#FORMAT LACIE HD ON PC PC#
It means, the pc is not able to show the content of the drive, the files are only invisible to your PC. If you attach the LaCie with USB Cable to your PC, and the PC says the drive is not formatted, do NOT format the drive by PC. Check again.ĭont use usb for testing, the PC is able to modify the filesystem and make it unusable for the LaCie operating system. I would start transfering some files by network using the internal SMB/CIFS windows share server.Ĭheck if the files are accessible. Disable UPnP/DLNA Service (Twonky) thus avoiding indexing of tranferred files. If you dont get a drive initialisation/formatting failure you should be ready for testing.
#FORMAT LACIE HD ON PC MANUAL#
Follow the instructions on the manual for the setup. Make shure you select the usb connected drive to wipe/erase.ĭisconnect usb and restart (off/on) device and redo the initial setup with formatting the internal drive with the LaCie attached to your hdmi display. Now the question is which way should I format my backup drives.
#FORMAT LACIE HD ON PC SOFTWARE#
Now when I hook this HD with my Mac Pro, the software ask me to format the drive for either Mac only or two partitions. Here, you need to replace the 'D' with your drive letter.
Step 2 Next, you need to type the command - 'format /FS:FAT32 D:' and press 'Enter'. I use Mac FCP suite to work with my red footage. Step 1 To start the process, press the 'Windows + X' keys at the same time to open a menu and click the 'Windows PowerShell (Admin)' option. If you have the ability to temporary store your files on a different drive then reset device to factory default, erase lacie internal harddisk via usb from the pc using a disk eraser/wiper tool. I just bought two Lacie Rugged 320GB 7200RPM triple interface external HDs for backing up on the set. There are known problems with the internal drive for this device (you may check WARRANTY), If thats the case you are not able to setup the internal drive from the devices setup without failure. fat32 or certain file types if criteria is not met an error message is displayed).ĭont have the same device, but the checkout should be equal. You failed to mention the model monitor you have, I have seen some monitors that actively try to read from any device plug into the USB port (meaning it look for certain criteria to be met a particular file system ie. Verify these things should eliminate the possibility of a faulty unit.Ģ. You've verified you can write to the drive, but you also need to verify Some basic troubleshooting needs to be done.ġ. They buy them them then later are trying to figure out why its not working or why it doesn't play the movies they put on the device. Thanks in advance for your help! Most people put the cart before the horse when buying these types of things. Anyone got an idea what the problem could be? I can't play any media at all. On the desktop all the data is recognized but when i hook it up on my computerscreen (full HD) i get the message" storage disk missing or unavailable". I put about 200GB of movies, music on it. I just purchased the Lacie Lacinema Classic HD.
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