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Netgear SC101
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  • Quality1.5 stars
  • Value for Money1.5 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings1.2 stars
  • Overall Rating1.2 stars

 

26 Reviews For Netgear SC101

  • Guest 29th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: Great unit for sharing data in the home.
    Upgrade to new firmware before use.


    Bad Points: You need to upgrade to new firmware before use..


    General comments: Fast way to share data in the home.
    MUST use new firmware from Netgear site in the "downloads" section.
    I have not had a problem since this upgrade.
    Very good unit.

  • Guest 24th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Cheap but as almost allways, you get what u pay for. Unstable, some times one of the computers in my network wouldn't map the drive (probably software problem but theres no update avalable).
    Problem when setting up the disks upon installation.
    I don't like the whole ide whith the software mapping technique. I rather use some FTP program instead.

  • brookesm 11th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    Cant take disks out and use them anywhere else if you experience a hardware fault. Software updates nag every time starting management interface, then often unable to connect to web site to update. I bought one of these when they were introduced and the software on the supplied CD simply didn't work. After attempting convesation with far eastern call centre learnt that updated software and drivers were required from Netgear web site. How a company like Netgear, who generally produce very good ki ...

  • jbragonier 2nd Sep 2008

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    I can't recommend this Netgear product due to my experience with this SC101 and hours of lost effort, first to see the unit from my computers, then trying to get into the unit to restore backed up but unavailable data to machines on my LAN.
    I have twenty years plus of experience with Windows and am still a novice -- well protected from practical solutions by proprietary software that doesn't work -- and can't be fixed?
    I'd be tickled to have someone prove me wrong... But then, again, what's a y ...

  • mikekoi Rank: Lance Corporal 20th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    This devices performance is the opposite to my reason for purchase. I wanted a reliable network systems back up device. I got an extremely flaky unreliable but attractive space heater. I would firmly recommend a USB interface for the home user. As a reasonable network attached storage device is just NOT offered here. I personally do not recommend the Netgear SC101.

  • Guest 19th Jul 2008

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    I bought NetGear SC101 two years ago after reading about cost effective NAS storage devices.

    After installation of two 250gb disk drives and connecting the SC101 storage to the home network, I started storing family photos, music and video on the device.

    Several weeks later the SC101 refused to map the drives and after numerous attempts to find a solution on the web I gave up to my disappointment.

    Recently, to my embarrassment, my wife asked me about family photos. I decided to give credit t ...

  • Guest 19th May 2008

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    None whatsoever. Highly problematic for me... do not recommend
    Netgear SC101. Highly unreliable in my opinion, over time loses config, meaning you lose your data. Windows Vista uninstall causes BSOD. No known fix (affects the SCSI drivers, causing boot errors). Therefore I do not recommend this SAN.

  • Guest 1st May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    This device is not worth the money I spent for me due to my experience. Windows Only. Attempting to install the magic SCSI driver on either on my Windows XP Pro Machines causes a Blue Screen of Death and a safe-mode reboot to remove the driver. After borrowing an XP Home Laptop I goto the Software Manager but have been unable to create a partition. Do not recommend Netgear SC101!

  • Guest 9th Mar 2008

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    After a year it is pretty hard to find anything good to say about the SC101. If it worked it would have many good points, but if it doesn't all you've got is an expensive paperweight.

    Pretty surprising for Netgear, I usually like their stuff.

    I have 450gb, of which I can see - today - 170GB. The rest is away with the fairies - like whoever signed this off for release to an unsuspecting public. I continually need to reset, re-install, re-attach something. Perhaps sacrificing a chicken over it w ...

  • Johnain 17th Feb 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    Do not under ant circumstances buy this product unless you are a techie with lots of spare time on you hands who likes a challenge.

  • richardartes 28th Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I am very unhappy with the Netgear SC101. Relies too heavily on a standard windows system, which I don't have (I don't log in with Administrator rights). Doesn't work with Vista. Do I need to go on?
    I would recommend to try another product.

  • dhackett Rank: Corporal 25th Nov 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Oh dear. This is where it starts to go wrong. The system has been generally stable since installation, with only minor hiccups. It lost the mirror once and I had to rebuild it, my laptops occasionally have problems connecting over a wifi link and one of my desktop systems lost it altogether which necessitated a re installation of the software, but overall, reasonably well-behaved.

    HOWEVER, a little while ago, the SC101 itself died. I assume all the data on the mirrored disks was still intact ...

  • laayre Rank: Lance Corporal 3rd Sep 2007

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    Could someone tell me where can I get the software for this device for Windows? PLEASE?!

  • alpha uk Rank: Lance Corporal 6th May 2007

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    I wasted two weekends trying to get this device working.
    The Netgear SC101 installed okay, and it managed to update its firmware and software. I then managed to copy 129 GB to the device (which took over A DAY to complete).
    Once I had rebooted, despite all my efforts, uninstalling, (even the uninstall program crashed - causing a reboot), my computer never "saw" the drives again.
    Netgear support were appalling. Firstly, merely quoting paragraphs from their knowledgebase, wasn't much help.
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  • ninja396 10th Mar 2007

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    Product Is not fit for purpose. Save your money and buy a a proper NAS storage solution.
    It is in fact a total waste of your money and the time it took to design it.

  • velledriver 3rd Feb 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    AWFUL, SLOW customer service - I wouldn't recommend the Netgear SC101 to my worst enemy - see above.

  • simplelife 2nd Dec 2006

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    If it worked the Netgear SC101 would be a great product.
    Unfortunately, it doesn't, and because it sits in the middle of a network, interfaces to PC's, involves firewalls, and third party drives, Netgear have multiple excuses for problems.

    Their support is snail pace - maximum of one response per working day, which on many occasions is to ask you just another question, or more frustratingly, to tell you they are passing the problem on to someone else. The next one - you guessed it - probably ...

  • rdysan 24th Oct 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I concur with a couple of reviews here - I am very disappointed with this unit. Although it has not failed, per se, it is very slow to get recognised by my PC, pretty slow transferring files, still goes offline and has to be rebooted, despite installing the "stay alive" fix, and - most disturbingly for me - I don't trust it if something gets corrupted, as you cannot just pull out the HDD's and shove them in another unit. The Netgear SC101 could have been really good, but the software really le ...

  • Gilbertworld Rank: Corporal 22nd Oct 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I bought this item over 5 months ago, and I have finally given up on it.

    I have been 'communicating' with Netgear via their online support service for all this time, and the upshot of my problem is that although my laptop works perfectly with it, the two PC's I was hoping to use with it too will not transfer even the smallest of files without a file corrupted message.

    Netgear tell me that this is 'probably' because I use an Ethernet wireless bridge instead of an internal wireless network ...

  • bobadamson Rank: Lance Corporal 21st Aug 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Setting up:
    After installing 2 250Gb hard drives it took less than 5 minutes to install the Netgear SC101 software, partition the drives and get the whole lot running on the first PC. Make sure that you allow the software to download the latest version from the net, as this avoids the problems with earlier CD software. Setting up other PC's took only a minute or 2. Read the manual first, but this could hardly be more simple.

    Using:
    I allocated the same drive letters (Y: and Z: in my case) o ...