Thankyou Carlo and Ronni


Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad
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is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners



On 28/08/2012, at 9:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Blitto,
> 
> Lacie are known for problems with their power supply, see if you can get them 
> to replace the power supply. 
> What format is the Drive!
> 
> If there is any data on the Lacie drive I would back it up to another drive 
> as I would not trust this drive.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> On 28/08/2012, at 8:24 PM, wamug <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Blitto,
>> 
>> Because a physical shock seems to have corrected the problem it is likely a 
>> hardware problem (unless the bang on the desk was not the real reason it 
>> mounted). I would be keen to return the drive for exchange if I were you. 
>> The only problem is that the intermittent hardware problem may not manifest 
>> itself when you would like it to - that is in the store.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 28/08/2012, at 19:37, Rod Blitvich <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear WAMUGers
>>> I bought a Lacie USB portbale hard drive for school about a fortnight ago.
>>> Once or twice it seemed a little slow to mount or appear on my mac.
>>> 
>>> Today i plugged it in and it did not mount.
>>> I tried both of my USB ports, checked the cable etc etc.
>>> Dirk Utility could not se it either.
>>> I tried it on another mac - same thing.
>>> 
>>> Later i gave it a little band on the desk and guess what - it mounted!
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> Should I be worried?
>>> 
>>> ta
>>> blitto
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?
>>> 
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