I have read on some other website that this drive does not support ERC. Can any owner confirm?
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I investigated this and the drive accepts "smartctl -l scterc,70,70" and echoes back the values properly after "smartctl -l scterc". I was unable to get the setting to be preserved across power cycles, so it would have to be repeated on each boot. I did not absolutely prove that the setting definitely has the desired effect, but the tentative presumption is that it does. I am using ZFS, so I do not really need this feature and am not using it.
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The drive seems to be protected against taking any other content, and there's no way to move content from the drive to a friendlier one where purchased movies (from any source) could be stored.. Tell me if I'm wrong. Basically, the bulk of the drive is wasted space.
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I have been loking around for an external drive, and I've noticed they all fail! IMO the best way to gois to have 2 of the drives and do a periodic copy of each to each. I have a free agent on my mac and it has been working perfectly, but I am looking for a drive to back up between a PC and a mac. Two cheap drives may be more reliable than a single more expensive, since they all fail and you cant "pay out" of the uncertainty. Change that: Buy two expensive hard drives and dont even fool with the Seagates..
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B. Meerdink, neither of the two information you brought are backed by the links you posted.I've been searching the internet for the same info D. Wong wants, I'm about sure there is no document on WD's website that will state which is the internal drive interface of "My Passport Essential" products. This is something only reviewers who have opened their "My Passport Essential" drives can tell us. Do you happen to own one of those? Have you opened it up?? Has anyone out there?
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not all drives are supported,recommend downloading the manual.I followed neweggs "to manufactures site" to get it.
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Will the RAID work? Sure. This is handled by the card itself. You just have to make sure you're using the proper drivers.Will the filesystem itself work across operating systems? Maybe. ExFAT, FAT, and NTFS have support on Windows, OSX, and Linux. More cutting edge filesystems like BTRFS are limited to Linux.
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I received this 4 days ago and have been unable to get my emac g4 running 10.4.10 (with the latest complete updates) to see the drive in Disk Utility... However, System Profiler knows it's there. LaCie support has been very good via email and we're working through it. Reading the forums it sounds as either it's a hardware issue or a formatting issue.
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I didn't find any security software on the drive and didn't have any problems copying any data to the drive. if you are having problems transferring data to the drive I suggest contacting Mushkin.
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Frankly I have found NO external drive either desktop or portable that have been particularly easy to work with and customer service of all (WD, Seagate, or Toshiba) either don't reply period or if they do it's gooble-de-gook. Seems as though that the hardware is perfectly capable of storing data but retrieving it is another question. The software is totally, absurdly complex. (Ditto thumb drives with password protected sectors. Impossible!) IT folks decry the fact that no one bothers to back up anything. Guess why?
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I have the Seagate 2tb and I also run Windows 7 and it just asked me to upload an out of date app but it works. That's all I can tell you.
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The drive itself isn't. But the software being used with it might be blocking it. I would check the regional settings in the software.
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effortlessly is relative...can you transfer the data and O/S? or is this as a secondary drive? Your mileage may vary!
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I installed the drive for a friend. Most PCs with an accompanying drive which won't write to a particular disc are suffering from some type of file corruption. In the past, when installing a drive to replace an original drive, I've always synced the installation with a reformat to assure proper operation. Unless you're one who maintains a corrupt free operating system (I haven't met many), it's a good rule to follow.
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I could be wrong, but it doesn't appear so. Check out this discussion:http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1631920/party-hard-drives-server-warranties.html
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I just checked www.wdc.com Typed in Serial Number from drive I received. Answer from WD: "The warranty for this product has expired. The product is not eligible for replacement. If you need technical assistance, please send us email." So either Seller is warranting this drive OR NO ONE IS!!! I, for one, would like to hear from the seller on this matter!
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hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).
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WD says that greens will work and nothing else. I have a feeling that has to do with the lower power consumption. I have heard horror stories about green drives and WD software has said my drives have gone bad, but the drives read and write just fine. I love the raid setup and dont know why anyone else hasn't continued this setup at this price point ( I bought mine used for a little less than $100)