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Lacie external hard disk not detecting after format

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badrul92 Posts 2 Registration date Thursday January 15, 2015 Status Member Last seen January 19, 2015 - Jan 15, 2015 at 03:25 AM
KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017   - Jan 20, 2015 at 03:57 AM
hi

i have a lacie external hard disk 1tb. This hard disk was used on a mac before, but i decided i want to use it on a pc. I have formated it via disk management and later i formatted it again by using easeUS Partition Master 10.2. After the formatting process, my laptop could detect the hard disk just fine. When i reboot my laptop, the hard disk could not be detected, not even in the disk management.
Some said that I should update the driver, so I've downloaded it but when i run the program it says there is no compatible lacie driver connected.is my hard disk corrupted? if so, is there anything I can do? please help me

windows 7 ultimate x64
lacie rugged 1tb
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KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017   122
Jan 15, 2015 at 06:26 AM
Hello badrul92,

Have you tried to format your external device in FAT32 or exFAT file system?
Try this and come back to tell me what happened.

Good luck!

KY_WD
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badrul92 Posts 2 Registration date Thursday January 15, 2015 Status Member Last seen January 19, 2015
Jan 19, 2015 at 11:55 PM
Hi KY_WD,

I have formatted the hard disk and made 2 partitions. 1 NTFS (forgive me if im wrong, not very good with computer) and another 1 is in FAT32. It was weird for me because sometimes windows could not detect the device. Apparently the cable was faulty, i changed it and the hard disk works like a charm. Now i can use it both on mac and pc. Thank you

Badrul92
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KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017   122
Jan 20, 2015 at 03:57 AM
Great that everything's fine now! :)

KY_WD

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