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Lacie Internet Space NAS factory reset?

I'm refurbishing a Lacie Internet Space NAS 1TB White. It only have one button at the back and a blue light in front. I'm searching everywhere to find the factory reset instruction for this specific ...
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Thunderbolt 3 external drive not showing up in Ubuntu 20.04

I have Ubuntu 20.04 I try to add a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) to my Ubuntu machine via a Thunderbolt 3 slot. The DAS is an "2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 from Lacie". Via USB it works. Via &...
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Can you access Lacie 2Big visible to two macs via daisy chain?

Hi I'm planning to connect lacie to mac A and mac B via thunderbolt 3 daisy chain. It is visible on the directly connected mac but not on the other one. Is there a way I can access it from the mac B ...
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How to recover data from an external hard drive that doesn't show up on Windows?

I have a 500GB "LACIE by S+ARCK" external hard drive that although shows as a connected device (even makes the "usb device connected sound"), doesn't show up and can't be accessed by Windows (an empty ...
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Recovering data from Lacie 500Gb External Drive (2x 250GB IDE internally)

I have some LACIE External HDD's and G-Drives, one of the oldest drives is a 500GB external drive with 2 250GB drives inside of it. Can i remove these 2 drives and dock them with an IDE type dock ...
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Configuring Hardware RAID from RAID 0 to RAID 1 - Lacie Big Disk Quadra

(Apologies if I've misunderstood the purpose of superuser and posted this in the wrong place, but this seems the most likely place I'm going to get ahead with my issue.) I purchased a Lacie Big Disk ...
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Access disk1 of RAID 1 as regular disk on different computer

Im using a Lacie 2TB DAS that's configured as a RAID 1. Basically, disk0 is mirrored to disk1. By the time it goes full and I removed both disks from the bay, could I access them on to different ...
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LaCie Bigdisk (2x250GB) clicks and whirrs like a bad disk drive

I have an old LaCie Bigdisk (2x250GB) with USB2 and Firewire 400 & 800 connectors. After being unused for about five years, I connected it to my computer via USB and pressed the blue button on ...
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External HDD (3TB) corrupted - possibly partition table damaged

I've got a LaCie HDD (3TB) which I cannot mount because there seem to be issues with the partition table, according to disk utility. I'm on a mac (Sierra, up to date). Disk utility can't repair it, ...
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Upgrade old Lacie 2big Quadra 1TB

I have a (very) old Lacie 2big Quadra with 2 500GB drives. It's USB2.0 but it does feature an esata port so I'm planning on using that for speed. Would I be able to upgrade these with 2 drives of... ...
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Partitioning a 2-Disk RAID0 Array for Performance

I have an external RAID0 array that I use for media production on my MacBook Pro. It is a 2-disk Thunderbolt unit from LaCie (Big2). I chose to stripe the data for performance. Considering the type ...
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Can't mount LaCie d2 SAFE in OS X 10.9.5

I have a LaCie d2 SAFE 1TB I got in 2010 to 2011. It worked fine on an older version of a OS X but once I updated to 10.9.5 it stopped. Seems LaCie has not updated the drivers since 2009. Tried all ...
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New LaCie drive fails to mount on Mac OSX 10.8

I have a new LaCie d2 Quadra 4 TB external harddrive. When I connect it to my Macbook pro with Firewire 800 cable (provided), the drive beeps about 20 times, then I get "The disk you inserted was ...
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laCie 1TB USB3.0 not detected in windows 7 64bit

I have a problem with my laCie rugged USB3.0 1TB. When I connect it via USB2.0 it works correctly according to USB2.0 specifications. Recently, I have bought a USB3.0 adapter and when I connect the ...
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What type of power cord do I need for my external hard drive?

I have an external hard drive and I've lost all of its cords. I'm not sure what I should get. I don't want to get the wrong voltage and ruin it. This is the drive (but mine is 1TB, I think, don't ...
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Uninstall unplugged USB driver

Running WinXP, I have a Lacie USB HD which prevents (by some bug) starting and terminating of applications on my computer when I plug it in, and so I'm not able to uninstall the device driver. How can ...
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LaCie 5big Network 2 drive no longer shows up on the network

I'm trying to see if I can fix my friend's NAS which apparently has some pretty important data on it that wasn't saved anywhere else. They actually had the Geeksquad look at it and they've come to ...
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What triggers a RAID 1 mirror rebuild on a Lacie 2 Big USB3?

I have a RAID 1 mirror on a Lacie 2 Big USB3. When I break the mirror by pulling out one drive, keep making changes on the remaining drive and finally put the first one back in, the drives stay ...
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Restore data from a single RAID1 disk

I have one half of a RAID 1 array (from a LaCie 2big Network NAS), from which I'm trying to recover the data. I've connected the disk to my desktop PC (Ubuntu 11.04) using a Sitecom SATA/USB adapter, ...
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Change lacie 2big quadra 500gb drives with 3tb ones

I have a Licie 2big Quadra with 2 500gb disks in it. The disks are currently in mirror setup. Just went to a store to buy 2 3tb western digital caviar green disks. Brought my 2big disk with me to make ...
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Can daisy chained external hard drives all be bus powered?

Say I have two (or even more!) Firewire 800 bus powered external hard drives. Will all of them be fully powered (and not require an external power source) when I daisy chain them onto my computer? Or ...
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Disaster After Removing Two HDD From LaCie RAID 0 Case

This is the second time this has happened. I own a LaCie IDE RAID 0 Enclosure and the RAID went bad. The system gave me a warning that the data could be read from the RAID but that nothing could be ...
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Educate me - should I buy these prebuilt NAS (which is better) or make my own?

I'm trying to learn as much as possible, and I think I've learned quite a bit so bear with me here under my confusion. I found a coupe NAS setups. I'm not sure if one is better than the other, other ...
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LACIE Rugged XL 1 TB not recognized (Win7 x64)

I have a Lacie Rugged XL 1TB. I try to connect it via USB 2.0 to my computer with Windows 7 64 bit. The Disk is running, I can hear it. The nice orange LED is on. But Windows does not even recognize ...
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S.M.A.R.T. broken sectors

Recently I received my hard drive (LaCie) that I've sent away for warranty, my disk failed, and I used Palimpsest Disk utility to check if anything was wrong in the S.M.A.R.T Status. And it said that ...
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Copying SD Cards with "LaCie d2 Network"

The LaCie d2 Network has a feature where by you can attach a USB drive and press the blue button at the from and it will copy the drive contents (no computer required). (See this review for more info)....
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