LOTR

I am somewhat surprised about the experience you have had with Lacie 160GB external drive, as I have said in the past, I use one of these too. I bought mine back in April 2004 and I have never had a days trouble with it.

I will admit that my usage of this equipment is different to yours, I use my drive as a storage and LW sharing facilitator and I can't say that I have any "computer slowing down" problems. I also play my film clips and some of my music files from this drive and again I don't have the problems you are having.

I can only presume that you, as a musician, may have pushed this device beyond it's design parameters. I say this because I know, without knowing the intricate detail, that they have specialised computer equipment specially designed for use by musicians. This equipment is far more robust and constructed for silent running, i.e. recording studio use, and is therefore much more expensive than items designed for domestic use.

LOTR, I know you are a very experienced person when it comes to computer equipment and the stuff you don't know about you have the skill to research into. Therefore, I would suggest that you trust your professional work to "musician grade" equipment only, which is designed to take the kinds of stresses and strains a musician will put on it.



UK Bob

PS. I use the USB version.

PPS. Sorry about your experience with this product my experience with it has been excellent.