la cie big disk extreme is 'read only'!

ok I got it on ebay, maybe shouldn't have but this seller takes returns. I plug the thing into my G5 and while it shows up on desktop, can't drag anything onto it "the item [filename] cannot be moved because "LaCie" cannot be modified"

anybody know what the heck is going on here?

Is it formatted to NTFS? NTFS is a windows file system and is read-only for macs. The drive should be formatted to Mac OS extended.



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LaCie + Ebay = Oy Vey

Seriously...you have to wipe & reformat my friend in Disk Utility.

When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

Better still, just return the thing and get a G-Tech or Seagate.


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> Seriously...you have to wipe & reformat my friend in Disk Utility.

Your friend is a hard disk!?



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yikes G tech prices start at 4x what I paid!e

not sure if I can even reformat, the seller said that it was working with a mac, now says "well it's not mine it's my friends" ,. . .

anyway for reformatting do I pick "mac os extended" plain or "journaled" or "case sensitive/case sensitive journaled"? I guess just os extended is fine eh? anyway just kinda did it and...

yes files will copy to it now....

I suppose I will partition too... but do tell me if you think "journaled" is a good idea

"Journaled" generally isn't a good idea for media drives. If you're only using the drive for storage, it's alright. You can toggle them on/off later.

Case sensitive? I don't think you want that.

Last thing, is that, depending on what you are doing, you might find better drives (and RAIDed ones) to be worth the bang for buck.



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oh well this one is firewire at least... I will just like get a better one next time rather than go to the trouble to return, I think this one is ok for now, btu I will be needing another before too long...

thanks all!

Ok Chris but don't rely on it... and keep it cool (really cool) and less than 80% full - seriously!



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oh well this one is firewire at least... I will just like get a better one next time rather than go to the trouble to return, I think this one is ok for now

Famous last words...

You get what you pay for in the end every time. There's no FAN in there, man! It should be against the law to sell HD Enclosures without fans. That's like selling OVENS without DOORS. Good luck, Chris. Better order another one just in case yours starts clicking the "click-'O-death". You will recognize the symptoms...loud rhythmic HD clicking followed by the HD not showing up on the desktop.

Viva LaCie!!

When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

Let me also add to the list of "careful LaCie drive handling instructions":

Don't move it. Ever. These are not good drives to carry back and forth from one facility to another. Keep it stationary, well ventilated, and thoroughly backed up, and you'll be at less risk of failure.

G-Raid, I must admit, are worth the price - both for performance and reliability. My 1TB drive works like a champ, I just wish it didn't enter sleep mode so quickly.

> I just wish it didn't enter sleep mode so quickly.

Media drives should never go to sleep. They freeze up systems and disconnect media. System preferences, under "Energy saver" uncheck the boxes and push all sliders to "never"



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> yikes G tech prices start at 4x what I paid!

There's a reason for that. So the question you have to ask yourself is: "Do I feel lucky?" My directing partner, fully informed by me of the evils of Lacie, put some media from P2 cards (the cards had to be wiped immediately -- they belonged to an institution) onto his Lacie for about two hours, two weeks ago. The f*&^ing thing chose that day to die, and he lost a whole day's shoot before he could even mount the thing for long enough to do a backup. Half a night, that's all it took for his shoot to go down the drain.

So before you go into the mentality of saying "Oh, it's working fine for now", ask yourself how much your media, time, creativity and your crew's manpower are worth.


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"The f*&^ing thing chose that day to die, and he lost a whole day's shoot before he could even mount the thing for long enough to do a backup. So before you go into the mentality of saying "Oh, it's working fine for now", ask yourself how much your media, time, creativity and your crew's manpower are worth."

I am so paranoid about this stuff that I take two drives to the shoot to have an immediate backup. And when I get back to the shop I make another copy and put it away. That way if one fails I am not down to only one backup which might get corrupted if the computer crashed while making another backup. Going tapeless can be pretty scary.

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> ok I got it on ebay, maybe shouldn't have but this
> seller takes returns. I plug the thing into my G5
> and while it shows up on desktop, can't drag
> anything onto it "the item cannot be moved
> because "LaCie" cannot be modified"
>
> anybody know what the heck is going on here?


Sounds like a permissions issue. You should be able to either 1) change the permissions of the drive or 2) you should be able to go ahead with the write/copy by entering in your password.

it works ok now that I used dick utility to reinitialize, had been set up for PC despite what seller said!

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it works ok now that I used dick utility to reinitialize

I'm not gonna touch that one with a 10 ft pole...

When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.

Pole?

How long?

Or is it a Spinal Tap thing where " was changed to ' ?


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