Wayne Wilkin said: >I am glad that I am not the only one going thru this crap. I thought I was >alone. I have multiple firewire drives, all lacie, different models. MacFixIt had a number of reports of such problem with the introduction of Tiger. It seems that for some reason only LaCie drives are effected. You might want to contact LaCie and ask for their assistance. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html