looking for an external firewire drive at DVinfo.net

Stu Minnis · November 4th, 2003, 01:37 PM

I'm hoping someone can recommend an external firewire drive for use with Avid Xpress DV on a PC, at least 100G. It is to be used as the primary media drive for a colleague's documentary project.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Stu

Stylianos Moschapidakis · November 4th, 2003, 03:00 PM

I have a Lacie d2 120GB and am very happy with it. I paid about $200 almost two months ago. Recenlty Lacie introduced its new Porche FW drives so you might be able to get a d2 for less.

Richard Alvarez · November 4th, 2003, 03:03 PM

Buddy running a MAXTOR 200 gig, runs great.

Peter Moore · November 4th, 2003, 03:55 PM

I have a Maxtor 250 GB and its great except that once I got it close to full, it had a tendency to crash my entire computer. Someone told me it has to do with enormous partitions in windows xp and that I should partition it to avoid that problem. So if you get a huge drive just be aware of that potential difficulty.

Christen Bergerud · November 15th, 2003, 09:28 PM

I had a Lacie external drive, which I loved until it crashed for seemingly no reason. I asked someone else I know who has used them, and she said their Lacie drives crashed so many times that they stopped using them. She gave me some recovery software, and after a great deal of trials and tribulations I recovered some of the data on the drive. She said they had lost a great deal of irreplacable data.

She said they now use Maxtors and have had no problems.

Stylianos Moschapidakis · November 15th, 2003, 09:37 PM

Christen, what recovery software did you use? Also, was the Lacie that crashed a d2? How many GB?

November 4th, 2003, 01:37 PM	#1
Stu Minnis Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 44	looking for an external firewire drive I'm hoping someone can recommend an external firewire drive for use with Avid Xpress DV on a PC, at least 100G. It is to be used as the primary media drive for a colleague's documentary project. Any suggestions? Thanks. Stu

November 4th, 2003, 03:00 PM	#2
Stylianos Moschapidakis Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cambridge, MA/Crete, Greece Posts: 189	I have a Lacie d2 120GB and am very happy with it. I paid about $200 almost two months ago. Recenlty Lacie introduced its new Porche FW drives so you might be able to get a d2 for less. __________________ Stelios G.M.

November 15th, 2003, 09:37 PM	#6
Stylianos Moschapidakis Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cambridge, MA/Crete, Greece Posts: 189	Christen, what recovery software did you use? Also, was the Lacie that crashed a d2? How many GB? __________________ Stelios G.M.

November 4th, 2003, 03:03 PM	#3
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Buddy running a MAXTOR 200 gig, runs great.

November 4th, 2003, 03:55 PM	#4
Peter Moore Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 1,034	I have a Maxtor 250 GB and its great except that once I got it close to full, it had a tendency to crash my entire computer. Someone told me it has to do with enormous partitions in windows xp and that I should partition it to avoid that problem. So if you get a huge drive just be aware of that potential difficulty.

November 15th, 2003, 09:28 PM	#5
Christen Bergerud New Boot Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 6	I had a Lacie external drive, which I loved until it crashed for seemingly no reason. I asked someone else I know who has used them, and she said their Lacie drives crashed so many times that they stopped using them. She gave me some recovery software, and after a great deal of trials and tribulations I recovered some of the data on the drive. She said they had lost a great deal of irreplacable data. She said they now use Maxtors and have had no problems.