Lacie ethernet disk 1TB makes sound and not start properly

Be sure to install any drivers or software that may have came with the drive.

Check My Computer, to see if it detected.
Try it in another USB Port.

damnor01

The irregular clicking or chunking sound usually indicates that your hard drive is suffering from physical damage. immediately backup your data, your hard disk will die soon.

This problem can be caused by the following:

• Head Crash
• Bad Sectors
• Mechanical Faults

If your hard disk is under warranty then you contact your manufacturer.
Hard disk drive occasionally produces a whirring sound when it searches for a file which is heavily fragmented. This is caused by the spinning platters as the read-write heads zoom back and forth to access the sectors where the data is stored. It is important to distinguish the whirling sound from the clicking sound. This whirring sound can be reduced by periodically defragmenting your hard drive. Defragmenting reorganizes the scattered data on the hard drive to make files and programs run faster. It relocates the commonly accessed files to the beginning of the hard disk where data can load at a faster rate.

Hello,
your drive suffered a head crash and the only way to get the data from it now is with a Data recovery center. If you do not need the data and your drive is under warranty, contact LaCie to get a replacement.
Regards,

Hello,
the first step will be to verify your power supply. When it is plugged to the wall power outlet, it should be silent (no hissing or high pitch noise) and the green light should be on on the power supply.. If it is not the case, replacing it might solve your problems.
Second step is to verify if it is an interface problem. Try using a different port on the drive.
If no success, start Disk Utility and look to the left if you have any mention of a drive of 1TB. If you do, the partition of your drive might be corrupted. You can try running First Aid from Disk utility if its available, else you will need to try a partition repair software or a Data recovery program.
There are a few available that you can get a free copy to see if the data is available before you buy.
Regards,

Connect the LACIE.
Click Start
Right-click My Computer
Click Manage
Expand the Storage branch of the tree
Click Disk Management (local)
Does it show a bar-graph for the LACIE?
What do you see?

The '1TB' device is 10 to a large power.
The '930GB' is 2 to a much-larger power.

Since '1GB' is 1,073,741,824 bytes,
multiplying 930 times 1,073,741,824 is equal to 1TB.

So, your device is 100% empty -- all 930GB are "free" space.

The interface board, inside the case, has failed. If the drive is in warranty you will have to take it back. If not open up the case and try another caddy.

ya .. put it for replacement and u get a new one for free .. just dont tell them u dropped it

I had the same problem twice, but it was the power adapters each time that were causing the problem. It wasn't the unit itself. Lacie replaced the power adapters and it worked fine.

Please reinstal the your operating system with drivers