Lacie Rugged External Hard Drive Wont Show Up On

The lacie d2 thunderbolt drive won t power on if it was powered off by the user pressing the power button previously.

Lacie rugged external hard drive wont show up on.

Make lacie external hard drive shows up detectable on pc. If the external hard drive shows as raw or no media follow part 2 with the provided solution for help. If the device doesn t show up at all move on and make it detectable. Finally if your drive is online and formatted but doesn t show a drive letter next to its name right click the volume and choose change drive letter and paths to add a drive letter.

Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive. A fat32 partition can reach up to 32gb when formatted on a windows pc. Press power button for 5 sec to turn hard drive back on. How to choose the file system format.

Visit us explore and be inspired by premium external hard drives ssds and raid solutions that give you field proven reliability and bold performance. Trek the globe with rugged durability sprint through projects with thunderbolt speed and easily connect to the latest usb c computers. Restart pc change usb port and usb cable reconnect the lacie external hard drive. In the event that the drive is still not recognized take.

However fat32 is a legacy file system designed for low capacity hard drives and it is not recommended for modern hard drives or operating systems. If you have followed all of these steps and the drive is still not recognized shut down your computer wait 3 to 5 minutes restart your computer and try again. If the computer is rebooted then the drive will not mount on the desktop or show up in disk utility. The storage device is connected to windows pcs.