>>> One of my 200Gb D2 drives failed in April. >>> >>> The 200Gb drives have a 0.5% failure rate according to laCie >>> >>> >>> >> >> A bit late coming to this thread as I've been away ... but my external >> 180GB >> LaCie HD just crashed a short while ago. It cannot be 'mounted', all I >> get >> is asked whether to initialize it or not (and lose all my backed up >> data). >> >> How do I go about recovering the data from it? And can it be used >> again (and >> be relied on!) if it's re-initialized? >> >> Oh dear ... hope I haven't lost all that's on it. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> Tariq
I had this trouble with a 120gb Lacie firewire drive which could note be mounted The problem was that the drive was not secured properly in the drive casing, this then obviously caused physical damage to the disc. Lacie did replace it though works fine now. i found this out by picking the thing up and hearing it rattle or clunk when I tried to reconnect the FW cables....! Don't recommend that you try to shake the thing about, but...if you pick it up and rotate the case, see if it clunks (the sound of the drive hitting the inside of the casing).... Also had FW cable trouble with one cable supplied, so try replacing the cable to see if this was the problem. Andy -- Andy Johnstone Photography Member of the Association of Photographers (UK) =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
