Netgear SC101 Storage Central - AVOID - Don't buy this product !! (Netgear SC101 Storage Central)

Name: Alpha UK

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Product:	Netgear SC101 Storage Central
Date:	06.05.07 (144 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: NONE !!

Disadvantages: A waste of money - and not worth the time and effort trying to get it to work !!

It just does NOT work.
Don't touch this product, look on Ebay and see how many are for sale.
One thing they don't mention in the adverts is that this device uses its own filing system.
If the device fails you cannot take the drives out and pop them into you PC - your PC just would not recognise them.
Unless you have a spare device, if you value your data, you would have to buy another - in other words - YOU'RE HOOKED !!!
It is not compatible with some firewalls such as Zone Alarm.
I wasted two weekends trying to get this device working.
It installed okay, and it managed to update its firmware and software.I then managed to copy 129 GB to the device,which it did ever so slowly (took over A DAY to complete).
Once I had rebooted, despite all my efforts, uninstalling, (even the uninstall program crashed - causing a reboot) and re-installing, my computer never "saw" the drives again.
Netgear support were appalling.
Firstly, merely quoting paragraphs from their knowledgebase, wasn't much help.
After two weeks of emails, all help dried up, they eventually just ignored my case.

Summary: GARBAGE !! DON'T TOUCH IT !!