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Originally Posted by srb
I have the same LaCie and I've found it to be a very good and reliable drive so far, no problems at all, and since it's oh so very cheap that would be my recommendation, unless you think USB2 is far too slow for moving around large amounts of files.
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It is good to hear that the LaCie is holding up in terms of reliability. It always worries me when I don't have the data backed up up to DVD yet and the drive is untested.
To be honest I don't think I have ever remotely reached the max speeds of USB2 when transferring a large amount of files. It took me about 7 hours to move 250GB from 1 USB HDD to another. If my maths is correct that gives me a speed of ~ 80Mb/s, no where near the 480 that USB2 is capable of. I wonder what could be causing the bottle neck. When I get a chance I'll try out my Maxtors over fw400 and see if I can get an improvement.