[Hidden-tech] Lacie drive issue

[Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill]

Gary,

My advice is open up the enclosure and pull the physical hard drive out
from inside and put it in a new box.  It sounds like the enclosure may be
malfunctioning.

If it is a full size desktop hard drive I recommend these enclosures:

http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NST-300S2-BK-3-5-Inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B0015LURY2
/ref=sr_1_3<http://www.amazon.com/Macally-G-S350SU-Hi-Speed-External-Enclosure/dp/B0013LRLUM/ref=sr_1_3>
http://www.amazon.com/Macally-G-S350SU-Hi-Speed-External-Enclosure/dp/B0013LRLUM/ref=sr_1_3

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If the drive is a 2.5"  drive ...or you want something that can do both, i
recommend this nifty device:

http://www.amazon.com/Anker®-Uspeed-Converter-Adapter-included/dp/B005B3VO24/ref=sr_1_3

Little adapter that just clips to the top of the hard drive, connects to a
computer.  With optional power cable for desktop hard drives.

....or bring it to a local tech shop that has things like this and have
them transfer the files for you.

Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill
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On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:54 PM, <bluemoon at crocker.com> wrote:

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> Greetings!
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> I am having another odd issue, this time with a portable Lacie drive.
> I used it actively as a backup drive until one of the pins on the
> power supply broke. I finally replaced the power supply cord and the
> drive is now running, sort of. Problem is that neither of the pc's on
> which I tried it can recognize it anymore. I thought at first that it
> was just another thing going wrong with my laptop and then tried it on
> my other one. BOTH of these are laptops with which I have used the
> drive previously, for years. I get an error message saying that the
> device has malfunctioned and it doesn't even appear in a Windows
> Explorer list. However, it DOES work just fine plugged into an iMac
> G4. Anyone ever run into anything like this before and have any
> suggestions for getting it to work again?
>
> I DO seem to come up with what seem to me to be offbeat issues,
> dontcha think?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
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