It says no ethernet disks available - LaCie Ethernet Disk (300788) 1000 GB Network Hard Drive

Hello Elio,

Use MySafe to back up the files stored on the Ethernet Disk mini Home to an attached USB storage device. This way, if files on the Ethernet Disk mini are damaged or accidentally deleted, you can restore them to their original locations.
There are three main steps to using MySafe,Connecting an external USB hard drive,Backing up files to the external USB hard drive,Restoring files to the Ethernet Disk mini (if necessary)
Before you can back up files, you need to connect a hard drive to your Ethernet Disk mini via the USB port on the back. Use a hard drive that is USB 2.0 compatible.
While connecting an external hard drive make sure your Ethernet Disk mini is turned on and connected to your network.Turn on the external USB hard drive.Connect the external hard drive's USB cable to the USB port on the back of the Ethernet Disk mini, just like you would connect the external hard drive to your computer.Confirm that the drive is properly connected. Log in and click on the Administer HipServ link. Click on USB External Storage under System.
To back up files, navigate to the file or folder you want to back up to the external hard drive and click on the disk icon in the "Backup" column of the file list.When you back up files to MySafe, the Ethernet Disk mini duplicates the file path in MySafe so that everything you back up is organized in MySafe just as in its original location. So, if you copy a file from MyLibrary, a MyLibrary folder will appear in MySafe, with all folders leading to the backed up file.

Always click the Safely Remove Drive button on the USB External Storage before unplugging your MySafe external hard drive. Wait for the interface to change and for the Use Drive button to appear before disconnecting the USB cable from the Ethernet Disk mini. Failure to safely remove your external hard drive before disconnecting the USB cable can cause data loss and/or damage the drive. Always use the Safely Remove Drive feature when disconnecting an external hard drive.

Hello,
the OS of the Ethernet Big disk is on the hard drives, so you did erase them. This unit should only be formatted using the administration page drive format option.
LaCie usually does not give away the OS, so your option would be to close some other Ethernet Big Disk or Ethernet Disk Mini drives unto your now formatted drives.
Regards,

if your modem has an ethernet connection the drivers should be on the disk provided by the internet provider
control panel admistrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down network adapters +expand Ethernet driver right click update driver,disable,uninstall or select properties general you can trobleshoot or driver to update,rollback or uninstall
hope this helps

do you have a router?.....yes, plug the ethernet cable from 500hd to router and ethernet cable from pc to router.........

have fun

Yes that does have and ethernet port, (1) LAN (RJ45) the (1) means one and RJ45 is the type of ethernet port.
Floppy disks aren't available in the new computers, no one uses them anyway due to USB's and external hard drives etc.

Use another computer and goto the Hp support site and download the drivers for your computer and burn them to a disk. iNSERT DISK IN YOURS AND INSTALL DRIVERS,YOU CAN THEN GO ONLINE AND GET ANY OTHER DRIVERS FROM HP YA NEED AND DOWNLOAD DIRECTLY TO YOUR PC.......

Be sure to download and install the driver for the Chipset first. The drivers for this system can be located HERE

Ethernet Driver download HERE

Hope that helps!

try booting from ubunto LIve CD (it is free OS)
it may find your hardware chipset and even u can surf the net from it

my cpu compaq evo d510 no driver for internet contoller

Re: deleting the files, did you drag the files into the trash bin and then empty it? The files don't actually leave your drive until you 'Empty Trash' on your mac's doc. Hope this helps, not sure about your startup disc problem.