External disk drives are great. The only problem seams to be with XP that the operating system doesn't seam to recognize more than approximately one terabyte.
Thus the total of all internal drives and external drives can not exceed one terabyte. The closer you get to a tera bight the less stable the system becomes. The external drive may simply go away right in the middle of an operation. Thus if you were to hook up two external 500 G drives and have an internal 320 or so one of the 500's will not be found. I don't know how to get around this limit. Jim James J. Hairston 8559 Birch Creek Rd. Keller Tx. 76248 H: (817) 337-4183; E-Mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Papermodels II 32811] LaCie external HD Subject: LaCie external HD Back in 2006 there was lots of chatter from list members about discs having a limited life, etc. So on 11/25/06 I purchased a LACIE 500GB D2 EXTREME USB 2.0 external hard drive recommended by a salesman at our local Mac store and service center. For me the $343.72 cost was heavy compared to regularly buying discs but it felt good having a heavy, all metal "library" to store the Beta models, monthly club meeting photos, creative writing efforts, tax info, important e-mails, etc. Last week 11/20/08 the Lacie external drive refused to appear on my desk top. I disconnected, then reconnected the unit and a message appeared "could not read disc insertion." I took the unit to the Mac sales and service center; days later I was told: The hard drive is not mounting. The hard drive is an unsupported format. There is no data on the hard drive. Service charge? Sixty dollars. For those members who may have a Lacie the only tip off I am able to offer is that I remember the Lacie was slow to respond the last two times I accessed information before the unit died. So folks, I spent $ 403.72 and lost all my work, research, and information for the past two years. My discs from 2002 are still working beautifully. Bob Penikas ************** One site has it all. Your email accounts, your social networks, and the things you love. Try the new AOL.com today!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212962939x1200825291/aol?red ir=http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp%26icid=aolcom40vanity%26ncid=emlcntaolco m00000001) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
