LaCie Rugged Mini 1TB Orange External Hard Drive 301558

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LaCie Rugged Mini 1TB USB 3.0 Orange External Hard Drive 301558

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301558
USB 3.0
2.5"

Product Overview
The LaCie Rugged Mini Hard Disk shares features with LaCie’s popular Rugged Hard Disk, like shock-resistance, drop-resistance, and rubber sleeve for added protection. But the Rugged Mini is also rain- and pressure-resistant—you can drive over it with a 1-ton car, and it still works!

Its small size makes it completely mobile, and its Rugged exterior provides protection against accidental drops, shock, or pressure. The Rugged Mini is the most compact member of the LaCie Rugged family, and will appeal to a wide range of users.

Target Market and Use Cases
Market: Security-minded consumers and creative professionals
Channels: CES, Office, and VAR
Suggested Industries:
• Students: Store music, video, and confidential school documents into a secure device that fits in your backpack.
• Travelers: Protect valuable data from loss, theft, or accident while on the road.
• Photographers: Small form factor and toughness is good for use in the field or to safely deliver large files to customers and partners, and encryption adds extra layer of intellectual property protection.
• Videographers: Small form factor and toughness is good for use in the field or to safely deliver large files to customers and partners, and
USB 3.0 speeds allow quick throughput.

Small Form Factor Small enough to toss in your backpack, purse, or pocket, and it’s bus-powered so you don’t need to use a power cable.
Maximum Reliability The Rugged Mini resists a host of dangers: shock, drop, rain, and pressure, ensuring you can always count on your data to make it safely to its destination.
Software-Level Protection Set up password-protected encryption and protect your confidential data from prying eyes in the case of loss, theft, or unauthorized access.
Performance Transfer files or back up your computer significantly faster than with USB 2.0. It’s even Mac-compatible thanks to the LaCie Mac USB 3.0 Driver, which improves transfer speed on your Mac (up to a 30% performance increase compared to FireWire 800).
Complete Software Suite Included LaCie Backup Assistant for automatic backup, Eco mode for 40% energy savings, and 10GB of Wuala for secure online storage.

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Model

Brand: LaCie

Series: Rugged Mini

Model: 301558

Performance

Color: Orange

Interface: USB 3.0

Capacity: 1TB; 500GB

RPM: 5400 RPM

Physical Spec

Form Factor: 2.5"

Dimensions: 5.5" x 3.5" x 0.98"

Weight: 0.66 lbs.

Features

Features: Shock-, rain-, and pressure-resistant

Password protection

USB 3.0: up to 4x faster than USB 2.0

Packaging

Package Contents: LaCie Rugged Mini USB 3.0 Hard Disk
USB 3.0 cable (USB 2.0-compatible)
Quick Install Guide
Complete Software suite: Pr (preloaded: Private-Public, Backup Assistant, Eco-Mode, Wuala Secure Online Storage

Quick Info

Warranty

Limited Warranty period (parts): 2 years
Limited Warranty period (labor): 2 years

Manufacturer Contact Info

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ravib123 3/18/2013 4:16:10 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5Rugged, Expensive, Odd Pros: Super Rugged, Self Powered, hard to lose Cons: Emergency orange isn't my favorite color. Still a spinning disk so the chance of surviving a drop is still very low. Other Thoughts: The software on this is weird, its made for a mac power user which there are very few of. It lets you partition HFS+/FAT and manage some other advanced details. In my experience very few mac users know the technical terms to use the provided software. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
aenzo 12/28/2012 9:54:54 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5 Pros: It's quiet, cool and reasonably quick. The design is solid and reassuringly easy to pack, carry or move. Cons: None so far. The capacity is relatively small nowadays, however. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
hemp 12/17/2012 3:00:12 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 2/5Bad Sectors Pros: Drive worked great for a while - until recently I would have given it 5 eggs. Cons: Three months into use, it started to develop bad sectors, eventually corrupting the virtual machine I was running off of it and causing me to have to rebuild a new VM from scratch. I recovered the drive and tried to keep using it, hoping it was a fluke, then more file corruption occurred about a week later. Other Thoughts: Drive sits, unmoved, attached via USB3 to my desktop computer most of the time. It's quiet and reasonably fast for spinning disks. If it weren't for the bad sectors... Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!