Best things to do is attempt to copy all your important files to another
disk. This LaCie drive is on the way out.
Call LaCie tech support and see if the drive is replaceable under the terms
of their warranty agreement.
If not, you may be able to install a relacement hard drive yourself: given
that the warranty has expired and that you have all your data elsewhere,
opening the case and loking inside to see who made the drive and determine if
there is a compatble 3.5 inch [Standard IDE or SCSI drive] or 2.5 inch
[Laptop IDE drive] which your local PC store can supply.
Most of the USB drives have industry disks inside, if not all of them.
Once you have a new Hard Disk, then it will need to be partitioned and
frmatted under Disk Management before it is accessible under Xp.
Peter said:
Hi,
Have you tried to connect it to other PC?
Below are some Q&A from Lacie support website:
If I send a drive in for warranty repair, will I get my data back?
No. All drives are formatted as part of the repair process. You will need to
copy the data before sending it in. If the data is not accessible and you
need it, you will want to contact a data recovery company.
Before sending a drive to a data recovery company, check with the drive
manufacturer to verify that the company is authorized to perform data
recovery. If it is not an authorized company, the warranty will be voided.
We recommend DriveSavers at 800/440-1904. They are certified by all drive
manufacturers to do what is necessary to recover data from the drive.
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My drive crashed and I need my data. Do you do data recovery?
No. We are not a data recovery company. Before sending a drive to a data
recovery company, check with the drive manufacturer to verify that the
company is authorized to perform data recovery. If it is not an authorized
company, the warranty will be voided. We recommend DriveSavers at
800/440-1904. They are certified by all drive manufacturers to do what is
necessary to recover data from the drive.
My drive keeps clicking and can’t be accessed.
It could be a bad drive, defective power supply, or if it is a bus powered
drive, there may not be enough power being supplied on the bus.
Desktop drives
If you have access to another LaCie AC Power Adapter for your specific type
of drive, try it.
Try the drive on another computer.
Mobile drives
If the drive came with an AC Power Adapter, connect it and see if the drive
functions.
Some LaCie mobile drives ship with a USB Power Cable. It can plug into a
second USB port and then to the power plug on the drive. It may provide
enough additional power to the drive for it to operate.
Try the drive on another computer.
Note: Some laptop computers do not supply enough power on the USB bus to
power the drive. If it works on a desktop computer but not on the laptop,
this is the issue. Try the USB Power Cable or the AC Power Adapter.
sorry, can't help.
Peter