My lacie J 160 GB external hard drive wil no longer boot up. It will power up and then sometimes you'll here the PC make a sound as if its connected but the PC will won't show it. I have to turn the Lace off and on about 50 times before I can get it to work and then it will only stay for about 1 minute. Please help, I have a lot of family photos on there that I would like to copy over to a new hard drive.
I turned off my drive though I left it in place hooked up to an old mac computer for about three weeks. When I turned it back on it is no longer recognized. I hooked it up to my new computer (which is a newer Mac with Lacie recognition software) and it also is not seen. Changed the cable and nothing. I have had it for about two years and had no problems until now. I need some stuff I have on it so i really need to bring the thing back. I turned off my drive though I left it in place hooked up to an old mac computer for about three weeks. When I turned it back on it is no longer recognized. I hooked it up to my new computer (which is a newer Mac with Lacie recognition software) and it also is not seen. Changed the cable and nothing. I have had it for about two years and had no problems until now. I need some stuff I have on it so i really need to bring the thing back.
AnonymousApr 09, 2008
Hard drive icon appears on my desk top but will not boot up. Has been working perfectly for monthe since first puchasedHard drive icon appears on my desk top but will not boot up. Has been working perfectly for monthe since first puchased
Can see drive, but keeps saying I don't have sufficient power. I cannot see any of the files.Can see drive, but keeps saying I don't have sufficient power. I cannot see any of the files.
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Re: Hard drive problems
This model appears to have a high failure rate in consumer reviews, so it may have physical damage on the disk. Only a re-format of the drive will isolate the bad sectors that won't hold data.
Try re-mounting your drive after a fresh re-boot of your computer.
If the drive came with the manufacture's software to allow it to communicate with your computer, then try removing this software from your system and re-installing it again. This will repair a corrupt driver or I/O device.
Try using the drive with a new or different firewire cable. Other users have reported this drive working again after replacing the cable.
You might not be able to initialize or partition the hard drive on this PC. This may require you to partition and format the drive on a different computer.
It's possible that you may need to re-format the drive before it will work again.
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Check your BIOS > StartUp sequence Maybe the USB boot option has much higher priority that HDD boot. Try exchanging their priority and then reboot, with your external HD connected to pc.
Do you have a CD disc software installer of your external hard drive (F.A. Porshe 160GB).? If you got it, you must reinstall it, so that your Imac can detect it. Otherwise, find it at the internet and download it. The power failure could have damage some stored data about your External Hard Drive in your Imac. That's why, you have to reinstall it. Send us your e-mail comments for us.
You can carefully pry the bottom off with a screwdriver and remove the drive. No problem using a "USB to IDE/SATA cable" ( Here's the first hit on Google: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002 Worth $20. ) to copy off your data. Or you could mount in your desktop PC.
Hi Katya!
There are several possible causes for this. You didn't specify if you're running Windows or Mac so I apologize in advance if some of the information I provide does not apply.
If the above solutions don't solve your problem, you may try uninstalling the device and reinstalling it. This should clear any communications errors it may have
I do hope I was able to solve your issue. I wish you the best of luck.
Greg
Try unplugging the usb connector and plugging it back in. Your pc shouls recognize the installed component automatically. Also, some external hard drives work like normal pc's do: hold the power button in longer until something happens. Hope this helps.
I just worked through this same issue with LaCie tech support and they fixed it- it was a bad power supply. Fortunately I had another LaCie drive and when I plugged the power supply from that one in to the "misbehaving" drive, everything booted up fine.
I turned off my drive though I left it in place hooked up to an old mac computer for about three weeks. When I turned it back on it is no longer recognized. I hooked it up to my new computer (which is a newer Mac with Lacie recognition software) and it also is not seen. Changed the cable and nothing. I have had it for about two years and had no problems until now. I need some stuff I have on it so i really need to bring the thing back.
Hard drive icon appears on my desk top but will not boot up. Has been working perfectly for monthe since first puchased
Can see drive, but keeps saying I don't have sufficient power. I cannot see any of the files.
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