Phil, I know what you mean. I've got a couple of Buffalo drives, too and they've been nothing but trouble. All except one of the LaCies are 'd2' drives and are plugged in and connected on a permanent basis; only being turned off at the end of a term. I wonder if that's got anything to do with them being more stable? The other one is a 'portable' drive anyway which also seems to be OK.
It does make you wonder why some people have problems and others appear to have none (or few) - very frustrating. Not much help, I know, if you're having problems; not meaning to rub salt into the wound, either! Good luck, John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Ward Sent: 10 November 2008 11:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: LaCie John, Maybe it's just me that has the curse on LaCie drives. A colleague recently came here to do some work on a project, brining all the images on a LaCie drive. We plugged it in to my Mac turned it on and...nothing. It had died. Probably best your drives aren't connected when you read this email :) Phil -- Phil Ward E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.myspace.com/philwardmusic Phil Ward is the exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. On 10 Nov 2008, at 11:20, john.hodges wrote: > > I have 6 LaCie drives (ranging from 120GB to 500GB) and all have > worked > perfectly (hope I haven't spoken too soon!!!!!). Luck of the draw, I > guess? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Phil > Ward > Sent: 10 November 2008 09:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [sussex_mug] Re: LaCie > > > LaCie strikes again. I've had nothing but bad experiences with LaCie > external drives Virginia. Every one I've owned has died - usually just > out of warrantee. I suspect yours has gone the same way as mine. > > Phil > > -- > Phil Ward > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.myspace.com/philwardmusic > > Phil Ward is the exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. > www.veilletteguitars.com > > Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. > > On 10 Nov 2008, at 09:00, Virginia wrote: > >> I have a LaCie external disk (160 gb - hardly used) which has been >> sitting in a drawer for about 2 years. Today I wanted to use it but >> it does not appear to be working : it does not show up on the >> desktop : I have tried connecting it with firewire and also USB. I >> have plugged it in and the red light is on but nothing else seems >> to be happening. Can inactivity kill these things? Or does it just >> need time to recharge? >>> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" 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/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
