[muglo] Re: LaCie hard-drive failure
- From: Dave Knight <dave@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:39:02 -0400
I went into the new TigerDirect store this evening and picked up a couple of
things. No Apple stuff to speak of, but lots and lots of other goodness.
Certainly lots of hard disks and enclosures.
The interrogation at the counter for name, phone number, email address and the
kid at the door checking receipts are encouragement not to rush back though...
dave
On 2010-07-23, at 5:43 PM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
> The new Tiger store might have a better selection. The only way to test one
> is to put in a known good drive. I bought my last enclosure at Factorydirect
> for $19 and it's been working continuously for 8 months. I spent the extra
> money on the LaCie it replaced expecting better durability, but was
> disappointed.
>
> On Jul 23, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the response! I think the drive is ok I replace it with a 320
>> but still have the same problem. Disk utility sees it but it doesn't mount.
>> I bought the 320 in town with the understanding that it can't be returned,
>> only exchanged if it is defective. I have a couple of other enclosures so I
>> will try it in there. I really like the looks of the d2 enclosure and would
>> be willing to buy new electronics for it but don't know were to buy them or
>> if they are even available.
>>
>> How do you test an enclosure?
>>
>> Gerhard
>> gerhardk@xxxxxxx
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Wayne Dobson <pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Bigger drive should be OK, but test the enclosure first.... I had a Lacie
>>> enclosure die on me recently.
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