Thanks Brook and I must say, I rarely did any of the
precautions you posted.
--- Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is no such thing as a truly reliable external
> firewire drive,
> sadly. Though I've had better luck with LaCies then
> with some other
> brands.
>
> Laptop users remember!
>
> TURN ON THE COMPUTER BEFORE CONNECTING THE DRIVE
> TURN ON THE DRIVE (if that's an option) BEFORE
> CONNECTING
> CONNECT AND WAIT FOR MOUNTING before launching FCP
> or whatever.
> EJECT/DISMOUNT the drive before disconnecting <<<the
> most important one
> DISCONNECT before shutting down, sleeping.
>
> And remember FW400 connectors are super super
> fragile despite their
> appearance. Plug and unplug carefully. Pull straight
> out/push straight
> in. This goes for the little camera ports too.
>
> Most drive failures come from repeated "live"
> disconnects and
> shutdowns. The next culprit in line is bent/tweaked
> firewire ports,
> then burned out firewire ports.
>
> (of course there are variations other will swear by,
> but the dismount
> before disconnect or shutdown/sleep is absolutely
> crucial to getting
> any longevity out of the drive at all).
>
> Brook
>
>
> p.s. the best advice: switch to eSATA as soon as you
> can.
>
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