Question about LaCie (300770) 250 GB Hard Drive

LaCie d2 Quadra is inert: service/repair or buy new one?

Hi
I have a LaCie D2 Quadra that i use to back up my new imac (running snow leopard) that I bought 3 months ago. Been fine so far, backing it up on time machine, but today I noticed that on July 1st it stopped working (e.g. time machine indicates this as the last time it was backed up). I tried rebooting, switching it on an off but the LaCie is inert (I can't see the icon on my desktop, and time machine tells me it's not connected. I have no power light on the LaCie, even though the power cable has a green light flashing on it.
Is it dead and the HD has crashed? Is it worth getting serviced or just buying a new one?
Thanks,
Simon

1 Answer

Anonymous

Level 2:

An expert who has achieved level 2 by getting 100 points

MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.

Governor:

An expert whose answer got voted for 20 times.

New Friend:

An expert that has 1 follower.
Expert
76 Answers

Check with LaCie's support site at http://www.lacie.com/us/support/ and it's a good idea that you write down the serial number of your external disk.

Posted on Jul 09, 2010

Add Your Answer

Upload

Upload an image from your computer

Uploading: 0%

my-video-file.mp4

Complete. Click "Add" to insert your video. Add

Loading...

Include an image. It's worth a thousand words.

prev next

Related Questions:

1 Answer

My Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion does not recognise My Lacie D2 Quadra V2 (301442a) after upgrade from Snow leopard

Here's a good start.

Plug your Lacie drive into someone else Mac or PC using MacDrive Pro and see if it shows up.

Dec 02, 2017 | Computers & Internet

1 Answer

Lacie d2 Quadra Ejects Itself

I've had issues with the lacie mini power supply before. I can cause some wierd issues. Unfortunately, it isn't the cheapest thing to replace but that's probably the best place to look first.

Oct 16, 2012 | LaCie 1TB D2 Quadra eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire...

1 Answer

My Lacie Hard Drive only shows 9.99 mb capacity. and its a 2TB LaCie d2 Quadra v2.1 7200RPM U. It was just repaired by Lacie. Where's all the storage?

Please explain what you mean? When you plug in the drive it recognizes the drive but the size is showing to be extremely small?

Please let me know so I can help further.

Thanks!
EJ

Aug 05, 2011 | LaCie 2TB d2 Quadra Hard Disk v21

1 Answer

LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive will not mount. Little green light on the power cord blinks. I unplug it from the back of the external hard drive and it turns solid green. Tried a...

what os do you have

Mar 03, 2011 | LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard...

1 Answer

I am trying to set up the LaCie d2 quadra. I follow the steps in the manual but nothing is loading to My Computer.

Hello,
you will need to go in Disk Management and format the drive first then it will be available in My Computer.
Regards,

Dec 30, 2010 | LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard...

1 Answer

Blu light flashing

This is most probably a faulty power cable, a common fault on La Cie apparently. Another cable got my disk working fine!

Nov 12, 2008 | LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard...

1 Answer

Problem with LaCie 500 GB d2 Quandraq

Contact Lacie support for a new power supply. I had the same problem, contacted Lacie support, they sent me a new power supply with power cord and all is well now.

Sep 22, 2008 | LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard...

3 Answers

Drive not showing up on my desktop

i'm not sure i can solve this problem--which started for me tonight as well with my lacie d2 quadra 500 gb--but i can share a possible explanation i've found online: apparently, they have lots of problems with their power supplies. see if the power adapter (the black brick) is making a hissing sound, or if there is a ticking sound coming from the drive itself. i have both these sounds. i am hoping all my data is safe and that my i.t dept. will be able to fix it with a new power supply on monday.

Sep 21, 2008 | LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard...

2 Answers

How to format the LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra for Windows XP??

This way it should work...
Connect your drive to the computer...
Go to: Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer management.
A new window will appear...
Select Storage > Disk management on the left of the window.
Now you will see the different drives that are connected or part of your system.
One of the drives listed there is your LaCie, i think you'll recognize it by name...
Right-click on it, and select 'format'
In the new window, select the new volume label (as you like it), the file system (use NTFS), and set allocation unit size to default.
Make sure 'Perform a quick format' is not checked...

Then click OK. Your drive will be formatted now... Don't interrupt the process

Mar 31, 2008 | LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard...

1 Answer