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neon · 03-06-2008, 06:29

Hi

I'm using a LaCie at the moment as a back-up and its started randomly dismounting, then re-appearing...with the alert - this has not been ejected properly etc etc..data could be damaged. I used Disk Utility on it and it says the drives fine. I'm not sure how much longer it's going to remain 'fine' if it keeps dismounting itself. I tried a different USB cable and it's still happening, so thought I'd buy a firewire cable and try that. I've been reading up online and seems to be a lot of problems with the LaCie..just wondered if anyone else has had this problem or what external drive you use incase my LaCie goes up shit creek.

Cheers

doffy · 03-06-2008, 07:09

Well, if you run the drive without proper power (i.e. you let it leech power through the USB/Firewire cable) then things like this could easily happen.

- Got the drive attached to its own powercord, I hope?

(And for god's sake don't let the "Set harddrives in power-saving mode when possible" thing be enabled; it never worked well with backup drives, especially Time Machine, and especially cheapo USB..)

Do Gooder · 03-06-2008, 07:15

what doffy said..

certainly worth trying firewire.. if only because it is faster.

could be worth trying it on another mac as it might help see which end is causing the trouble.

doffy · 03-06-2008, 07:17

Firewire beats USB in stability any day.

sub · 03-06-2008, 07:35

Do you currently have the USB cable connected to the drive directly with your PC or hub?

freelancr · 03-06-2008, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by doffy

Firewire beats USB in stability any day.

You sound like you have never used a WD MyBook Studio on a Windows machine. My old MyBook, before it died and I got it replaced, was fine using firewire. But this new Studio version is hopeless. You connect it using firewire, copy some files across and it unmounts itself moaning about about delayed write cache errors. Using USB it is totally fine though.

Very odd indeed.

neon · 03-06-2008, 07:47

Thanks for the suggestions! Sub yeah its connected directly into the mac by USB cable. Do Gooder I've tried it on two macs..I was using it to transfer work and stuff from my old mac that I was selling to my new one. Same thing happened on both.

Shiro · 03-06-2008, 08:48

When I read the title of this thread, I was sure it was about porn.

Boy was I disappointed.

doffy · 03-06-2008, 09:06

yeah; LaCie should switch to making pornos; - it's expected there, after all, that things "break in your face.."

bazzle · 03-06-2008, 09:22

LaCie randomly dismounting.

Sounds a lot like the behavior of Wife 1.0

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neon Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 368	LaCie randomly dismounting? Hi I'm using a LaCie at the moment as a back-up and its started randomly dismounting, then re-appearing...with the alert - this has not been ejected properly etc etc..data could be damaged. I used Disk Utility on it and it says the drives fine. I'm not sure how much longer it's going to remain 'fine' if it keeps dismounting itself. I tried a different USB cable and it's still happening, so thought I'd buy a firewire cable and try that. I've been reading up online and seems to be a lot of problems with the LaCie..just wondered if anyone else has had this problem or what external drive you use incase my LaCie goes up shit creek. Cheers

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doffy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 304	Well, if you run the drive without proper power (i.e. you let it leech power through the USB/Firewire cable) then things like this could easily happen. - Got the drive attached to its own powercord, I hope? (And for god's sake don't let the "Set harddrives in power-saving mode when possible" thing be enabled; it never worked well with backup drives, especially Time Machine, and especially cheapo USB..) __________________ -

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03-06-2008, 07:17	#4 (permalink)
doffy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 304	Firewire beats USB in stability any day.

03-06-2008, 07:47	#7 (permalink)
neon Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 368	Thanks for the suggestions! Sub yeah its connected directly into the mac by USB cable. Do Gooder I've tried it on two macs..I was using it to transfer work and stuff from my old mac that I was selling to my new one. Same thing happened on both.

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doffy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 304	yeah; LaCie should switch to making pornos; - it's expected there, after all, that things "break in your face.." __________________ -

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bazzle Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Derby uk Posts: 584	LaCie randomly dismounting. Sounds a lot like the behavior of Wife 1.0

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