seconds and read back the same folder in 6 minutes, 41 seconds.

A front-mounted blue LED button indicates power and activity, and it can be programmed as a one-touch button to launch any application. There's also a three-way power switch that lets you manually turn the drive on and off or set it to auto so that it powers up and down with the connected PC (must be connected via USB or FireWire for this option).

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"Failed and no support from lacie"

by MURPHPHOTOG on December 23, 2009
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"VERY reliable!"

by giganova on November 6, 2009
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"Good Drives, bad enclosures, horrible power unit. Loud."

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Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 75 reviews of LaCie d2 SAFE Hard Drive from international magazines and websites and compared these to 99961 reviews for other Hard Drives. Experts rate this product 84/100 and users 72/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.

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pcworld.com

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newbie.org

Editors' rating: 100
thinkcomputers.org

Editors' rating: 100

Summary: Protecting your data is always something that is important to me and having an external hard drive with on the fly encryption and a fingerprint reader is great. Say someone wants to steal this drive, when they go and plug it into their computer it ...

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pcmag.com

Editors' rating: 70

Summary: The LaCie SAFE 500GB drive stores tons of data and helps you keep it secure from prying eyes. Its fingerprint reader gives you a reasonable level of security for a shared computer or a computer in an accessible area.

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