Lacie External Hard Drive HELP!!!! (1 Viewer)

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shezza

Well-known member

• Mar 18, 2013

• #1

Not sure if this is the right section BUT I have just plugged my Lacie into the usb on my panasonic recorder (freeview) to view some pics but nothing happened. Now when I plug the Lacie into my computer it doesn't open up!!! HELP I have mountains of stuff on it.

 

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Neil

Well-known member

• Mar 19, 2013

• #2

Try another cable.
Neil.

 

Vernon Barker

Well-known member

• Mar 20, 2013

• #3

Neil said:

Try another cable.
Neil.

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Try this company. They recovered 98% of the data from a drive which had died. They give quotes before doing the job and their prices are reasonable
http://www.kingdomdatarecovery.co.uk/

Vernon Barker

 

Mono

Hi!

Staff member

Supporter

• Mar 20, 2013

• #4

If the computer doesn't recognise it at all it is often a sign that the problem is with the control electronics rather than the disk itself. It may be possible fo mount the disk in a new caddy and all the data will stil be there.

 

kitefarrago

Well-known member

• Mar 21, 2013

• #5

Indeed, it's rather early to call in data recovery people. When you connect the drive, can you hear it spin up (or are there lights that should come on/flash)? Try different leads, try different machines. There's another hard drive thread active on this forum right now which contains a lot of info that isn't specific to the make of the device that you could try. On a Mac there's a disk utility program that would give you more information about what's going on (ie, can it detect the drive at all) - not sure what the options are for Windows.

If none of these work, then indeed, the next step is to use a new enclosure. I had a hard drive failure in a laptop (just as I was backing up the entire drive), and putting the old drive into an enclosure allowed me to pull off a lot of stuff.

Andrea

 

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shezza

Well-known member

• Mar 21, 2013

• #6

Thanks for all your replies, I have tried it on another pc also tried different cable but still nothing, although I can hear the disc.

 

Andrew Rowlands

Well-known member

• Mar 21, 2013

• #7

If we knew the model # it would help.

 

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shezza

Well-known member

• Mar 22, 2013

• #8

Cant see a model number? Just Lacie Rugged.

 

ashrich

Registered , should be certified .......

• Mar 22, 2013

• #9

Go to the start button , right click on " computer " then select " manage " double click on " storage " then the same on " disk management " , does the external disk show up there , if so what does it say ?

Ashley