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The technical support for this product is abysmal
Massively disappointed.
This drive crashed the first time I tried a back up. It kept saying I had ejected the disk improperly when I wasn't anywhere near the computer and drive at all.
It was the technical support that really was annoying. The technical support literally said:
it could be hardware, software or the cable or my computer. I sent them the crash logs and the disk utility results.
They requested a step by step accounting of what I did and to try another cable. I sent the step by step info to them.
I tried another cable. (Which is a big deal since it is a special cable that utilizes two USB ports simultaneously-not something people have laying around) I have mutliple other hard drives and computers-i just liked that idea that this was tough since I carry them around. I haven't had this problem before. I asked how could I tell if it was a software or hardware problem. I asked if this was a problem they had heard of happening with Macs.
They didn't answer that question. Instead, they suggested that I send them a step by step accounting of what I did. Uh, did that already and it apparently was irrelevant. And I was just following the quick start directions so that was what I did.
It might be that I got a bad drive and I don't want to judge the product by one bad drive but the technical service?
Abysmal.
January 2013 · Electronics · verified purchase