If your drive won t show up in file explorer and it appears as offline in disk management you can use the following steps to fix the issue.
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Only use certified interface cables such as the cables provided with your lacie drive.
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How to choose the file system format.
In the event that the drive is still not recognized take.
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.
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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.
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.
If the device doesn t show up at all move on and make it detectable.
Press power button for 5 sec to turn hard drive back on.
The storage device is connected to windows pcs.
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If the computer is rebooted then the drive will not mount on the desktop or show up in disk utility.
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The lacie d2 thunderbolt drive won t power on if it was powered off by the user pressing the power button previously.