LaCie Hard Drive No Longer Mounts on iBook G4

Hello,
My LaCie 600 GB Hard drive will no longer mount onto my iBook G4. I had this problem about 6 months ago. It was solved by reformatting my whole computer through the installation disks that came with my computer. After I reformatted it, the hard drive was immediately recognized. I don't want to go that route again because I have a lot of programs on there that would take forever to reinstall. I have all of my important info backed up, just not the programs itself.
I've tried running:
Macaroni
Utility Disk
Data Rescue II
And neither of these came up with any "diagnosis" on why my hard drive won't mount. I check my cables through plugging my hard drive in other computers, and it works fine. I think it has to do with my hardware on my iBook G4.
When I plug it into my usb port, the blue light on my hard drive turns on, and I can hear the inside spinning. It just doesn't pop up onto my desktop. It doesn't show up in disk utility either.
Any ideas on what I can do?
-Kristen

I would contact the folks at LaCie for their feedback.

Similar Messages

Lacie Hard Drives won't mount

My two Lacie hard drives won't mount on my G5 running Tiger. They were fine on my G4 iMac running Panther. I've tried using the Lacie Update Tool but the drives aren't recognised. I've tested the firewire cables on another drive that works and they're fine, so it's not cables.
Both drives power up okay and whir into action, but just aren't talking to the G5.
Lacie d2 HD 80GB FW DV
Lacie 40GB (no model number, "DESIGN BY F.A.PORSCHE", no model number).
Any ideas much appreciated.

Reply
This happened to me with a LaCie external drive as well.
The problem is that LaCie formats the drives as PC-based
and not Mac Extended, so unless you reformatted the
drives to Mac when you started using them, your access
to them on any Mac may result in a failure to mount.
Once that happens retrieval of data is made more difficult
because of this formatting incongruity.
There is no way you can get the data once your G4 quits
mounting them. If you can get the data off of the drives,
back it up and then reformat the drives using Mac's Disc
Utility. Then you can reload the data and I suspect all of
your Macs will then mount the drives via Firewire.
Good Luck!
My two Lacie hard drives won't mount on my G5 running
Tiger. They were fine on my G4 iMac running Panther.
I've tried using the Lacie Update Tool but the drives
aren't recognized. I've tested the firewire cables on
another drive that works and they're fine, so it's
not cables.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Lacie Hard Drive no longer recognized

I had the power go out in my apartment for a couple of seconds today and now one of my Lacie FW external hard drives won't be recognized or mounted by my Mac. In System Profiler, it recognizes it as "Unknown Device", but the Disk Utility won't "see" it at all. I also have Data Rescue II, but it won't recognize the drive either. I have 2 other Lacie externals that didn't seem to be affected by the outage.
Troubleshooting I've already tried:
- rebooting
- shutting down, uplugging all drives, and unplugging Mac for 15 min
- resetting PRAM
Are there any other ideas out there? I've read good things about Disk Warrior, but I don't want to buy it if I'm not sure it will even recognize the drive. Thoughts?

That was the kind of malfunction exhibited in some LaCie drives: They powered up, spun, but were unable to mount. Sometimes, the blue ligt on the front was barely dimmed or slighty pulsated along with the spinning. And usually, the cause of the problem was a bad AC adapter.
Just Google for that info, or have a look at this page.
If one of the other power supplies matches, you loose nothing but a copule of minutes by trying. If it doesn't work, the internal bridge board could be fried.
It could also be a corrupt firmware issue, but if System Profiler is unable to identify it, the LaCie firmware updater will probably fail as well.
MacMini G4 1.25GHz 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.9)

External Lacie hard Drive would not Mount on my imac

HI all,
I have had this Hard Drive for a few years now, worked great, no issues at all. Even after upgrading to 10.8 it continued to work.
A few days ago my cleaning lady moved the computer and disconected the Lacie drive (connected via Firewire) and since then I am not able to mount it again.
I see it on my Disk Utility but when I press "mount" I get an error messege "the disc can not be mounted, try First aid" but non of the buttons on First Aid work.
So far I tried re-settign the SMC, of course shutting down and starting back up numerus times but nothing.
I even tried working through Terminal, it can see the drive and its partition and when I looked online I saw a few commends to try and mount it, but nothing worked so far.
Here is what i wrote and got in terminal:
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk1
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 BOMBA                   250.1 GB   disk1s1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MAC                     500.1 GB   disk2s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data DOS                     499.7 GB   disk2s3
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mkdir /Volumes/Windows_FAT_32 BOMBA
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mkdir /Volumes/Windows_FAT_32
mkdir: /Volumes/Windows_FAT_32: File exists
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mkdir /Volumes/FDisk_partition_scheme
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mkdir /Volumes/Windows_FAT_32
mkdir: /Volumes/Windows_FAT_32: File exists
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ sudo mkdir /Volumes/EXT_HD
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ sudo mkdir /Volumes/EXT_HD
mkdir: /Volumes/EXT_HD: File exists
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk1 /Volumes/EXT_HD/
mount_msdos: Unsupported sector size (64543)
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mount /dev/disk1
mount: /dev/disk1: unknown special file or file system.
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mount /dev/disk1s1
mount: /dev/disk1s1: unknown special file or file system.
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mount /dev
mount: /dev: unknown special file or file system.
Amit-Shamiss-iMac-2:~ Amitshamis$ mount /dev/disk1s1
mount: /dev/disk1s1: unknown special file or file system.
Details on my system:
its 10.8.2, iMac Intel core duo 2
The Drive is connected by Firewire
The drive is clearly there, it's working, I hear and feel it working (spining) but can't mount it.
What can I do in order to mount it and get my data of of it?
this is extermely important as my itunes library is there. PLEASE HELP SOON!
Thanks!

Update:
so, I shelled out the $100 to get Disk Warrior, and got the following messege:
Directory cannot be rebuilt, the file system is unspported
This disk is not a macintosh Disk
and further down the list it said: File system: Windows/PC
All of this is of course distressing as this has been a Mac disk for several years now, not to mention the $100 gone in the wind.
what should I do now?
I have Parallels, would that help? is there a way of mounting the disk on there?
Should I try connecting it to a PC?
Please Help me!!

My new LaCie hard drive won't mount on my mac book pro

I bought a LaCie P9233 hard drive, I try to connect to my MacBook Pro that runs Mac OSX 10.6.8. I connect and I get a message saying the disk is not readable by my computer. It then gives me the option of "Initialize", "Ignore" or "Eject". Can anyone help?

I believe you hsave to first launch Setup Assistant:
http://manuals.lacie.com/en/manuals/porsche-9233/connection

Firewire external hard drives no longer mount

I had 2 firewire external hard drives connected, not always at the same time and not running all the time. Suddenly they won't mount. I have run System Profiler and it shows "No information Found". The drives themselves mount on my other Mac laptop.
An external DVD writer, when mounted, shows up in profiler though not on the desktop. I have set the finder preferences to -show all mounted drives. System profiler lists all my USB devices. It's just the 2 Firewire hard drives that show no information found. The DVD writer works in either Firewire port.The hard drives are each made by a different manufacturer.
I have re-started with everything off. I have hot swapped.
Help-I need these drives to store photo files and print publications.
Fairview
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9) G4
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9) G4

fairview:
The next step is to see if it is directory related and Repair Disk:
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel, and report if it says anything but Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
If DU reports errors it cannot repair you will need to use a utility like Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior
Good luck.
cornelius

External firewire hard drive no longer mounted.

Greetings!
I have a 2 TB Seagate external drive attached to my MacBook Pro (15", late 2008; Mavericks) by Firewire, which has worked without problem until yesterday. Now it is no longer recognized by Finder!
I ran Disk Utility which shows the drive as unmounted.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joel

I mean Firewire HD (no idea what a HAD is...)

Daisy-Chained External Drive No Longer Mounting

I have two external hard drives daisy-chained (firewire 800) to my iMac. The hard drive directly connected my iMac mounts fine. The daisy-chained hard drive no longer mounts, after mounting perfectly fine for a few months. I've tried restarting, etc with no success. Any help would be appreciated.

moretoexplore wrote:
No, it does not mount directly. I did however try using the other hard drive's power cord and it mounted without problem. But this doesn't fix the problem.. only one drive is mounting. At least it seems I have ruled out a more serious problem with the drive itself. I'm contacting Lacie to get a new power cord. Hopefully, with a new power cord, this will resolve the issue and it isn't some sort of daisy-chain issue.
I think you have solved the problem by elimination.
You can prove that it's the power cord by using the "bad" one on the working drive. If it stops working, it's guaranteed to be the power cord.
I believe that there were some issues with some of the LaCie Power Supplies.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

My external hard drive will not mount on the desktop?

My external hard drive no longer mounts on my desktop, the hard drive has been checked & is working-has anyone ideas?

Hello cuckoo55,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Mac OS X v10.6: How to show your hard drive icon on the desktop
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3746
In the Finder, choose Preferences from the Finder menu.
Click the General icon on the toolbar.
Select "Hard disks" in the "Show these items on the desktop:" section.
Close the Finder Preferences window.
Best of luck,
Mario

Internal hard drive does not mount in disk utility

My internal hard drive no longer mounts in Disk Utility. It is grayed out. I have extraordinarily frequent spinning beach ball/freezes, in Safari or Apple Mail. The most recent symptom: upon rebooting or just starting up, I see flashing black on the display. This has been occuring for more than six months. Of course, I have made total and frequent backup's. I bought new RAM, but have not yet installed it, and I susect this might help. I have done repeted troubleshooting many times each: Apple's Disk Doctor, Repaired Permissions, Reinstalled the Mac OS, safe boot, Alsoft's Disk Warrior, Apple's longer Harware Test, etc. I have worked as a new user, too. All tests done report that all is well. What od you thnk the problem is? Must I drive 1.5 hrs. each way to the Genius Bar at my nearest Apple Store? Might I try to erase the hard drive as a fix? I hate to do this, only as a last resort, as it is so time-consuming. Should I just update my Mac OS? Please advise, out there, if anyone can offer any advice, I would be greatly appreciative.

The list of issues you posted probably would not get shorter if you attempt to 'upgrade them' away, as usually that kind of effort is not effective yet may expose more of the same problems while not necessarily revealing the original weakness. Another OS X installed over a set of problems seldom helps.
How full is the hard disk drive? If it is too full, or has been very busy in use several years, it may be time to replace the HDD and perhaps put a larger capacity one in the computer. And if the main computer hardware checks out OK (tested under a variety of duration and stress tests) then also consider a RAM upgrade if the device is not already at the maximum capacity.
When was the last time the hard disk drive was devoid of content, maybe wiped -- erased and reformatted by a third party disk utility or have a utility overwrite the entire HDD with zeros? This used to be a common tech service in the course of a major effort to restore a Mac. Or Defragment?
If you can do the latter, this could help resolve bad sectors and remove old data or corruption on the hard drive. Or get a new HDD and before committing a new OS X install & apps to it (or a re-clone of a complete backup) test the drive and be sure it is ready for use. Not all new drives are perfectly ready; some need to get exercise first.
I'd bet on a new hard disk drive of larger capacity (also note spin RPM rate and data speeds) and a full RAM upgrade.
If you have a backup clone on an external hard disk drive (in a boot-capable enclosure) you could really go to town and before you erase the main/only hard drive, make a backup clone and test its ability to boot the Mac. Or put the old drive and content in a suitable boot capable enclosure of the kind with its own power supply, and deal with it later.
Then consider a later version OS X -- whatever most recent version that model can support... {edited}
Good luck & happy computing!

Firewire hard drive won't mount - Filesystem verify or repair failed.

Hi all - over the last day my lacie hard drive won't mount - i have tried it on various computers with the same result
disk utility can see it but won't mount or repair it reporting the following error
Filesystem verify or repair failed.
any help would be appreciated
best
darren/uk

Try Disk Utility first. It's in your Applications/Utilities folder.
You'll want to select the disk in question, then +Repair Disk+ (not Permissions). This actually repairs the +File System+ that's on the disk.
If that works, you're ok, unless it begins happening frequently. Then you need to save up for a new one.
If DU can't fix it, then one of the others might. Disk Warrior is about $100, and many people here say it's the best. There are others for less money, but there's no guarantee that any of them will succeed.
You can also try just erasing it, and choose +Security Options,+ then +Zero Out Data.+ If that fails, or you have more problems with the drive, you need a new one.

Lacie external hard drive won't mount, seems dead. Caused by 10.5.6 update?

Hi all, a couple days after I updated Leopard to 10.5.6, my Lacie external drive no longer worked with TimeMachine. So I repaired permissions and ran Repair Disk from my original 10.3 Panther disk. Not sure if that was the cause, but afterward when the drive is connected by FireWire, it makes exciting new loud buzzing and grinding noises, and then I get an alert that reads "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." Apple Disk Utility shows it as a Maxtor Calypso drive now with a capacity of 2TB, even though it's a 160GB (a FireWire only, Porsche model). I don't want to erase the disk and reformat it because I want the data.
Lacie customer support says the drive has suffered a "controller failure." Says Lacie, "The controller on the hard drive mechanism can not obtain the volume information on the hard drive and can not gain access. It is reading the control board information. You should be able to install a new hard drive mechanism in the enclosure and be ready to go again." Lacie CS continued to say DiskWarrior etc will not help.
Now I know that theoretically software updates shouldn't damage hardware, but I believe installing Leopard in the first place caused my lower RAM slot to fail. (That happened immediately after the upgrade.)
-So, does anyone think the 10.5.6 update could have caused this problem? Any fix ideas?
-If not, should I open the drive up and attempt to repair/replace this controller mechanism? If so, can anyone direct me to tutorials or instructions on how I could do that?
-Or, should I try putting it in the freezer overnight, as some online forums recommend as a last resort fix attempt for dead HDs?
I want the data, but not enough to pay for an expensive data recovery service.
Thank you very, very much.
scott

First off, software can not cause hardware to fail.
Lower RAM slot failure is a common issue not because of software issues, but rather because memory is unaware of bus slewing issues with energy saver power requirements. Secondly, the lower RAM slot of these machines was extremely hard to properly align the RAM right in the slot, making it easy to misplace the RAM during the installation process, thus short or damage teh slot. See my FAQ on bad RAM*:
http://www.macmaps.com/badram.html
You should be able to open the drive, and insert it inside another inexpensive hard drive case that is known to be compatible such as those by http://www.macsales.com/
Unfortunately, recently LaCie has had some hard drive interface converters which have not caught up with spec changes in the operating system, meaning their external drives sometimes need a firmware update. The only company that has been able to consistently avoid firmware updates is http://www.macsales.com/ This problem has plagued Firewire hard drives since the release of 10.3, and possibly earlier at as mentioned on my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/firewirebug2.html
If inserting the drive in another case does not solve issues, Prosoft Data Rescue, Subrosasoft Filesalvage, or Boomerang's Boomerang and a second drive at least as large as the one to be recovered can sometimes extract information from a flakey hard drive. In event that doesn't work, then data recovery specialist is the only option.
In the future always backup your data and never let there be less than two copies of your data at anytime*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

My Lacie Hard Drive is no longer being recognized by my MacBook, please help.

Hi all,
I have a Lacie external hard drive (LaCie Rugged XL eSATA 3Gb/s | USB 2.0) that I have been using on my MacBook (timemachine) (late 2008, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X 10.9.1). One day it stopped being recognized, not showing up on the desk top, the disk utility program, etc.
I Googled many articles, blogs and support communities but have yet to find any solution. I also went to the Lacie support site and followed the trouble shooting instructions - changed my power source, usb cable, and tried the drive out on 3 different computers. The results: The drive works fine on the other computers (OS X and Windows) using the same power and usb cords. So Lacie recommened I contact Apple but my MacBook is not under warranty so I have decided to try my luck with the Apple Support Community. If any one has had this problem or knows the solution, please let me know. I would like to continue to use my MacBook with this Lacie hard drive.
Thanks

Hi Dibenkorn,
Yes, both USB ports are not recognizing this lacie external hard drive. I also tried the SMC reset but that did not change anything. I have another external hard drive (smaller one) and it works on this computer fine and like I said before the Lacie works fine on my other (older) MacBook. I just can not figure out what went wrong or what happened...

Hard Drive won't mount on AEBS network

I can not get my LaCie hard drive to show up on my network. I just bought a Belkin High Speed USB 2.0 Hub (4 ports), plugged the hard drive into one of the hubs. The hub is connect to the Airport Extreme Base station and is working. Printer is plugged into hub also and I can pring no problem over wireless network. However, the Hard Drive doesn't mount on my Powerbook.
Instructions in AEBS book say to open Airport Utility , select my base station and click continue and follow instructions. When I use the Airport Setup Assistant Utility and click on work my way to where my base station should appear, there is nothing there for me to select. I hit "rescan" and still nothing, so I can't go any further.
What am I doing wrong? This should be easy. My printer works on the network without a problem....

It sounds like the first thing to check is that you are using the correct setup utility as you quote both the old and the new in your post.
You will need to use Airport Utility for a new Extreme (n) basestation, which is different than the Airport Setup Assistant and the Airport Admin Utility which came with the old Extreme and old Express. I know as I made the same mistake originally.
If you then use the Airport Disk Utility to configure your disk you should be in business.
If you've run the software install that came with the Extreme basestation these should all be in your Utilities folder.
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.9) iBook G4 14", Airport Extreme, USB hub, SeaDisk 320 HDD, Epson R300, Epson RX620

Cannot access LaCie hard drives

I installed my new AEBS today. I installed all of the available software updates. I connected an HP LaserJet printer and two LaCie hard drives to the base station via a powered Dr. Bott T7 USB Hub. (My computer is a new MacBook Pro 17" running OS 10.4.10)
My wireless signal seems to be stable (using the AEBS in bridge mode connected to Qwest DSL wireless router).
The wireless printer connection works fine.
The problem is not being able to mount the hard drives. Both drives worked when connected directly to my MacBook, prior to connecting them to the AEBS.
Opening the AirPort Utility, I can see both drives listed under "Disks" (This pane shows storage devices connected to your base station). File sharing is enabled; Secure Shared Disks: With base station password; Guest Access: Not allowed.
I get the dialog box: "The AirPort Disk "name" became available. What do you want to do? Action: Connect with Password." I enter the password that I selected during set-up and select "Remember this password in my keychain." When I click OK, I get the error message "Connection Failed - unknown user, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please re-type the login information or contact the disk's administrator." I have doubled-checked and re-entered this information.
I have tried turning the power off and on (both the AEBS and the hard drives) and restarting the computer.
What am I missing?

Hi,
I've been trying to work out the Hard Drive problems with the Airport Extreme for a few days and have had some success, so I'll share the info if its any use!
First of all, your printer and both hard drives all run off their own power supply, therefore, you don't need to have a powered usb hub, or just take the plug out and keep using the hub, save yourself a plug!
More importantly, I have had the same thing with the hard drive appearing in the Airport Utility yet whenever I try to connect, it comes up with an error and can't mount, although when I go to network and connect it appears but then goes wrong at the last part mounting, this is what I found...
the first time I plugged hard drive in all worked nicely, however, any time I have unplugged the power to the Aiport Extreme and connected again it'll show but never connect. When I went to make a few partitions I realised that if you unplug the router and repower, whatever HD name its seen before doesn't work until the HD name was changed again. For example....
I called my first HD to connect 'wifiHD', was working fine, next time i unplugged router was still showing in network but I couldn't mount it, I then plugged it to the mac and renamed it 'wifiDISK' for example and plugged it back into the router and it worked fine! Its very strange cos when I needed to unplug it last time I then had the same trouble and just renamed it back to 'wifiHD' it worked fine! Its a little flaw which is a right bugger to find so the bottom line is...
*RENAME THE HARD DRIVE EVERY TIME YOU UNPLUG THE ROUTER AND YOU CAN MOUNT IT AGAIN*
Another tip is format your HD in 'Mas OSX Extended' as it can be read by both mac and PC over the network. Then as windows isn't the best when you go to 'My Network Places' and 'Add Network Place' if you can't find the HD or even the router then enter
\\routername\\hardrivename\
in this format into the box, it'll take a mo but it'll then ask for the password! I personally have my hard drive guest access read + write so I entered
user: guest
password: base station password (or disk password as selected in airport utility)
and it all worked!
Sorry for the long explanation, hope this has helped!

LaCie Hard Drive No Longer Mounts on iBook G4

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for