who exactly makes the drive inside. I hope it might not be Seagate.
1183013
Lecie doesn't make any hard drives. They make enclosures and software. Usually, it's a Western Digital drive inside.
1183014
I have the LaCie drive and understand they make their own drives (not Seagate). I am using as the backup with Time Machine for my MacbookPro and have been very pleased. It is quiet and efficient and I would recommend. In addition, it can be partitioned in case you operated in both a Windows and OS 10 environment.
1183015
Seagate bought controlling interest in LaCie in 2012. Since that time these units use Seagate drives. This can be confirmed on Windows by looking at the drive properties... you can see precisely what drive make and model it is. I show what drive model mine has in my product review. I would consider user ratings of this product above any general bias towards particular makes of drives since it either works or it doesn't as a package.
1279694
I am having this problem as we speak. Seagate just finished telling me that they believe the power supply is dead, and the warranty department says we need a new one. Unfortunately, they don't have any in stock, and they "don't know" when they will have then again... maybe a month, maybe more. What the HELL am I supposed to do to access my data until then? DO NOT buy this stupid thing. I had maybe 10 hours of use on the power supply before it died. Seagate told me immediately that the problem was the power supply, so they absolutely know this is an issue. GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
1528592
HP does not make the physical hard disk drives; the same goes with many other brands. They just take a drive from a manufacturer (WD, Seagate, etc.) and form the enclosure around it and add their brandname. Based on the model: WDBACZ0010BBK, I'd say it's pretty safe to assume the physical drive inside is Western Digital.
519993
Don't know, but the vendor is willing to work with you. Besides it is a brand new hard drive and I haven't had any problems.
1850680
What he's asking for is to hook up the drive and look at the device list where it will list out the model of the drive inside the enclosure. On a Mac, check Apple menu -> About this Mac -> More Info... -> System report -> Storage -> look under "Physical Drive". On Windows, probably in the Device Manager somewhere.
862164
I don't know the actual manufacturer and I don't know how to determine that without removing the drive from the case. I do know that there has been a change in the disc description. I have a number of older drives and they are identified as "Fantom HDD Media". However, the two newest ones I got are identified as "JMicron Generic Media". That may mean nothing, but I am concerned about who makes the drives now. I sent in a request to Fantom to find out what this change means but I never got a response. Manufacturers like OWC (MacSales) are very open about the exact drives that are installed. Just for the record, I have had three hard drives crash and are totally useless - two from OWC, one from Buffalo. So, far I have had no problems with the Fantom drives but I have owned them for much less time. Unfortunately, hard drives do not last forever. Just to be sure, you need more than one backup.
1621797
It's not Toshiba. It's an odd ball. In Windows (all current versions) & Linux, it states in hardware properties that it's an Innostor Ext. HDD USB Device. Innostor is primarily a Taiwan chipset & thumb drive manufacturer. They are not well known or popular for hard drives. I would suspect they just made the chips & electronic circuitry inside, but the actual spinning drive is the cheapest generic Chinese drive they could find.
2120341
The warranty is through Fantom. They are located in Southern California. If you have an issue with your device you will need to send them your receipt of purchase and get their authorization agreeing that you are under warranty before you can send it back to them. The cost of shipping to them will be at your expense, unfortunately, especially if time is of the essence. Unlike Seagate they will not offer a replacement be sent to you to replace the drive while yours is fixed.
1621796
Honestly, I wouldn't know unless I tore it open, and even if I did, sometimes they remove the oem sticker, and put something else. The hard drive name sas Innostor Ext. HDD USB Device, though that doesn't give the internal drive, just the controller that makes it external.
15213
They REFUSE to state it! Slimy! From the WD support site: Q: "What kind of hard drive is inside a Western Digital external product?" A: "We can only guarantee drive capacity. We cannot guarantee a particular internal hard drive model, data interface, rotational speed, or cache size in the external hard drive enclosure." http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1704/p/209,488/session/L3RpbWUvMTQ0MDkyMTE3NC9zaWQvX1REbVRidm0%3D
1278223
There is no way to find out without opening the case up, which I'm not willing to do. The 2TB Buffalo that I had for only 13 months had a Western Digital Drive inside. I bought this 3TB drive to replace the dead 2TB drive.
1281850
I have no idea. I would call Seagate. They were great when I called with questions.
149745
The housing indicates that it was 'Made in the Philippines' but I am unsure of the manufacturer of the actual HDD itself, or its provenience, as was previously commented. Maybe someone wants to do some surgery on it?
1948016
None. They are Seagate 1 Terabyte Enterprise Drives. Enterprise drives are designed to last quite a bit longer MTF than a standard non-ES drive.
897716
I don't know if you can be sure, but I bought mine over 3 months ago and it is the removable drive version.
184226
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).
256047
I bought the Hewlett Packard 15k sas drive not seagate. I wish I had bought that brand though