LaCie external hard disk data recovery


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Data Recovery from LaCie 'Big Disk' USB / Firewire external hard disk drives

All external hard disk devices (such as the LaCie Big Disk) are infact one or more standard IDE hard disk with a USB & / or FireWire interface surrounded by a metal or plastic case.

Failure Symptoms:

  • Specific files & / or directories become inaccessible and disappear
  • In more severe cases, the entire drive becomes inaccessible and disappears

Further potential problems:

  • Possible overheating - The drive enclosure contains no fan to cool the disks and therefore, especially in hot conditions, the failure rates of these devices will be higher.
  • Disk geometry and operating conditions cause failure due to bad sectors
  • LaCie Big Disks use Maxtor hard drives - Read more on specific failures of Maxtor hard disks

Data recovery: All the LaCie Big Disk units we've had sent to us for data recovery have failed in the same way - you will find that the device becomes inaccessible. Fortunately, the data is recoverable.

What if I have one of these drives but the symptoms are different?: This is quite possible, LaCie external disks are still prone to all the other problems hard disks suffer from ie. mechanical failure, logical failure, bad sectors etc.

What should I do?: Call the Dataclinic and talk your problem through with us on 800 985 319, or fill out our auto-form and we'll call you back

 

 

 

LaCie Big Disk
Above: A 500Gb Lacie 'd2 Big Disk'. With USB2, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 connectivity, these drives are very popular especially with clients who have a lot of data they need to readily access.


Below: Taking the top off the LaCie disk reveals an interface card and two standard Maxtor MaXLine II hard disk drives.
inside LaCie external disk