G-DRIVE external storage solutions from G-Tech offer industry leading performance and are ideal for digital audio and video editing, graphic design, and high-speed data backup. G-DRIVE is also a great place to store your digital photos, MP3s and other important files that you can?t be without.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Solid Drive, Great Time Machine Backup, November 22, 2009
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djaypeeI use this drive as a Time Machine Backup. Aesthetically G drive is amazing, they have a great warranty and the drive has been very reliable thus far. Highly recommended
Drives Fail Repeatedly, Quality does not match looks., November 17, 2009
By
Pokeyzilla (WA USA)
I purchased these drives because I was looking for a "professional" grade storage solution. They are NOT a professional drive, and I have had better performance and reliability from consumer grade products. The drives unmount randomly, they do not automatically remount, they drop during file transfers or other I/O operations, and they at times remain corrupted requiring repair with hard drive recovery tools. In just a few months of light use (drives used weekly for offline archiving/backups) both drives exhibit some sort of failure within 2-3 hours of use. One drive failed completely and has been replaced. (the replacement service was slow, but they handled the issue well) It breaks my heart that these drives just don't perform relative to their beautiful design, but I can not recommend these drives to anyone. The product forums are also filled with these same type of issues, please be careful before purchasing these products.
It just works, again!, November 3, 2009
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D. PoulsonAfter the hard drive in my iMac suffered a catastrophic failure, I wanted an external drive to use for Time Machine, but wasn't impressed with Apple's Time Capsule.
This drive was easy to set up for use as a Time Machine drive, and it has proven invaluable for the recovery of files that I have deleted prematurely. It is large enough to partition for use as a scratch drive for my video editing and photography without constraining the Time Machine partition.
I like that the manufacturer is local to me and after talking with them a few times on the phone before the purchase, I am confident that if any issues arise with the drive, I won't have any problems with getting a replacement.
Bad Drive Controller - Returned Less Than 24 Hours, October 20, 2009
By
Bob (South Florida)
I received the drive yesterday afternoon. I have several G-drives 500mb. I bought this drive for the extra space.
I started copying 165 mb of data from the Mac to the new G-Drive. It took over 4 hours. In contrast, it took 20 minutes on the older 500 mb G Drives.
I called G-Technology. First, they had me reboot and power off the drive. I restarted the copy and it started fast and within 2 minutes in slowed to a crawl...another 4 hours.
I called them again this morning and they said that they had been experiencing that problem with the version before this, but not the Gen4, which is what this one is.
I have been a big fan of G-Drive, but it seems as though they have gone down. I noted several complaints online and a person on Creative Cow said he experienced the same problem.
Thank goodness I bought it on Amazon. No hassle return policy.
Terrific reliable quiet fast drive, October 6, 2009
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Ken Avent (New Market, TN USA)
This drive is just what the doctor ordered. I have 5 of these working in two locations. They are quiet and fast. I installed some of them in a Windows environment and was glad to have a Macbook Pro to format them as they come formatted for Macs with no way to format them to NTFS without a Mac.
I'm using them with FW800 interface and am extremely pleased with them. Some work very hard in an office environment as external backups to a raid set - doing updates every 10 minutes. They continue to work flawlessly and I'd recommend them to anyone.
In one case it replaced a Lacie drive and I'm delighted at the difference - especially the sound levels. I've also used WD and Maxtor external drives and there's simply no comparison in terms of quality, speed and quiet.
On my Macbook I have it set to "sleep" if it's not in use and it wakes up in about 5 seconds when needed.
I will be purchasing 2 more of these in the near future.
