Our second place winner of this years most recovered external hard drive goes to the LaCie d2
Quadra and LaCie 2big Quadra

What makes this external drive so prone to failure?

They make junk hard drives?

No

LaCie just makes boxes. The hard drives in the box can be a Seagate, Hitachi, Samsung or Western Digital.

The answer is: They stand up on your desktop.

Just like our number one failed external hard drive the Western Digital MyBook Western Digital MyBook.

Simply knocking your drive over on your desk while it is running can cause severe damage to it.

LaCie Porsche Design. Only 3 of these this year. The same hard drive goes in this box as the LaCie d2 Quadra. The only difference. These lay down on your desk. Much more difficult to knock over.

LaCie Rugged (Not so Rugged. We recovered 4 this year.)