Title: sleepy drive
Review: I bought this drive for photo/data storage but also as an media drive for recording music/video. I spend a lot of time working and saving, and this drive goes to sleep and takes 10 seconds to wake up. Sometimes it hangs longer when I'm trying to record audio with Gigastudio, whether I'm using the USB2 or Firewire connection. I emailed Seagate tech support, and this was the response: "Unfortunately Seagate drives have a sleep function built into them that is set for between 5-15min of not being in use. There is also no way to remove this function." So now I know. I researched this drive before buying, and I saw nothing about this in the literature. I will definitely purchase a different brand next time.
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