500GB LaCie P3 HD USB 2.0 7200RPM 8MB EU + UK

xirokx · 2 Sep 2008 at 20:13

Hey peeps,

A friend purchased an external 500GB LaCie P3 HD USB 2.0 7200RPM 8MB EU + UK hdd and the power source died and she has loads of stuff on it she needs recovering...

Can you unscrew the enclosures on these, connect it to a PC and save the info?

Or because its MAC you cant do it?

How can I save the info? Is it a case of getting a new power adaptor / supply for it?

Does it make a difference if its MAC and I want to connect it to a PC?

Please help

Thanks

Beepcake · 2 Sep 2008 at 22:17

I would imagine it is a standard drive inside, whether you can read it on your PC depends on whether it's formatted "mac format" or not. If it is you can download a trial of MacDrive for your PC which should let you get the data off.

Are you sure the PSU died and not the drive itself?

xirokx · 3 Sep 2008 at 20:43

thanks for that...

I am not 100% sure , its a friends, and I havent seen it yet.

She made reference to "whirling" noises...and said there was no power etc..

VBDub · 3 Sep 2008 at 23:00

The psu died on my Lacie d2 and I decided to butcher the cable and put a molex connector on the end so I could power it off my pc psu.

Oh and to answer your question, yes you can take the enclosure apart and plug it into a pc. As stated above though, you will need macdrive if its not ntfs or fat32.