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LACIE ISSUES "THE DISK YOU INSERTED WAS NOT READABLE BY THIS COMPUTER"
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Marc Wielage
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Mac or Windows? Which specific interface?
Try it on a different machine and see what happens. I've had cases where a Mac drive will mount on a Windows machine (running MacDrive), or a Windows NTFS drive will mount on a Mac. And I've had instances where the enclosure croaked (particularly with Lacie), but once we transplanted the drive into a different enclosure, it was fine.
You could try drive recovery utilities like Data Rescue, but it hinges on the system being able to see the drive.
http://www.prosofteng.com/
Try it on a different machine and see what happens. I've had cases where a Mac drive will mount on a Windows machine (running MacDrive), or a Windows NTFS drive will mount on a Mac. And I've had instances where the enclosure croaked (particularly with Lacie), but once we transplanted the drive into a different enclosure, it was fine.
You could try drive recovery utilities like Data Rescue, but it hinges on the system being able to see the drive.
http://www.prosofteng.com/
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From the screenshot it's showing as MAC.
Is this a fresh drive or an existing drive with data? Usually you get that error if the drive is formatted for the wrong operating system OR if there is a drive logic error.
Coming from experience at a data recovery company. Never ever ever run data recovery on a drive displaying logical or physical errors, you can make your data unrecoverable. Only use data recovery software on a known working drive that has been reformatted or deleted on accident.
Another tip is that LaCie is just a crappy Seagate drive packaged into a fancy enclosure. I don't let my friends or family use Seagate, it's not ok.
Is this a fresh drive or an existing drive with data? Usually you get that error if the drive is formatted for the wrong operating system OR if there is a drive logic error.
Coming from experience at a data recovery company. Never ever ever run data recovery on a drive displaying logical or physical errors, you can make your data unrecoverable. Only use data recovery software on a known working drive that has been reformatted or deleted on accident.
Another tip is that LaCie is just a crappy Seagate drive packaged into a fancy enclosure. I don't let my friends or family use Seagate, it's not ok.
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I had the same issue recently. For me it happened after I updated to High Sierra OS. I had to install the latest version of Lacie Raid Manager software and then update the firmware of the drive. There are instructions online, I found this link useful - https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/82897 - The Lacie support page is not very helpful.