Lacie disk mini won't mount

I just bought a intel core duo iMac and hooked up my lacie disk mini via USB to access my itunes library and other files only to get a message saying that no disk mini was found. Both Disk Utility and Norton see the external hard drive and scan it with positive results. I even connected the disk mini to my freinds PC and I could access the files just fine. Any ideas anybody?

Welcome to the discussions, Tommy!
According to LaCie's FAQs on this subject, they ask users to try -
- A different cable
- Repair permissions
- Shut down and unplug your Mac for 15 minutes to reset the FW/USB bus
I am not sure if this is an issue related to your iMac being a Core Duo model, but this is the forum for the G5 iMacs. You might want to post this question in the iMac (Early 2006) forums for your model. If it is specific to the Core Duos, the users there might have experienced the same problem and have a solution.

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