[DM-MUG] Problems mounting and accessing LaCie 60G external drive

[Matthew W.]

Invalid key problems can be particularly difficult to repair.  
Sometimes the disk tools can repair it, sometimes not. If not, and  
the drive is still mechanically functional, I offer data recovery  
services. It can take weeks and there's a minimum fee, but the  
service is cheaper than Drive Savers and the files may be recovered  
with icons and metadata and usually some kind of a file/folder  
structure. Drop me a line.

Matthew

On Oct 6, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> I have a LaCie 60G Porsche drive that worked in the past, has its  
> own power adapter and it has data on it.  I tried to access it both  
> with my iMacG5 and MBP and it won't mount on desktop.  I run Disk  
> First Aid and it says:  Invalid Volume Header, Underlying Task  
> Reported Failure on Exit, says there is an invalid key length, that  
> the volume needs repair but don't repair it.  I tried on both the  
> iMacG5 and the MBP -- I don't think Diskwarrior has yet been  
> upgraded to work on intel, so what next?
>
> [I did find my 3.0.3 DW disk and it won't work with the HD - step 5  
> of localizing directory data stops and doesn't finish, 'speed  
> inhbiited by disk malformation' - nor will Tech Tool]
> -- 
> Victoria L. Herring