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PsychicStickleBric1

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Since: Feb 06, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:02 pm
Post subject: Panther upgrade killed Lacie drive - what now?
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Some idiot just upgraded our Mac to Panther. It had a Lacie D2 200GB FW/USB
external drive attached which now can no longer be accesed. Presumably it has
been corrupted by the incompatibility issues as discussed on this NG and
elsewhere.

Can anyone please advise what the best course of action is and what are the
chances of recovering the data (mainly large DV files)?

Looking for software to attempt data recovery, and/or UK companies who might
be able to do it.
Note I am not an expert with Macs and don't have any experience of data
recovery on Macs.

Thanks in advance,

PSB

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John Swartz

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:02 pm
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LaCie just put out a firmware update (I got it off versiontracker.com).
You might try downloading that and see if the sofware will see the
drive. Otherwise, try using Apple's Disk Utility, or something like
Alsoft's Diskwarrior and see if the application can see (and repair) the
drive.

John

PsychicStickleBrick wrote:
 >
 > Some idiot just upgraded our Mac to Panther. It had a Lacie D2 200GB FW/USB
 > external drive attached which now can no longer be accesed. Presumably it has
 > been corrupted by the incompatibility issues as discussed on this NG and
 > elsewhere.
 >
 > Can anyone please advise what the best course of action is and what are the
 > chances of recovering the data (mainly large DV files)?
 >
 > Looking for software to attempt data recovery, and/or UK companies who might
 > be able to do it.
 > Note I am not an expert with Macs and don't have any experience of data
 > recovery on Macs.
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 >
 > PSB

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Mike Hutchison

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Since: Apr 10, 2004
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:29 pm
Post subject: Re: Panther upgrade killed Lacie drive - what now? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:02:31 +0000, PsychicStickleBrick wrote:

 > Some idiot just upgraded our Mac to Panther. It had a Lacie D2 200GB FW/USB
 > external drive attached which now can no longer be accesed. Presumably it has
 > been corrupted by the incompatibility issues as discussed on this NG and
 > elsewhere.
 >
 > Can anyone please advise what the best course of action is and what are the
 > chances of recovering the data (mainly large DV files)?

Chances are good, even if you update the firmware, and this requires a high
level format (if it is necessary).

 > Looking for software to attempt data recovery, and/or UK companies who might
 > be able to do it.

What you need is a data recovery program, two of the best programs I know of,
are: Data Rescue X (www.prosofteng.com) and Norton Utilities' Unerase
feature. Go for Data Rescue first, as it is more advanced than Norton.

 > Note I am not an expert with Macs and don't have any experience of data
 > recovery on Macs.
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 >
 > PSB

Do you have backups?

You should start backing up your data files to avoid this kind of situation.
Preferably to a removable disk or tape, eg. DVD-R/RAM, CD-R/RW. And do your
backups regularly, once a week should be enough for moderate use.
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Regards,
Michael Hutchison
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