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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 frequently use Maxtor or Western Digital hard drives
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 Data Clinic and talk your problem through with us on 0871 977 2525, or fill out our auto-form and we”ll call you back