Lacie manual says that winxp does not require drivers.
Lacie rugged external hard drive not showing up mac.
Don t worry the next guide we will show you the best solution to fix the hard drive not recognized problem.
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.
I regularly clean and defragment it and also have it checked out for viruses malware etc.
The lacie setup assistant will automatically prepare your lacie hard drive for use on your system.
While the external hard drive connected to the windows computer or mac and the device did not show up.
To sum up there are lots of potential solutions for a mac not reading an external hard drive.
How to fix external hard drive not recognized.
Lacie external hard drive not recognized on mac but recognized on pc i just got both a macbook pro and a lacie 1tb rugged safe external hard drive just a few days ago.
If the lacie setup assistant is not provided on the drive depending on the model your hard drive is formatted mac extended hfs windows fat32 or windows ntfs.
So i am at a loss right now and do not know if i bought another lacie ext drive if that would work.
Some lacie drives now ship with the lacie setup assistant installed.
Hard drives usb 3 0 drive mobile drive rugged.
As an external harddrive it has worked just fine with no fuss.
Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive.