[Hidden-tech] lacie extreme disk error messages

[Frank Aronson]

Tom -

First let me say that as nice as the Lacie designs are, I have had clients
with problems with Lacie units in the past.  More so than any Seagate,
Western Digital or Buffalo, for example.  So it is not unprecedented that
you should be having some issues.

Second, is this a backup disk?  If so it should, *in theory*, be redundant
with the data on your Mac.  Therefore, the data is expendable and I would
recommend getting a heartier unit.

If this *does* contain unique data, I would open up the box and try to drop
the drive into a hard drive enclosure to see if you can read it.  It could
be that the controller in the Lacie is bad, but that the drive is fine.
 Placing it into a fresh external enclosure would test this theory and
revive the drive in the process, should this be the case.

If that doesn't work, your recourse is limited to a data recovery company.
 This is *very* costly, however (probably between $500 to $1500), but if it
works, you've got your data back.

Just my thoughts.

Frank

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On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions &
Folktography <tomadams at gmail.com> wrote:

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> *Hello,*
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> *looks like my 1TB lacie backup "extreme disk" has finally decided to play
> with my sanity. I tried runnin' apple's disk utility to no avail. The discs
> icon shows up in the left panel but will not mount- here are the messages I
> got:*
>
> *=========*
>
> *Verify and Repair volume “Time Machine _BU”*
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> Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
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> Detected a case-sensitive catalog.
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> Checking Extents Overflow file.
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> Invalid leaf record count
>
> (It should be 4500 instead of 4505)
>
> Checking Catalog file.
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> >>Disk Utility stopped repairing “Time Machine _BU” because the following
> error was encountered:
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> Filesystem verify or repair failed.
>
>
> (It should be 4500 instead of 4505)
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> Checking Catalog file.
>
> Invalid node structure
>
> Volume check failed.
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> Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
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> *=============*
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> *anyone have any insight or suggestions about what I should do next. I
> know that Lacie has had problems with the "extreme disks" power cords not
> giving the units enough juice but this doesn't seem related at all.*
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> *trying not to wig out too much...but I do happen to have a A LOT of
> important stuff on this drive. Help?*
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