Hey Mick,

I can´t recommend Lacie enough! I´ve had my 1 TB external Lacie for 3 years now. I take it all over the place, use it while I´m working on Cruise ships pretty much all over the world. I haven´t had 1 issue, ever. I´ve heard of lots of other musicians who have had issues with Western Digital drives. Seagate is also good, in fact, I´m not sure if this is true, but I´ve heard that Lacie uses Seagate drives and their own enclosure.

Having said that, I´m reading now where a lot of Music pros are starting to use SSD drives. What I´m hearing is that because there is no spinning platter, your data is much safer. The down side right now is cost, although that too is set to change soon.

My last advice: Multiple copies of your Back Ups!!! I´ve learned the hard way.

Help this helps,
Ed
Acapulco