LaCie 1TB Rugged Mini USB 3.0 Portable Drive

Bought for use as a travel backup drive. The rubberised protection and solid metal construction inspire confidence that the drive is much less likely to be damaged if dropped. It is rather slow when compared to the data rate you’d get from a full size 3.5” hdd. But that’s to be expected with a small hdd such as this. An SSD would be significantly faster, but also cost 4x as much.

I have used a Seagate backup drive for years to backup photos and pertinent files. That old Seagate requires 2 USB connections and does not have auto-backup capability. That is why I went with these. They are from Seagate (correct me if I am wrong), only require one USB connection each, are larger capacity than what I have and have auto-backup. I ordered two 2 TB because I didn't need anything larger and I wanted 2 backup drives that were good on portability. I received them and registered them through the setup. It was NOT intuitive to me, and it wasn't really explained in the process, that I needed to download the Genie software during that registration/setup process to run the backup. I couldn't seem to go back to that download during the first one's registration ... MoreI have used a Seagate backup drive for years to backup photos and pertinent files. That old Seagate requires 2 USB connections and does not have auto-backup capability. That is why I went with these. They are from Seagate (correct me if I am wrong), only require one USB connection each, are larger capacity than what I have and have auto-backup. I ordered two 2 TB because I didn't need anything larger and I wanted 2 backup drives that were good on portability. I received them and registered them through the setup. It was NOT intuitive to me, and it wasn't really explained in the process, that I needed to download the Genie software during that registration/setup process to run the backup. I couldn't seem to go back to that download during the first one's registration but I did decide to download it on the 2nd one. I started the backup and could see that the backup was occurring and could see when it finished. However, I could not locate the files that were backed up. I spent multi emails with the LaCie help support to find them. After about 4 emails and no success I finally asked them to elevate this before I wiped them clean and returned them both. I then received an email telling me to call. I happened to get a very patient and sharp young lady who worked with me. The backed up files go into a file that is named nothing that I would have drilled down....and which wasn't suggested through the email support process. She led me along and I finally found my files, renamed the file under which they were located and all was well. I told her about not downloading the Genie software but for one drive and that is when I learned that the Genie software would only recognize one drive no matter how many times I downloaded it. For the 2nd LaCie drive backup, she led me to the backup process in Windows 10 so that now I can use both LaCie drives.....and not return either. I hope this helps others who have the limited knowledge of this as I.

I have a couple of LaCie 2TB hard drives. They are fast and rugged as advertised but have one major flaw and that is a poor, loose/sloppy connection between the cable and the hard drive. A small movement will cause the hard drive to disconnect or simply not work properly as in showing folders with content to be empty. My concern is that over time that connection will get worse. Seems a shame that the makers of an otherwise good product don't put a little more care into the hardware that connects the hard drive to a computer.