Lacie Rugged Hard Drive Not Showing Up

For this click on file and then click new finder window.

Lacie rugged hard drive not showing up.

If you right click on the lacie drive shown you may have the option to format the partition s ntfs for windows or you could convert the entire disk to a mbr disk. If not open disk management and check the external hard drive state. Most of the hdd manufacturers offer their own data recovery. Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive.

When the computer awakes from sleep mode the drive may not have enough time to spin up causing the pop up to appear. Here you can see what the drive looks like to windows. Follow the guidelines to make your lacie external hard drive detectable again. Listen for the internal disk to speed up and then click.

Connect the lacie external hard drive to your pc via its usb cable. Try disconnecting the firewire usb cable from the drive and take the drive to a quiet place. Lacie drives conserve power by spinning down when you set your computer to sleep mode. Step 1 first of all look for the external hard drive in the finder window.

Power up the drive and put your ear next to it. Check lacie external hard drive state. Step 2 if the external drive is not there make sure that usb cable is properly plugged in the external hard drive and the port. With the drive connected open disk management search for computer management disk management.

Now look for the drive below the remote disk. If you have followed all of these steps and the drive is still not recognized shut down your computer wait 3 to 5 minutes restart your computer and try again.