So I bought a really cheap seagate drive when I first got my imac, and it turns out YGWYPF.

The damn thing sleeps every time you're not actively using making logic stop until the drives spins back up. There's no fix for it unless you're a PCer, so time to get a new drive and retire it as a back up disk.

I've always used LaCie at work, and even though they're great, they're a tad expensive for me - was wondering if anyone can advise/tell about less expensive but relaible drives they use for an Imac. Preferably firwire but can also do usb.

Thanks!!!

I use a western digital 320gb external hardrive which was bought for 109 at apple and its really good

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Originally posted by orTof�nChiLd I use a western digital 320gb external hardrive which was bought for 109 at apple and its really good

Great, that's well cheap. Thanks!!!! Have you had any issues? (like it sleeping, reliability etc.).

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Great, that's well cheap. Thanks!!!! Have you had any issues? (like it sleeping, reliability etc.).

nope it works like a charm

Why waste money on a special drive when you can just get a bog-standard hard drive and a Firewire/USB enclosure? I've never had one of those spin down either - they're subject to whatever power management rules you already have set up on the system.

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I have a Lacie too, its great.. except it does not turn itself off along with the computer, and there is no off button.

Prolly just the one i have though.

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Originally posted by Subtle I have a Lacie too, its great.. except it does not turn itself off along with the computer, and there is no off button. Prolly just the one i have though.

Mine has off, on and auto, got it last year!

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Originally posted by Pagan-za Fighting online is like winning the special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

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Originally posted by atxbigballer1 Mine has off, on and auto, got it last year!

Yeah there you go

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Originally posted by DJ RANN The damn thing sleeps every time you're not actively using

I have the same problem with my Western Digital drive. Absolute piece of shit. There's no way to disable it either. I would just get an external case and put a HDD in it.

Western Digital here. Their usb models tend to sleep a lot, but I'd rather have that than 5 lacie drives crashed with defective sectors in the last 2 years. No more lacie, no more maxtor for me. Performance isn't what matters the most. Data safety is.

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I guess nobody really payed attention to the post from Diginut, but he is right. The problem lies in power management. You can setup USB in a way, that when not used active, it will cut the power till you use it again (I believe this is the default setting).

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